Archive for the ‘Handicrafts’ Category

Crochet Vest

A vest for all those who’d like to restart crochet or knitting and wouldn’t try difficult instructions or patterns. It’s only two rectangles of which one has to be twisted before assembling them. Instructions and wool were from wollfactory.de and I did my vest in half double crochets. It can also be knitted in nearly […]

Christmas Tree

A very special Christmas Tree. You can use it for your holiday cards, as a place setting or as a pendant for your gifts. I found the how to-instructions on splitcoaststampers.com and immediately made some myself. The size of your circle determins the size of your tree. My sample was a standard music CD with […]

Felt stars

A lovely accessory for Christmas which is quickly done and can be used hanging in fir twigs, spread on your table or attached to little gifts. You can buy all necessary tools in crafting shops or online. Simply search for Needle Felting Supplies and you will find all you need. Besides wool you’ll need felting […]

Sewn stars

Stars – the symbol of Christmas time. Today we’ll sew some of them. The advantage is the numerous fabric designs allowing to match them with your table decoration, the colors of your flat or the occasion you want to use them for. I lined them with waddings of different thickness. But for all stars is […]

Rustic Light

A Christmas light, quite natural and yet very impressive. The original one is proposed in a book entitled Weihnachts-Deko Natur. I chose the birch tree star instead of a square-cut wooden board. The birch branches and twigs were given to me by a lovely friend but you may also take other branches for decoration. The […]