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HAPPY
create a dream
balcony
new!
summer
edition
2014
Sew!
space with Luloveshandmade
Simple pillowcases
Flower Brooches
Sweet
Tooth?
Simple Summer
Craft Ideas
a delicious recipe for Halva
a pretty
PICNIC
Memory
Keeping
with Janna Werner
CROCHET
Projects & Patterns
CRAFT ROOM TOUR
& interview
FORMERLY MERRY MAKINGS MAGAZINE
WWW.HANDMADEHAPPY.CO.UK
HELLO FRIENDS
My name is Claire, I am the editor of the blog heart handmade uk and I
am very happy to welcome you to the Summer edition of Merry Makings
magazine. After the success of the first issue of Merry Makings magazine
I was so excited to begin work on the Summer edition! We have so many
new contributors and fabulous projects in many different disciplines for you
to master! The crafts are all relatively easy and are to be enjoyed on a lazy
summers day.
I hope you enjoy all of the crafts in this little publication and remember to
enjoy yourself! Don’t forget to add your projects to the flickr group!
With special thanks to Luloveshandmade for providing the beautiful cover
image!
Claire
xo.
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Contents
SUMMER 2014
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ON THE COVER
11-13 Create your own
dream balcony space
14,17,19,33 & 43 Crochet
Projects and Patterns
20, 32 and 52 Memory
Keeping
25 - 26 Sew Your Own Pillowcases
30 Summer Halva Recipe
50 Craft Room Tour
6-7 Butterfly Wall
8-9 A Lick Of Paint
10 Grow Your Own Tea Cup
Cress
11-13 Create a Balcony
Oasis
14-17 Tutti Frutti Crochet
Pot Holders
18 Simple Swizzle Sticks
19 Cheaters Crochet Garland
20 A Pretty Summer Mini
Album
22-23 Shop Tour
24 Glitter Clothes Pin Packaging
25-26 Sew Your Own
Pretty Pillowcases
27-29 The Perfect Summer Picnic
30 Summer Halva Recipe
31 Pretty Little Dream
Catchers
32 A Summer Scrapbook
Layout
33-35 Crochet Your Own
Iphone Cover
36-37 Ice Cream Cup
Flower Arrangement
38-39 Painted Plant Pots
40 Decoupage Plant Pots
41 Decorative Mini Easels
42 Learn How To Emboss
With Heat
43-45 Crochet Edge Paper Garland
46-47 Wired Flowers
48-49 Fabric & Felt Flower Brooches
50-51 A Craft Room Tour
52 A Pretty Little Mini Album
53-55 Easy Applique Tea
Towels
56 Pretty Summer Packages
57 A Photo Frame Makeover
58 Make Your Own Notebooks
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Meet
The Team
I’m Lu, 27 years old, I write the colorful blog Luloveshandmade and
I’m a student of English. I live in beautiful Potsdam next to Berlin in
Germany & my blog is about DIY, sewing, crafts, fashion, delicious food, parties and
all the little things which make my everyday life even happier.
Lu
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I have been working full-time as an environmental engineer for a long time but
have always been interested with interior decoration, craft, homemade food and
art. In 2011, I decided to write a blog which I called “cafenohut” and started to
share my inspirations, crafts, memories, baking adventures, interior ideas and designs. I also have a new Etsy shop which called “deconohut“, where I’m sharing
some of my handmade projects which have been made over the years.
Ayda Algin
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Netherlands-based Marinke Slump (aka Wink) is a crocheter and the girl behind the popular crochet blog, A Creative Being. She’s also a crochet instructor for
Tuts+, and she writes for Simply Crochet magazine. She is mostly known for making crochet mandalas, for which
the patterns can be found for free on her blog, and for sale in her Ravelry, Etsy
and Craftsy shops.
Marinke
Slump
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“I’m Magda. I live in a beautiful, artsy city in Poland - Cracow. I run my own
photography firm. I love being able to see the world through my camera and
showing my point of view to others. This is the best thing ever happened to me
and I’m happy to see my dreams come true! Scrapbooking is agreat, great
thing for me too. I love making pretty things :) I love touching, discovering and
collecting new things :) I’m just a girl, I like pretty stuff! I’m happy that many of
my favourite companies has chosen me to be in their ‘Creative Teams’; this is so
awesome to be able to inspire others!”Blog
Magda Mizera
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Janna Werner, a crafter, designer, (online) instructor, freelance publisher and
blogger based in Germany. Her passions include memory keeping, visual journaling, animals and is addicted to Pinterest! Her goal is to share what she loves and
inspire others.
Janna Werner
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Kate is the founder of the Homemakery an online craft boutique providing pretty
craft materials with a country inspired vintage twist. After working in London
for eight years, she now leads a much quieter life in the Surrey countryside with
with her lovely chap, adorable fox terrier, Minnie, and three chickens.
Kate loves to sew, crochet, quilt and stitch and is passionate about making
pretty things for her home.
