The first day at school – for most of the kids a very special day. German kids usually spend the afternoon then with their grandparents, godparents and friends. On this occasion these little sweet owls will be welcome. Some cellphane bags filled with sweets will make the body which is glued between a folded card […]
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The inchies felt lonesome on my terrace and I still had a large collection of shells collected last year. Furthermore we had collected some birch branches in autumn and braided little wreaths with them. I simply twisted some sisal around and fixed shells and other finds of the sea on it with hot glue. Some […]
This summer I’m holidaying at home but don’t want to miss my beachfeeling at all. Browsing in the web I found a lovely idea on craftideas.info which I tried myself immediately. You don’t need too many different materials: a stretcher frame (or some white card stock framed with corrugated board), white card stock, light brown […]
They’re in full flower right now and there’s nothing better then their comforting odor in your wardrobe and bedroom. Browsing around I found some lovely lavender pads on Antonia’s site. I tried them myself immediately. Their pyramidal shape makes it easy to place them everywhere. Sewn with some leftover cloth you can leave them as […]
Low effort, highest effect. These nice paper balls made with 6-8 circles are to be used in three different ways. Those with 6 circles will make nice holders for tea lights. Adding further two you’ll have a closed ball for decoration. The smallest version is made of 2″ circles and will give lovely lamp shades […]
