Crochet Shawl

Makhina Crochet Shawl

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Again such a wonderful item I’ll never finish in my life! This time a shawl in a – as I find – very interesting crochet stitch which is a ‘refinement’ of the so-called Puff stitch (I think that it is in German Büschelmasche).

I have the feeling that if one is about to begin now one can finish the shawl until summer ;-))


Links:
Crochet Shawl (Tig isi fistikli sal yapimi) (Turkish and English)

Instruction for Puff Stitch (Puff Stitch) (English)
Instruction for Büschelmasche (Die Büschelmasche) (German)

Beaded Art Dolls

craftster Coral Beaded Art Doll

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On the photo is one of the first Beaded Art Dolls I’ve ever seen and it impressed me deeply.
I always wanted to make one but haven’t had the time yet.
Up until now I only made my freeform bead embroidery ;-)

But I looked for ‘Bead Art Doll’ already ;-)
In doing so I found a mermaid and a butterfly craftalong (in a craftalong several people work on the same project and compare notes). Furthermore I found a most beautiful bird, a blog entry on the subject of ‘Beaded Art Dolls’ and several wonderful finished Beaded Art Dolls, where I like most the Wise One and the little Alien Doll.

If you want to make one, too, you can get patterns for the dolls here.


Links:
Beaded Art Doll on the photo (Coral beaded art doll (first ever!))

Mermaid beaded art doll craftalong with descriptions
Butterfly beaded art doll craftalong with descriptions

Bird (beaded bird art doll)

As inspiration:
Blog entry (Use Beads as Art:Beaded Art Dolls)
Photos of Beaded Art Dolls
Wise One
Alien Doll

Google image search result for ‘bead art doll’

Free patterns: Doll Forms & Figures – you find the links on the top left: FREE PATTERNS! Bird Goddess, Tiny Goddess, Butterfly Goddess

Here at unikatissima:
Freeform Bead Embroidery

Literal Video Version

youtube Literal Video Version

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Today is Christmas Eve where there’s not a lot of time for crafting, therefore I wanted to present something that I found most hilarious: the literal music video versions.
There they change the lyrics to describe what’s happening in the video.
I had a lot of fun with :)) although I’ve never been interested in music videos.
My personal highlight is Meat Loaf: Literal Video Version (Anything For Love) – so wonderfully crazy ;-)))
(To avoid misunderstandings: I really like Meat Loaf and Anything For Love!
And this video, too ;-)))

By the way I found the video via an article in Spiegel where they present more of these videos.


Links:
Meat Loaf: Literal Video Version (Anything For Love)
Overview Literal Video Versions

via: Musikvideo-Satire auf Youtube – Verknallt in die Brillen-Bibliothekarin

Easy Polymer Clay Greeting Cards

PCPolyzine Easy Polymer Clay Greeting Cards

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Ok, these instructions for easy polymer clay cards are slightly too late for making Christmas cards ;-)), but for New Year or Valentine’s Day it will be great ;-))

 


Links:
Easy Polymer Clay Greeting Cards (Easy Greeting Cards)

Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘Advent’
Entries with the tag ‘Valentine’s Day’

Plaster and Crisp Bag Penholder

Art Attack Plaster and Plastic Bag Penholder

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I presented the origamic architecture pencil holder before, here something for people who don’t like it so fiddly: a pen holder made from a plaster-filled crisp bag.

I like the idea :))

 


Links:
Plaster and Crisp Bag Penholder (Crisp Bag Pen And Pencil Holder)

Here at unikatissima:
Origamic Architecture Pencil Holder

Iamond Lantern

mathpuzzle Iamond Lantern

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No, no, ‘iamond’ is no typing error, these things are called like this and are nothing else than shapes composed from equilateral triangles.
Here somebody went the (for me crucial) step further and made nice lantern diagrams from.
I still must find out whether they really can be used as lanterns.

The paper lampshade on the other hand is also made from nearly equilateral triangles.


Links:
Iamond Lantern (iamonds)
The actual folding diagram (GIF file, ca. 16 KB)

About shapes made from equilateral triangles (Polyiamond)

Here at unikatissima:
Paper Lampshade

Plaster and Doll Arms Jewelry Holder

tinylittlelife Jewelry Holder

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I presented already the necklace bust and the mini dress-form jewelry stand, now here another just as well idea: a plaster board with cast in doll arms.

It get’s more and more difficult to decide where to put your jewelry, doesn’t it? ;-))

 


Links:
Plaster and Doll Arms Jewelry Holder (Jewelry Holder)

Here at unikatissima:
Necklace Bust
Mini Dress-Form Jewelry Stand

Drinking Straw Jewelry and Ornaments

unikatissima Drinking Straw Jewelry and Ornaments

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When I saw the drinking straw pin I thought: ‘Oh yes, I want!’ ;-)

 

unikatissima Drinking Straw Jewelry and Ornaments It is quite easy: I took two different coloured drinking straws, cut them (veeery carefully!) into spirals with an X-acto knife und knotted them (not too firm) together.
This way my little ball stays in form without glue, sewing or the like.
I wanted to cut them first with scissors but I got ugly edges, the cut must be made with a really sharp cutting tool.

I find it cute as well as jewelry as well as tree ornament ;-)


Links:
Drinking Straw Pin (curly elastic brooch)

Unorthodox Appliqué

quilterbydesign Unorthodox Applique

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I don’t quilt, although it’s hard for me not just to try it out. I simply don’t have the place.
Anyhow I found this very simple way to make heart appliqués very simple way to make heart appliqués inspirational.
Perhaps just one try…?
At least a little bit?
;-))
By the way, I don’t find the stamped appliqués very orthodox, too ;-)


Links:
Unorthodox Applique
The original site doesn’t exist any more and is now available through webarchive: Unorthodox Applique

Here at unikatissima:
Stamped Appliqués