Free DIY Easter Eggs
I´ll be really busy for the next couple of days celebrating my 40th B-day and my daughters 6th B-day. So while I´m busy and having a small blog-break I think it´s time to share my little DIY Easter Eggs & Rabbits. They are made with some of my repeat patterns and are super simple to make.
Print them out on thick A4 paper – cut them out and mix & match. Glue 2 eggs together with a piece of sewing tread in the middle – or make a string of eggs – et voila! The rabbits are a bit more tricky – so I´ve made a front and back version of them. Cut the front first – glue it to the back of the rabbit and cut the back afterwards.
You can download the front here and the back here. Have fun!
For private use only. Please spread the word, respect my copyright and share your result on Flickr or your blog!
Impatient Paper Flowers
To celebrate the 2010 International Women´s Day I would like to share this simple DIY-idea with you. I came up with this idea when I looked at my cherry blossom branches which I´m impatiently waiting for to bloom. I cut some simple paper flowers which are both quick and easy to make. See the drawing above for the size, and start by cutting a hole in the size of the branch – then cut 5 petals around the hole – and wrap the flower around the branch – you might have to vary the size of the hole from branch to branch. I used plain white paper – and painted a yellow circle around the hole on some of the flowers – I think thick paper will work great too. Happy Womens day and have fun cutting – and if you have any questions please let me know.
P.s After I posted this I suddenly realized where my inspiration also came from. Last month at Formland I saw these flowers by PFISK, and loved the idea – so if you don´t enjoy cutting – you can buy these - which are a bit more sturdy than paperflowers. Inspiration is everywhere – sometimes I don´t know where it came from – but when I do remember - I want to give credits.
Trendy dip-dye
I´m quite smitten with the whole gradient and dip-dye trend that´s going on. And I think the journals here from Anthropologie would also be a great DIY-project to try at home with some watercolours and a sewing machine. The cocktail dress by Alice + Olivia was the dress I wanted to wear last summer for our wedding party – but it didn´t fit me at all so I had to return it – but never has a dress made my heart beat so fast! The childrens clothes shown are made by Hollys and the book with the yellow gradient is found via Ffffound - and it all makes me think of SUMMER! If you would like to play with some gradients too you can click here - and then just keep clicking!
