In my last post I showed you my felt succulent plant pot and I hinted that I was making it for something else. Well, it was because I spotted this macrame set in Hobbycraft first! This is a "Make your own Macrame Vase Kit" from the Hobbycraft Craft Kits line. I've done bits of macrame …
I have been working on making this hanging pot decoration (soon to come in another post!) but I wanted to add my own plants to the pot. At first, I thought I should make an origami plant pot as I already make a lot of origami decorations, but I decided against it as the paper …
I've always lived in flats owned by other people, so I never wanted to decorate them or stick things to the walls. However this year I have a house, and that means I can make all the changes I want in the world! This year I went away, so I only made a few things. …
Continue reading A crafty Christmas 2021 – Christmas decorations for a house
Some personal news and context - I moved house! I finally got out of a flat and into a house. Moving is stressful, but on the positive side, this new place would need decorations. I think I'm good at making stuff, so this was the last thing I made in that flat! I bought this …
Here is another model from Tomoko Fuse's Kusudama Origami book that I love making models from. The name of this model is "Hanagaku Matsuba", written as 花額松葉 in Kanji. Roughly translated, you get the words "Flower frame" and "Pine needle". Previously the other names have been fairly descriptive, but I wonder what it could be …
You may have seen that for a lot of my modular origami projects, I tend to cut smaller squares to make my units. Origami paper comes in 15cm squares usually, but I find that the finished model can be quite large, so I like cutting them into four 7.5cm squares, or even nine 5cm squares. …
Anyone who's into any trading card game will have lots of spare cards lying around. I've heard some stores will take your spares but in bulk only, so you have to sell a lot of cards in one go to make it worthwhile! Shadowbox TCG cards have been emerging as a great way to turn …
Continue reading My first 3D shadowbox Pokémon TCG card – Sinistea!
Wreathes are a fantastic craft to make at home as you can use just about anything as your medium. For my base I've used copper garden wire - it's very soft and malleable, and it has a similar effect to branches. I looped a circle a few times, then wrapped wire around three locations - …
What can you do with a lot of gemstone chips lying about? I bought a lot of these chip strings as I used them for my tree of life pendants, but I never seem to use all the chips ever. I have most of them sitting in this nice box just tucked away in my …
I previously touched upon carambola flowers in my last blog post. After a bit of trying out different methods (failing horribly...) and searching for new ones, this excellent video by ZIZ origami helped me understand how to fold one properly at long last. I highly recommend you check it out! I made a bunch of …
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