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Stars at table

Simple, quite natural and very easy to reproduce. The necessary test glasses are available at florists or crafting stores. Saw stars of about 5″ and drill a hole in the size of your test glass diameter a bit above the center of your star. Then remove the edges and color the star as you like. […]

Advent calendar – Part II

This stylized Christmas Tree is a last year’s gift from a good friend. At that time it was too late for using it as a calendar but this year my little tree will work as such. It is made of different branches 1/2 – 3/4″ thick which are nailed to a triangle already resembling a […]

Advent calendar – Part I

Here he is – my first advent calendar this year. I chose a white book shelf. First it’s a lovely advent calendar but after Christmas it doesn’t have to be removed. It will serve for storing books. To reach the calendar from all sides it can be leanded against a wall. Lateron it will be […]

Save the flower

Who didn’t have the problem yet – the bouquet of flowers has withered but a single blossom’s still looking too good to be thrown away. But what can we do with them? All alone in a vase they often look a bit lost. There’s help with two stems of Kerria japonica. I fixed them with […]

Advent plannings

Temperatures say something different but a look at the calendar just tells us that Christmas is approaching in big steps. Till the 1st of December we’ve just left a bit more than three weeks. That’s why I propose to start preparing your advent calendar right now. Feeding the search function with the cue “advent calendar” […]