Category DIY
All the bling in one place! I finished my first “real” woodworking project using pocket holes, and what shall I say – I love it. It was quite some work, took loads of
It was one of the lucky finds in the internet some grey day or something. I don’t remember why I found it – well, however it happened, but I found “zentangles”. They are meditative patterns
Picture puzzle: What do you see here? (a) An abstract portrait of Benjamin Button (b) The adolescent moon with acne (c) A maverick’s attempt to create a car wheel from ingrain wallpaper Send your response as a comment and win… Continue Reading →
I love youtube…! Youtube is my teacher. Recently, I immersed into some woodworking tutorials and got caught by a way of joining wood which I had not known existed. It looks so easy – and now that I know about… Continue Reading →
This post is dedicated to my dear granny Hilde, who passed away a long time ago. R.i.p., my dear! Today is your 110th birthday and you can be sure we are thinking of you! When I restructured my book shelf… Continue Reading →
My latest DIY project took me more than a year – or, rather, two Christmases and six weeks. I did my first jaquard-pattern knitting – a plan I’ve had for ages. So, I proudly present “manikin and jumping pony” –… Continue Reading →
Recently stumbled upon an old DIY project which I did when I was in my teens. I call it “squaring the circle” – a quadrangular wooden bowl wich I turned in my dad’s workshop. Looking at it now, I am… Continue Reading →
♥ ♥ ♥ A very happy birthday to my beloved sister!! ♥ ♥ ♥ Following up on the first pop-up card I made, I thought about how to tailor the method in order to have bigger motives on the card and still not have… Continue Reading →
My sister gave me a book about pop-up art, with descriptions and tutorials about the principles, cutting and folding techniques. And here we go, I made a greeting card as my first little project. If you’d like to know how to… Continue Reading →
Yesterday, I picked up my sister from the railway station at our home village. While waiting for her train to arrive, I wandered around the railway station (which is nowadays just a point where the train stops and a lonely… Continue Reading →
