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 …
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 …
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 …
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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 - …
When I need inspiration, the Hobbycraft blog is one of my favourite places to visit. Lots of guest writers contribute ideas of various crafts to it, and I found this blog post of how to make a felt succulent letter which gave me my next idea. The blog post showed how to make succulents and …
Hobbycraft has this blog post on ways to use a deep box frame and I got inspired to make an origami-themed frame. I used pink 7.5cm squares of paper to make Yoshizawa butterflies, and green squares to make pinwheels. I also cut them into quarters to make smaller pieces. You also need a piece of …
I bought a lot of seed beads a long time ago and they just sit in a box on my desk, not really being used much. At some point, I moved flats and the beads got shaken up as well! It was time to do something with them. I had a little bit of 0.4mm …
Apologies for the silence! I was a bit burnt out from planning a holiday and being away from home for so long. Now that everything is in order, I can share a project that I started in January, but only finished recently due to finding a spark of creativity! I found some old gradient-coloured origami …
I said I'd try another kanzashi piece. I got inspiration from this video by MyInDulzens on YouTube - give her channel a look if you're interested, she's very talented! I started with white organza ribbon. Some green organza ribbon for leaves and white rattail for dangles are optional. You need a lot of ribbon, and …
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