Bobbin Holder

craftster Bobbin Holder

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Ok, ok, today is Saint Nicholas, but here the show is already over, the boot wasn’t only filled but emptied already and life goes on.

And to let it go on neatly (at least concerning sewing) the bobbin holders from spiral binders can help ;-))
So in case that you still have to sew something for Christmas everything should go more easily now :)


Links:
Bobbin Holder (Bevy of Bobbins- corral your unruly bobbin thread! Pics, too!)

Saint Nicholas – Celebration in Central Europe

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Entries with the tag ‘sewing’

Strainer Lamp

craftster Strainer Lamp

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I like this lamp from a strainer and an old book very much, too.
It must give a beautiful light and if you – as said in the instruction – use a bulb that doesn’t get too hot there really shouldn’t be any problems.

And if you don’t like the lamp so much: I compiled a lot of other instructions for lamps made from a lot of things ;-))


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strainer lamp

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Entries with the tag ‘light’

Knitted Flowers

mypicot Knitted Flower

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I liked the knitted rose best of all knitted flowers, that’s why I tried to knit it.
I thought that it must look cute with my white scarf.
And because it doesn’t need much thread it is great for stash use-up ;-)

 

unikatissima Knitted Flower That is my flower and I’m absolutely sure that I knitted it following the instructions.
Although I like it, I think that it looks more like a hyperbolic plane or a carnation flower than a rose.

I ask myself if this has to do with the fact that I have brown thumbs? ;-))

 


Links:
Knitted Flowers (knitting / flower patterns)
dort u.a. Knitted Rose (knitting / flower patterns 202)

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Entries with the tag ‘stash’
TED Talk: Nature, Crochet and Geometry
Seed Starters

Wallpaper Gift Wrap

BugsandFishes Wallpaper Gift Wrap

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I mean to say that the photo convinced me that wallpaper as gift wrap is eminently suited!
And if you went in cardmaking a little bit, too, you surely still have same wallpaper rests laying around ;-)

 


Links:
Wallpaper Gift Wrap (bugs and fishes by lupin: Gift Wrap Ideas #7: Wallpaper)

Polymer Clay Paint Fill-Ins

PCPolyzine Polymer Clay Paint Fill-Ins

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Again a wonderful idea: stamp little polymer clay tiles, cure, dye and afterwards sand away dye excesses.
In principle it’s the same as my carved candle holder, only there I pressed polymer clay into the crease and cured it a second time.
I think that dye is more ‘sand-friendly’ ;-))


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Fill-Ins with Polymer Clay and Paint

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Carving Polymer Clay

Peyote Medaillon Beads

unikatissima Peyote Medaillon Beads

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While surfing the internet I found this necklace and found it amazing.
I thought that it should be easy to made: you make the mdedaillons with flat round Peyote (see links below) just as for the bottom of the beaded bottle, but then you work the pattern back again.
This way you get a slightly thicker medaillon in place of a flat disk.

Unfortunately I’m not so good concerning colours and so I’m not really satisfied with my own medaillon (see photo).
Perhaps I should have printed and coloured in one of the graphs (see links below) to use this as template?!
One day I really will do this ;-)


Links:
Tutorials for flat round Peyote and graphs:
Flat Round Peyote Stitch Step by Step Tutorial (English) – tutorial
Flat Round Peyote Stitch – Beading Graph Paper (English) – graph

Hexagonal Flat Peyote Worked In Rounds (English) – tutorial and graph

Rundes Peyote mit variabler Perlenanzahl (German) – tutorial, click there on ‘Rund-Peyote’

Google search result for ‘flat round peyote’
Google image search result for ‘flat round peyote’

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Beaded Bottle
Peyote Variations
Wrap a Rock

Entries with the tag ‘Peyote’

Modular Rectangular Box

Rosemary Lyndall Wemm Modular Rectangular Box

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I find those rectangular folded boxes absolutely great!

Unfortunately I discovered them too late, but if you haven’t begun yet (oops! ;-)), they are great for an Advent calendar, too ;-)
But take your time, I once made an Advent calendar from similar, but square boxes (instructions from a book) and it took foreeever to finish it.
I use it nearly every year though and it is still beautiful ;-)

And apart from that you can still use them for the Christmas gifts, I think that it would look wonderful, too :)


Links:
Modular Rectangular Box , Version A

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Entries with the tag ‘Advent calendar’
Entries with the tag ‘box’

Modern Advent Wreath

Recyclart Modern Advent Wreath

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Ok, ok, this ‘tealight holder’ isn’t meant as Advent wreath, where you light a(nother) candle every Advent Sunday but it would fit very well, wouldn’t it?
Perhaps one should lay some evergreen boughs aside… ;-))

 

unikatissima Steckdose I tried it with one of our multiple sockets and it simply didn’t look good because I couldn’t insert the tealight deep enough into the sockets because of the noses inside, so I will go back to a traditional Advent wreath this year again ;-)


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Modern Advent Wreath (Light up)

If you want to know more about Advent wreaths in Germany and perhaps even want to make one yourself, check out Christmas Craft Projects – Advent Wreath and How to Make Natural Green Wreaths on the same site.