tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38789348144026598102024-03-14T05:26:20.020-07:0099 sheets of white paper... and what you can do with themheikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807627516064430853noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878934814402659810.post-58455716317145456612013-03-25T03:50:00.000-07:002013-03-25T03:50:16.843-07:00Easter postcard (5)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here comes a further variation of the woven Easter egg postcard. It is so much fun to come up with ideas for weaving that I did this last woven egg with sequins added. This is for those of you who like it a bit more glamorous.<br />
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<b>Easter Postcard with Woven Egg and sequins</b><br />
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Material and instruction like in <a href="http://99sheetsofwhitepaper.blogspot.de/2013/02/easter-postcard-2_25.html">Easter postcard No. 3</a>. You also need some sequins fitting your chosen colour scheme. Proceed just as in postcard no. 3, but weave more loosely. After finishing the weaving, add the sequins. I made groups of three and spread them evenly over the egg.<br />
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All these variations are meant to show that you can let your imagination run free and come up with the most beautiful ideas yourself. Have fun!<br />
<br />heikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807627516064430853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878934814402659810.post-36862480088433948072013-03-25T03:37:00.000-07:002013-03-25T03:37:05.325-07:00Easter Postcard (4)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Easter postcard project varies the theme and technique of <a href="http://99sheetsofwhitepaper.blogspot.de/2013/02/easter-postcard-2_25.html">Easter Postcard No. 3</a>. It is woven again, but more colourful as you can see. I sort of liked the idea to wrap it in a warm and cosy plaid, especially as it's extremaly cold outside with biting wind and not nearly feeling like spring or Easter.<br />
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<b>Easter Postcard with Plaid Egg</b><br />
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Materials and instruction see <a href="http://99sheetsofwhitepaper.blogspot.de/2013/02/easter-postcard-2_25.html">Easter Postcard No. 3</a>, only add some more colours and weave more loosely so you can see the warp threads, too.<br />
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<b>Flowery Easter Postcard</b></div>
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newspaper and magazine cutouts in all shades of pink, purple, red, orange</div>
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<li>Print the <a href="mailto:info@federfund-illustration.de">template</a>.</li>
<li>Cover the egg in oil pastels and mark vertical lines with a needle, beginning in the center and drawing parallels every 1.5 cm.</li>
<li>Cut out flowers in shades and patterns of pink with a flower hole punch.</li>
<li>Fix the flower cut-outs with tiny dots of glue along the vertical lines.</li>
<li>Sew along these lines in different colours. Knot the dangling threads thoroughly on the back.</li>
<li>Spread spray glue onto the pink paper and press onto the back of the postcard.</li>
<li>Fold the postcard carefully with a bone folder along the middle.</li>
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Making this postcard was so much fun, that I produced some more in every colour of the rainbow. To top the look, I added an envelope in the same colour as the lining of the respective card. <br />
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heikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807627516064430853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878934814402659810.post-15282302848663220732013-02-25T01:43:00.000-08:002013-02-25T01:43:37.946-08:00Easter Postcard (2)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the second Easter postcard. I wanted to further experiment with weaving, this time in wool.<br />
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<b>Easter Postcard With Wool Egg</b><br />
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Material: 1 sheet of white paper<br />
1 sheet of green paper<br />
mending yarn in turquoise (or another colour of your liking)<br />
adhesive tape <br />
spray glue<br />
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<li>Print the <a href="mailto:info@federfund-illustration.de">template </a>for the egg on the white sheet of paper.</li>
<li>Cover the dots with adhesive tape for more stability. This is the back side of the postcard, so it won't show.</li>
<li>Pierce all the dots.</li>
<li>Start weaving by doing all the vertical lines. This is the warp.</li>
<li>Begin with the weft at the bottom of the egg. As you can see, I applied two different techniques: plain-weaving and twill-weaving. You can find the explanation <a href="http://visual.merriam-webster.com/arts-architecture/crafts/weaving/basic-weaves.php">here</a>. To achieve the herringbone effect you have to change the direction of the warp thread you are weaving under: to let the pattern 'move' to the right, weave under the next warp thread to the right in every row, to move to the left vice versa.</li>
<li>Suture all ends neatly on the back.</li>
<li>Cover the green paper with spray glue and press thoroughly to the back of the white paper.</li>
<li>Fold carefully along the middle with a bone folder.</li>
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You can further vary your design by using different colours for the weft and creating stripes. <br />