Kate May
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I’m Silvia, 25 years old girl from Como, Italy. I’m a package and graphic lover
and the creative blogger behind Ghirlanda di Popcorn. On my blog I like sharing
my DIY tutorials, my craft projects and everything about my passion for paper
and colours! My dream is a little paper-creative shop full of what I love most:
wrapping papers, ribbons and my big shot of course!
Silvia Curti
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My name is Maartje, 37 years old and living in the Netherlands. I’m a mother
of three lovely girls, a woman to a sweet man. I’m an owner of a head full ideas
and a silly old suitcase filled with
treasures. The content of that silly old suitcase inspires me to make and create. By
sharing my love for bright colours, beautiful supplies and handmade stuff i want
to make this world a little brighter.
Blog|Etsy|Email
Maartje Beijer
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Manuela and Helmut Koch have two beautiful shops on DaWanda, „Sündenherz”
and “Bleu et Rose”. Both, Manuela and Helmut, are very creative
and enjoy working on old furniture to give each piece a new character.
Manuela also loves modern handicrafts.Sündenherz is not only a
DaWanda shop, but since January 2014 also a store in Düsseldorf. A
beautiful mix of handicrafts, home accessories and shabby chichi, vintage and cottage style furniture.
Manuela Koch
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Butterfly
wall
You Will Need:
A4 Vellum Paper
Free Butterfly Clip Art
Inkjet Printer
3D
the butterfly wings and the base of the wings and
leave the body of the butterfly flat so you are able
to attach adhesive gum or ‘white tac’ to attach to
the wall.
How to:
Download the free butterfly clip art available over
at www.hearthandmade.co.uk where you see the
‘Handmade Happy Free Downloads’.
Print out on A4 vellum printer that is suitable for
an inket printer.
Use sharp scissors to cut your butterflies out. Bend
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Painted
Baskets
a lick of chalk paint and
some finishing wax
completely
transformed
these
pretty little wicker baskets.
Allow the wax to dry for a
few days if you’ve been
liberal with application.
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You will need:
Old cups or tiny bowls
Some organic soil
Cress Seeds
Tooth Picks
Washi Tape
How to:
Fill your cups with potting
soil and sprinkle your
compost with lots of cress
seeds. Press the seeds into
the soil gently. Use the toothpicks
& washi tape to create labels.
Just
wrap the washi tape around
the pick and write the name of
the plant on the label. Then it only
takes a few days for you to see the
shoots! Happy Making!
Cress Cups
project and images by Lu
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create
your own
balconyoasis
with Lu
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What are your favourite things about your balcony?
Because I don’t have a garden and enjoy being outside
a lot, my balcony is just the perfect little oasis for me
to sit and enjoy the fresh air while still being at home.
Each season, it makes me incredibly happy to remove
dead plants from last year, take care of those which
come out again and to sow and plant new fresh herbs,
colourful flowers and delicious organic vegetables. When
I was a child, we used to have our own garden and
my mother loved garden work and to plant new veggies, trees or herbs and as I grew older, I discovered
that I like this, too. Moreover, I love cooking and there’s
nothing better than growing own organic herbs at home.
Spontaneously cooking pasta with a fresh tomato sauce
is best when you simply need to walk onto your own
balcony for harvesting home-grown herbs like thyme,
basil or oregano for making this delicious Mediterranean
dish complete. Apart from enjoying being outside and
having fresh herbs and veggies directly in front of my
bedroom door, I also enjoy the look of this balcony a
lot. During the past few years, I’ve always been super
excited about watching my flowers grow, looking at the
tomatoes becoming bigger and more red and sowing
my own flower seeds. I’ve grown my own sunflowers
just from sunflowers seeds. My mother sent me organic
strawberry plants and last summer and I grew five
varieties of basil, which was awesome! Between everyday life and work, such a lovingly smelling and colourful
oasis filled with lots of green, pops of colour and a sun
chair in summer is just the perfect place. With all my
hand painted flower pots, handmade pillows and tiny
decor details, I couldn’t love this balcony more and be
more excited about it each year.
How long did it take you to create it or did you just keep
adding plants and decor until you were happy?
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Luckily, my mother knows well about herbs and veggies
and always gives me advice concerning what to sow
and plant first and which veggies are easy to take care
of. Each season, we start thinking about the year’s perfect kinds of basil, tomatoes or flowers, she orders some
organic plants and fresh soil, I go to the market to buy
some flowers for a first start so that the balcony doesn’t
look so empty and then I start sowing and planting.
This usually takes me a few days (including cleaning,
filling flower pots and preparing decor) and then I only
need to watch the plants grow, water them and remove
some dead leaves from time to time. It’s not much effort and when you love doing it, it’s absolutely worth
it. Moreover, if your balcony is only as big as mine, it’s
easy to buy lots of pretty and delicious plants on a small
budget, even if the veggies are organic. Some plants
(like strawberries, peppermint or chives) do not only live
for one season, but come back in the next one. So most
of my veggies and plants are homegrown, but some are
always bought to save some time and energy. :)
Do you have an tips on how to make a little balcony
space personal?
