Tag DIY
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 →
You need: – the end of a stressful week (or a stressful day) – a piece of paper – a pair of compasses (or a pre-printed pattern if you are lazy like me) – a handful of colored crayons
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 →
Today, I ate the last cookie which was left from the afternoon I spent in the kitchen of a friend of mine. You saw the vanilla crescent cookies in one of the early-december posts. Now, all are gone, finally. This… Continue Reading →
Last wednesday, I went for a little stroll into the English Garden in Munich. It was dark and a little scary as very few people were around at first. But then, I detected a tiny little Christmas market, far away… Continue Reading →
Another day in the train, another 2377 words. I had to continue the story where I left it yesterday (I needed to know what would happen next), so more shades of gray, somewhere on my way between Hanover and Frankfurt…. Continue Reading →