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As outside everything is still black, brown and muddy, I wanted to do projects that give a 'springy' feeling by using spring green and other bright colours. I began with some Easter postcards. You can see the first one above. I actually used some blades of grass I found behind my garden.<br />
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<b>Easter Postcard With Grass-Blades</b><br />
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Material: 1 sheet of white paper<br />
1 sheet of spring green paper<br />
some dried blades of grass<br />
spray glue<br />
bone folder <br />
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<li>Cut vertical lines 3 mm apart so they build the shape of an egg into the front of your postcard. You can order the template <a href="mailto:info@federfund-illustration.de">here</a>.</li>
<li>Cut strips of paper 3, 6 and 8 mm wide.</li>
<li>Weave the strips into the vertically cut egg-shape, alternating the width and occasionally using the blades of grass, too. You have to handle the grass very carefully, because it's so brittle. I used a small kitchen knife to help threading. The last strips are a bit tricky, too.</li>
<li>Cut off the excess length of the strips on the back, yet not too short.</li>
<li>Spray glue onto the green paper and press tightly onto the back of the postcard.</li>
<li>Carefully fold along the middle with a bone folder.</li>
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heikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807627516064430853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878934814402659810.post-77192794603219120262013-02-14T06:49:00.002-08:002013-02-14T06:49:40.814-08:00Valentine's Day Love Letters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Valentine!<br />
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Here comes a nice little Valentine gift for those of you who like a fiddly job.<br />
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<b>Love Letter How to</b><br />
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Material: 1 sheet of white paper<br />
oil pastels in various shades of red, orange, magenta, pink<br />
water colours in similar shades<br />
glue<br />
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<li>Cut out the template (which you can order <a href="mailto:info@federfund-illustration.de">here</a>). Paint the heart parts with the oil pastels. Add a second layer in water colours covering pink with orange and vice versa. Let dry.</li>
<li>Cut out all parts, clipping small triangles off the flaps of the heart shapes.</li>
<li>Fold back all flaps. Do valley and mountain folds in the 'wall'-strips according to the shape of the letters and crease properly.</li>
<li>Beginning with the letter 'L' spread little glue on all the flaps of the first L and onto the inner rim of the strip. Carefully put together, hiding the endflap of the 'wall'-strip inside. Let dry.</li>
<li>Repeat the procedure with the second L and insert carefully. You might need to insert the corners and level cover and wall with the help of a knife, which is a bit tricky.</li>
<li>Repeat the last two steps with the other letters and the heart. As you can imagine the 'E' and the 'V' are especially fiddly. Here you need a bit of patience.</li>
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You can also do lids for the boxes by enlarging the top cover and a strip of about 1 cm height and fill the boxes with small items like candy or coupons for treats as an additional surprise.<br />
<br />heikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807627516064430853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878934814402659810.post-73525070954884757602013-02-11T05:53:00.002-08:002013-02-11T05:53:58.700-08:00Prince Crown<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On carnival not only girls want to be a character from a fairy tale: here comes the crown for your little prince.<br />
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<b>Prince Crown How To:</b><br />
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Material: 1 sheet of white paper <br />
small pieces of cellophane<br />
oil pastels<br />
glue stick<br />
adhesive tape <br />
double-faced adhesive tape<br />
glitter hairspray <br />
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<li>Make a pattern for the crown or feel free to order it <a href="mailto:info@federfund-illustration.de">here</a>. Cut out carefully.</li>
<li>Fold the rim in halve and glue together.</li>
<li>Spray thoroughly with glitter hairspray.</li>
<li>Glue the ends of the rim together, overlapping.</li>
<li>For the gems cover small pieces from the cut-off paper with red oil pastel for a ruby and blue for a sapphire. Rumple and smooth again and then paint over the creases in darker shades of red and blue. Cut out circles a bit smaller than in the crown.</li>
<li>To let the 'gems' be more 3D you can rumple small pieces from the cut-off paper and fix it on the back. </li>
<li>Rumple small pieces of cellophane and cover the front of the gem, gluing them to the back with tiny pieces of tape.</li>
<li>Put some double-faced adhesive tape onto the back of the gems and fix them on the crown, alternating the colours.</li>
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Carnival aside, how about throwing a motto party for princes and princesses? You might give every guest a crown as a welcome gift. Or, using the templates, you might let them do their personal (simpler) versions of crowns by decorating and painting them alone.<br />
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<br />heikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807627516064430853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878934814402659810.post-60603371007758599202013-02-10T07:55:00.001-08:002013-02-10T07:56:48.111-08:00Princess Crown<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Carnival has come and you don't have a crown for your little princess?! Here's an easy one to make.<br />
