Hi there,
An other quick post to share my latest DIY project. After seeing these beautiful scarf necklace on Pinterest I just couldn’t help my self and had to give it a try!
I used an old scarf,some silver hoops and a silver hart center piece (all found in my stash )!
I love how it turned out and more will follow, I would love one in black!
Well that’s it for now, till next post!
Happy sewing! 🙂
We managed to lose a box with Christmas decorations. Don’t know how we did it but it happend and I’m not happy! Years of self crafted chrirstmas decorations. …. gone.
But my daughter (being the optimistic girl she is) came up with the great idea to start with a new christmad deco box.
The only problem….. no budget! !
Butmama (being the crafty mama who can’t throw anything out and always have some stash hidden away) went searching for what ever she could find christmas related, red and green stuff, basically what ever we could use!!!
Well this is what mama could find.
The gold and red stars we made our self
So stars it is!
Here are some of the things we made just in time for Christmas!
So now its time to enjoy, eat, drink and love!
We wish all a Merry Christmas and a Great New Year!!!
No sewing this week…..we have a birthday coming up yehhhh! Our baby is turning 10!!!
So these days its planning and a bunch of b-day stuff to do, its soooo much fun!
We went shopping for some invites but she did not like any of the cards (hmpfff) so she came up with the idea to make some her self (what see really meant was mama will make them), and since we are going swimming she wants invites to match!
Well this is what we ( I ) for so far
Bathing suit for he girls and trunks for the guys!
Wel got to go need the cut some more.
Happy sewing / crafting!
Its vacation time! School is out, litlle girl is moving to the next class so all is great!
To kick-off 6 weeks of fun we decided to do some beads crafting!
Bracelet and earrings for litlle girl.
Bracelet and earrings for mama.
We had the most fun making these! !! We just love love taking something old and making something new.
We took some old hair elastic we’ve been saving like forever and cut the bangles off
Added new elastic and beads.
And tadaaa we got ourselves some cool bracelets to wear during our fun vacation!
Wel its up to the next fun craft project!!
Have a great day!
My latest craft project (just a little one) was this lovely flower form little girl to wear to the Christmas dinner at her school.
I saw this flower on a blog Sewing in no mans land and loved it!!
And so did little girl, luckily I had all the materials at hand, felt, hearbandand, glue gun and beads, it took 30 min to make.
This is the end result.
More will follow!!
My last post was from three months ago!!! Due to illness I was not able to finish my mad men challenge by Julia Bobbins L, I was no allowed to work or sew due to neck, back and arm problems!
But now I’m felling so much better and I can slowly start doing my fav. Things ( I’ve missed it so much!!) I’m still not allowed to spend much time behind the sewing machine so I started with some little craft project with the help of my daughter!! We had great fun making these stuffed animals and other crafts!!
Now I’m just waiting…… to finish my mad men dress!!!!
Mr. Turtle
We found this great turtle pattern on:
Make it and Love it by Ashley
Stras
From: Burda magazine
Knight on a Horse
From: Crafts for a little princess
Mr. & Mrs. Octopus
From: Knutsel Idee.nl
Birds
From: Burda 08-2011
Bird
From: Burda magazine
Earrings
Sets
Chains
November 2011
In between working, raising baby girl being a wife, sewing and sewing classes I also have to make time to make jewelry for our (my friend Maike and I) little boutique. I love creating new and fun
jewels, it takes some time but it’s always worth it. Here in Suriname the love jewelry made from natural materials (wood and seeds). The sift was difficult but I think I found the thing working for me ….wooden beads……. I decided to start with that and slowly work my way to the seeds, I like to deliver good work and understand the materials I work with and sometimes that can take some time (for me to be happy with the results). So it was a lot of work and then take it apart and start over again. I’m happy to say I’m getting there! It’s great to learn new things! I also bought some for my daughter and she loves working with me and creating her own bracelets and necklaces to wear for when we go out!
My Daughter’s supply
Some of Mama’s supply
My fav. beads
My fav. ornament
During the school holiday I try to spend a lot of time with my daughter so there is not a lot of time for sewing, but I still want to be creative next to the kids crafting stuff. So when baby girl is sleeping I try to make little things that does not involve a lot of work. So I thought that since school is starting in October I could try to make some nice hair clips (hair accessories is a big thing in Suriname).
So to get some ideas and inspiration I went online and found a site that was just what I was looking for. Ribbon Covered Snaps ( copy right 2006 Trick of the Trade). You don’t need a lot of materials, you can make them while watching TV and be done in 30 min. I enjoyed making the clips and my daughter loves them and she looked cute wearing them.
Materials needed:
Ribbons, Glue gun, Hair clips and some Cute Ornaments to glue on top
End Result
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