Cute snowman tutorial

I made this kawai snowman out of an old sock (the other one was lost). Except one white sock, I used purple sock, two polystren balls, two sequins for eyes, tiny bit of felt for mouth and cheeks and wool leftover for pompom. It´s so simple to make!

Put balls into the sock. secure with rubber band and mark position of the eyes.

Glue on eyes, mouth and cheeks and sew the opening overhead.

Cut off excess fabric.

Sew ribbon inside.

Make scarf from other sock. Cut rectangle for cap. Sew two ends together and leave top open.

Put it on the snowman's head, pull the ribbon outside and sew the opening

Decorate with pompom.

Ornament wreath

I´ve been seeing and admiring these ornament wreaths all over the internet and I thought they were dificult to make. Then I came across this tutorial and realized I only need wire hanger and bunch of cheap ornaments, so I decided to give it a try.  Here´s the result:

Advent calendar

This year I made advent calendar out of cardboard boxes. I glued them together, sprayed in white and embelish with paper lace, glitter numbers and snowflakes. It´s for my little girl who doesn´t like candies so I put Christmas songs printed on nice paper, hair clips and few tiny toys inside.

Etsy: black swan

I love Etsy so much because I can find so many beautiful things there! This time I found this great accessories inspired by Black swan. I would wear any of them.                                      

1. Odile headband, talulahblue; 2. Evening bag, brigandmaggie; 3. Feather earings, SarahBellasBoutique; 4. Lace swan, Swansfeather; 5. Velvet wrap, pattymara; 6. Necklace, BunniesCanDream; 7. Pearl necklace, OVGilliesDesigns; 8. Lace ballet flats, BobkaBaby

Fairytale swap: black swan

For the fairytale swap everyone had to chose their favorite fairytale and make one piece of jewelry, handmade notebook, hair accessory, favorite quote and some small object (I made round box).
I decided for the Swan Lake fairytale and used Swan lake ballet , Swan Princess cartoon and  Black Swan movie as inspiration. I opted for balack and white contrast as a visual highlight of the story and here´s the result:

Inspirational blog: Elsita

I´ve been following  Elsita´s blog for some time now and  I´m fascinated by her great talent, her unique life story and her positive energy. Her beautiful artwork is often inspired by fairytales and is deeply emotional but universal at the same time. When I look at her blog it makes me feel inspired to create something too.

Elsita has an Etsy shop with really interesting stuff. Here is some ofher work I like most:

Etsy: fairytales

There`s a lot of fairytale inspired goodies on Etsy. I like them all, but my favorite is Elsita´s Little red riding hood themed papercut.

1. Little red riding hood, Elsita, 2. Dorothy shoes, Cybertosh, 3. Snow White necklace, MissMerryElliott, 4. Fairytale buttons, The NebulousKingdom, 5. Snowqueen neckklace, adorapop, 6. Fairytale buttons, MarisolSpoon, 7. Snow White mirror, prettypeonies, 8. Pocket notebook, theblackapple

Fairytale

There is another swap I´m participating. It´s called Fairytale swap and is organized by this nice lady. I find fairytales very interesting and inspiring as they were once stories for adults, full of archetypes symbolically describing everyone's path thru the spiritual development. Enjoy these beautiful photos!

1,2 Annie Leibovitz for Disney 3Tim Walker 4 Fiona Quinn

Craft rooms

I found many pictures of beautiful craft rooms and creative spaces on Pinterest. They are very inspirational and make me think of redecorating my own little corner where I keep some of my supplies ( on the last photo). 

 

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Scrappy swap

 I´ve been participating in this interesting international swap organized by Kat from Flutter.Kat. We exchanged our fabric scraps and some small goodies made from scraps. This swap was "blind" so we only knew who our partner was until everyone received their goodies at the end. Therefore, I´ve sent package to Ann Marie from Toronto and received one from Caroline who lives in Toronto too. The swap will have a second round, so if you are interested, check Flutter.Kat at the begining of March.

1. Package I received from Caroline 2. Package I sent to Ann Marie

Tea time

This tray was very simple to make: I painted wooden tray in brown acrylic paint, add some paper doilies and embellished it with ribbon. It´s perfect for serving tea and chestnuts on rainy afternoon.

Birthday Card

I decided to make a card for friend´s birthday. I was inspired by shabby chic and vintage, but wanted to keep design clear. The colors complemented gift wrap. Here´s the result:

Rain again

This is my favorite rain song. It´s raining here and this is my favorite excuse to stay at home and do some crafts or just browsing the net. Hereś what I found:

1. Umbrella Gold necklace 2. Silver Umbrella Necklace 3. Faux Patina Rainy Day Necklace 4. Umbrella Purple Tea Towel 5. Umbrella skirt 6. Umbrella mobile 7. Umbrella pocket mirror 8. Umbrella buttons  9. My umbrellas (brooches)