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<b>Princess Crown How To</b><br />
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Material: 1 sheet of white paper<br />
1 sheet of sandwich paper<br />
oil pastels<br />
glue stick, glue<br />
hole punch<br />
elastic yarn <br />
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<li>Make a template for the crown that leaves a strip of about 7 - 8 cm straight lengthwise, with a pattern that can be divided by 8 for the positions of the roses. In line with the big roses in the center cut out small strips of 1 cm width to the edges.</li>
<li>For the roses rumple the sandwich paper, smooth it and paint one side pink, one side red. Cut out 9 (!) squares of 5 cm and twist around the center, shaping them blossomlike. Cut the corners round.</li>
<li>For the leaves, also rumple the sandwich paper, smooth it and paint one side dark green, one side light green. Cut out 27 leaves. It's not necessary to make them all exactly the same.</li>
<li>Now glue 3 leaves to the marks for the roses, also at random rather than regularly and only to the center, leaving most of the leaves loose. Pierce through the leaves and the white paper and thread the 'stems' of 8 roses. Glue the stems onto the back of the white paper and cover with a small piece of white paper.</li>
<li>Cut out 3 small leaves and 2 circles (with a hole punch) per rose for the small ones at the edges and glue them on, again only at the center.</li>
<li>Fold the 8 narrow strips of paper to the outside directly at he beginning and carefully shape them to arches. </li>
<li>Glue the straight part of the crown together, overlapping for 1 cm. </li>
<li>Pierce the long strips half a centimeter from the ends and glue them together. Glue on 3 (larger) leaves, thread the last big rose through and fix like the others.</li>
<li>To fix the crown on your child's head, pierce 2 small holes 1 cm from the lower edge of the crown on opposite sides (reinforce them with an additional layer of paper for more durability) and thread and knot a length of elastic yarn according to the size of her head.</li>
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Happy carnival for your little princess!<br />
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Feel free to order the template <a href="mailto:info@federfund-illustration.de">here</a>. <br />
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<br />heikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807627516064430853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878934814402659810.post-66268691915268956812013-02-01T02:27:00.000-08:002013-02-15T03:53:07.024-08:00Dangling Ornaments<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For this project I made some ornaments to decorate twigs from my garden with but which you could also hang in front of your window. I took dogwood twigs because I love their beautiful mahogany red bark.<br />
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<b>Material:</b> 1-2 sheets of white paper<br />
cardboard cylinders of different diameters<br />
glue<br />
white yarn (I used very thin cotton yarn for crocheting lace)<br />
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<b>No. 1: Furry ornament</b><br />
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<li>Cut three squares for each ornament, about half a centimeter longer than the circumference of your cylinder (which should be 1 cm broad) and 3, 4 and 5 centimeter high.</li>
<li>Now cut the heights in very thin strips (ca. 1 mm), working from the edges of the height to the center, leaving 1 cm uncut.</li>
<li>Cut a piece of yarn about 25 cm long.</li>
<li>Spread glue evenly around the cylinder and fix the ends of the yarn under the first strip of fringed paper, beginning with the widest of the three. Let dry thoroughly.</li>
<li>Apply the next strip (middle width) and at last the narrowest.</li>
<li>When it is completely dry, carefully ruffle the fringes to give it its 'furry' look.</li>
</ul>
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<b>No. 2: Wrap-around rings</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Cut strips of 3-4 mm width.</li>
<li>Cut a piece of yarn about 25 cm long.</li>
<li>Spread glue thinly on the whole strip and wrap thightly around the ring in two layers. Fix the ends of the yarn under the first wraps.</li>
<li>You can leave them just like that or embellish them further by adding patterns of very thin cut paper strips (1mm) in different patterns or even some circles gathered from your hole punch.</li>
</ul>
I did not work too regularly when wrapping or cutting and ruffling the fringes to give the ornaments a more vivid appearance.<br />
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For easter I also intend to do some egg-shaped ornaments made of all shades of green paper. I will show them to you in time.<br />
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As winter still is in full bloom (or rather in full snow) I have done another snow project. This one is a bit tricky and requires a lot of patience.<br />
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<b>Snowflake Postcard How To:</b><br />
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Material: 1 Sheet of white paper<br />
a small piece of sandwich paper (left over from the snow crystal project)<br />
a small piece of a different transparent paper (a different shade of white,<br />
a slightly different texture)<br />
sky bluish paper<br />
sewing thread in different shades of blue (consistent to your choice of<br />
background paper)<br />
glue stick <br />
<ul>
<li>Cut the sheet of paper in two crosswise.</li>
<li>Draw the contour of a snowflake and cut out.</li>
<li>Cut out a snowflake from the transparent paper.</li>
<li>Cut out a small hexagonal crystal shape for the center and 6 pieces for the tips of the snowflake from the sandwich paper.</li>
<li>Align them all on your background paper in layers, so that they fit into the snowflake cut-out of the cover.</li>
<li>Glue carefully only in the center of each 'arm' of the snow crystal, so that it is just fixed a bit, but the ends will remain loose.</li>
<li>Sew the layers together, using different shades of sewing thread for each seam.</li>
<li>Glue under the cover and sew carefully together.</li>
<li>Glue the finished cover and the other half of the A4 sheet together. Cut off protruding edges if necessary.</li>
<li>Fold in two.</li>
<li>Very carefully pull the loose ends of the tranparent parts of the crystal a bit off the background for a more 3D look.</li>
</ul>
Fixing the transparent paper onto the background and sewing everything together are the trickiest parts. If your sewing machine allows for extra slow sewing, take the chance. <br />
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Finally it's winter outside! Everything is beautifully covered in snow, so that I felt like making some snow crystals inside, too. Unfortunately my camera is absolutely inadequate for close-ups. But I will give you better photographs as soon as I have my new one. Anyway, I hope you get a nice enough impression to feel like doing them yourself.<br />
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<b>Snow Crystal Tutorial</b><br />
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Material: 1 sheet of paper<br />
sandwich paper<br />
glue stick<br />
darning wool<br />
darning needle<br />
<ul>
<li>Cut out circles of different sizes, varying the sizes of the inner circles, too. Don't throw away the cutouts: they will be used for the non-transparent crystals. It has to be an even number of circles as you will glue them together in pairs.</li>
<li>Rumple a sheet of sandwich paper and carefully smoothe it a bit. Glue a piece to one circle and fix it thoroughly, then glue the second circle on top.</li>
<li>The full circles are also glued together in pairs of two to lend them more stability.</li>
<li>With the darning needle pierce a pattern of tiny holes into the circle that can be divided by six, as in real snow crystals.</li>
<li>Take a length of darning wool (not two short, as there is no way to hide loose ends of a further thread) and pull through the first hole at the outside of your pattern. Leave about 10 - 15 cm dangling, you will need it later to build a hanger.</li>
<li>Now you can stitch any pattern you like.There's an amazing range of possiblities without any need for repetition. The only thing that you have to keep in mind is that you end in the same hole where you started, but threading through the opposite side. I also took care to have them look identical on both sides, which indeed helps with inventing patterns, because otherwise an even number of holes might leave you with your thread ending at random.</li>
<li>Knot the loose ends of your thread together building a hanger.</li>
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<br />heikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807627516064430853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878934814402659810.post-78106194931014821702013-01-04T06:29:00.000-08:002013-01-04T06:29:24.200-08:00Tea Light Lamp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today it is so dark, you can leave the lights on all day long. So I decided to spice up my tea lights by making these lamps.<br />
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It's a bit time-consuming to do them because between the different steps you have to allow for the several layers to dry. As there is wax involved it is not advisable to use a blow-dryer to shorten the process.<br />
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<b>How to:</b><br />
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Material: 1 sheet of paper<br />
tea light holder from the Swedish furniture store (the blue and yellow one ;))<br />
watercolours or acrylic paint<br />
a white candle <br />
paper knife<br />
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<ul>
<li>Measure the circumference of your tea light holder and add 1cm for comfort plus 1 cm per side to overlap.</li>
<li>Fix the paper to your work surface with masking tape and rub it thoroughly with your candle.</li>
<li>Apply a coat of watercolour and let dry.</li>
<li>Fix the colour with diluted glue, taking care not to smear the watercolours. Or use acrylic paint so you can leave out his step. Let dry.</li>
<li>After drying, cut in appropriate strips. Prepare two templates of a fir tree in different sizes and cut the contours into the paper strips. Take care only to cut one half of it lengthwise.</li>
<li>Carefully fold back the trees along the edge of a ruler so there will be small wholes to let the light shine through. Now the tree halves add up to a hole tree.</li>
<li>Fold the short sides 1 cm from the edge.</li>
<li>To close the circle cut one tree exactly in the middle with its center in line with the fold. Also cut a bit from the tree top down- and from its base upwards, leaving about a third of the length uncut.</li>
<li>On the opposite fold cut a rectangle about 2 mm longer than this uncut piece and 1 to 2 mm wide.</li>
<li>Turn down the 'flaps' of the tree and pull gently through the rectangular slit. Unfold the tree.</li>
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When making these lights, it occurred to me that they resemble the bark of birch trees. So I made another set, where the colours are even closer to the original, glued some spring green tissue paper on the inside and cut birch leaves instead of fir trees.<br />
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These go even better with the spring like temperatures outside. Plus they will make you forget about the darkness and the soggy wheather.<br /><br />heikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807627516064430853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878934814402659810.post-22705457834467142182013-01-03T02:47:00.002-08:002013-01-03T02:47:35.954-08:00Snowballs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As winter seams to want to disguise as a very rainy spring, with temperatures so high that snow is no option in the near future, I decided to make some snowballs and hang them on branches.<br />
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This is a job for people who love making a bit of a mess and are not afraid of sticky fingers.<br />
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<b>How to do them:</b><br />
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Material: 1 sheet of white paper<br />
plastic balls as you find them in your roll-on<br />
Planatol A or white PVA glue<br />
pieces of string, 25 cm long ( I used some Lurex)<br />
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<ul>
<li>Shred the paper in a paper shredder that does cross-cuts.</li>
<li>Dilute the glue with water to the consistency of condensed milk.</li>
<li>Spread a little bit of glue onto the plastic ball.</li>
<li>Fold the thread in half and glue first. Fix it by glueing a few paper cuts crosswise over the first centimeter.</li>
<li>Cover the whole ball with paper cuts, making sure to thoroughly spread the glue so that the cuts stick properly (This is the messy part!).</li>
<li>Continue until the ball is covered completely. It does not matter if there are small gaps left as you can see on the photo.</li>
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This single sheet of paper sufficed to do 7 balls. heikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807627516064430853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878934814402659810.post-27334170079763553982013-01-02T04:59:00.000-08:002013-01-02T05:00:09.538-08:00Bugle Beads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is project no 2: bugle beads.<br />
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They are so easy to do and so much fun. Of course they all came out of one single sheet of paper. There was even one more bead, but I prefer an uneven number, so I left it aside. I intend to a do a lot more of them, in different shapes and sizes, too. And of course in a variety of patterns and colours, so they will fit different styles and clothes.<br />
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So here is the how to:<br />
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Material: 1 sheet of paper (as described in the intro)<br />
Planatol or white PVA glue<br />
eye pins of different lengths<br />
fine-liner <br />
black rubber cord<br />
fastening<br />
pliers<br />
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<ul>
<li>Cut the paper in strips of 2, 3 an 4 cm width. A length of 15 cm will do or the beads will become to bulky.</li>
<li>Apply some glue to the beginning of a strip.</li>
<li>Choose an eye pin 0.5 mm longer than the bead shall be and wrap the paperstrip closely around about 2 or 3 times.</li>
<li>Now bend the surplus of the eye pin closely around the paper and tweeze tight.</li>
<li>Put glue on the rest of the strip and carefully roll it up. Pay special attention to the end because you do not want it to come loose.</li>
<li>Wait for the bead to dry and then adorn it with a pattern of your liking.</li>
<li>Paint 2 - 3 times with glue to make sure the bead is water resistant and the pattern will not rub off on your clothes.</li>
<li>Thread all beads on a length of rubber cord and add a fastening of your choice.</li>
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Of course you can vary the paper, the pattern, the colours, whether you want to take rubber band or maybe stainless steel, just as you like it.<br />
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Several years ago I made a similar but much larger chain out of newspaper cuttings. You can see it here:<br />
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If you look closely, you can see that I added a few beads of different papers. Zebra striped e. g. or silver or gold and even black as highlights.<br />
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<br />heikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807627516064430853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878934814402659810.post-43122428305656913372013-01-01T06:38:00.001-08:002013-01-01T10:29:16.603-08:00Pyramids<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here comes my first project: pyramids. I remember them from my childhood, when we drank Sunkist juice with straws out of them. Also in Britain you can buy PG Tips tea in such cute tea bags. I was always wondering, how one could do these intricate containers. When I discovered how simple they are to create, I was all the more fascinated with them.<br />
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Here's the how to:<br />
<ul>
<li>Cut a rectangle with one side twice as long as the other.</li>
<li>Then fold in half and glue or sew them together (as in the above project) along the adjoining sides.</li>
<li>Leave open the last side.</li>
<li>Open and fold exactly in the opposite way so that the seam meets the middle of the leftover side.</li>
<li>Then glue or sew together.</li>
<li>Pull a bit until it shapes like a pyramid.</li>
</ul>
While doing them I discovered that it is much easier to fold the creases and properly shape the pyramids, if you thoroughly rumple the paper and smoothe it out before sewing it. The paper is much easier to handle then. Of course you must not overdo this or it might tear.<br />
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