Making your balcony space ‘your own’ is not too difficult. Simply think about what you like and brings you
joy: if you’re more the lazy kind of balcony gardener,
simply buy some flowers or plants with veggies and
herbs which do not need much care, put them onto your
balcony and add some decor elements. If you really
enjoy working outside and want to spend more time
doing something for your balcony, then it might be great
to sow everything yourself, read about the right kind of
plants for your home’s climate zone and watch everything grow. For a really personal touch, I painted some
flowerpots myself, made tiny bunting with tooth picks
and masking tape to put them into the flowers pots and
made felt pinwheels to decorate the balcony’s railing.
Moreover, you could also sew your own table cloth, pillows or a bunting or make your own wind lights or bird
house. To me, all those tiny details - lovingly handmade
- add a really personal touch and made the balcony my
own.
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TUTTI FRUTTI
Crochet Pot Holders
Images and project by Marinke Slump
Boring potholders begone! With these bang-on-trend tutti-frutti beauties, you’ll never look at a plain
old potholder in the same way again. This pattern uses US terms and stitches include double crochet
(dc), slip stitch (sl st), and chain (ch).
Supplies
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Yarn (I used Drops Paris cotton)
Crochet hook (4mm)
Darning needle for sewing in the
ends
Felt
Sewing needle
Sewing thread (not shown)
Scissors
1.
Start with your white yarn. Begin
by making a magic circle, and
secure with a stitch.
4.
Chain 3, then work 2dc into
the next stitch. Work *1dc, inc*
around (inc means increase;
work 2 stitches into one stitch).
Join with a slip stitch to the top
chain of your beginning chain 3.
Your stitch total is now 36.
2.
3.
Chain 2, work 11dc into the ring;a
total of 12 stitches. Cut the yarn,
pull through the loop on your hook
and close the magic circle by pulling on the bottom yarn tail.Close
the circle by threading your yarn
tail, and inserting the needle from
front to back through the first dc
you made, skipping the chain 2. Insert your needle through the back
loop of the last dc you made.
Sew in both ends. Grab your
orange yarn, and start with a slip
knot on your hook. Start by making
a dc into your white circle. This
way of starting a round is called
a standing stitch. We’re going to
start all of our new colours like this
from now on.Work 2dc into every
stitch around. Your stitch total is
now 24. Join with a slip stitch in
the first dc.
5.
Chain 3, then work 1dc into the
next stitch, and 2dc into the
stitch after that. Work *2dc, inc*
around. Join with a slip stitch.
Your stitch total is now 48.
6.
Chain 3, then work 2dc into the
next two stitches, and 2dc into
the stitch after that. Work *3dc,
inc* around. Your stitch total is
now 60. Cut the yarn, and join
the round like you did with the
white circle. Sew in the ends.
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7.
8.
9.
Join your white yarn like you
did with the orange yarn. Work
*4dc, inc* around. Join with a
slip stitch. Your stitch total is
now 72. Cut the yarn, and join
the round like you did with the
white circle. Sew in the ends.
Join your orange yarn like you
did before. Work *5dc, inc*
around. Join with a slip stitch.
Your stitch total is now 84. Cut
the yarn, and join the round like
you did with the white circle.
Sew in the ends.
We’re now going to crochet the
wedges by using surface slip
stitches. Grab your white yarn,
and pull it to the front from the
center of your piece. Slip stitch
your way up to the second
white round. Cut the yarn and
sew in the ends. Repeat this 5
more times.
We’re going to sew on a piece
of felt, to give our potholder
a finished look, and to make it
more rugged. Cut out a piece
of felt that is the same size as
your crochet piece.
Put your crochet piece on top
of your felt. Grab some sewing
thread and your sewing needle, and attach the felt to the
crochet piece using a blanket
stitch.
Sew in the ends.
In this tutorial, you’ve learned
how to crochet a fruit-inspired
potholder with a felt back.
Change the colours and use
some black accent yarn to
create the look of seeds for a
watermelon potholder, or make
another one in yellow, for a
lemon potholder!
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simple
swizzle
sticks
Using glue, stamps and
kebab sticks, it is so easyto make these decorative
swizzle sticks; perfect for
outdoor entertaining.
Project and images by Ayda
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cheaters
crochet
garland
project and images by Claire
You will need:
Crochet hook - 3mm
One length of embroidery
floss or string
Crochet embellishments
This DIY project could not
be easier. Did you know that
you could buy crochet flowers and embellishments on
stores like eBay and etsy? I
purchased a small collection
of crochet flowers, in mixed
colours, from brands who
supply scrapbook embellishments. Unfortunately those
embellishments are no longer made but I managed to
find some great eBay sellers who sold various crochet
shapes, flowers and butterflies. I selected my favourite
crochet pieces and I used
one long strange of embroidery floss to `string up’ the
flowers and cherries. The
crochet hook was necessary
to get the embroidery floss
through the small gaps in the
crochet embellishments.
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Summer mini album
Supplies
655268 Sizzix Big Shot machine
657691 Sizzix Bigz Die - Heart, Stem & Leaves
657495 Sizzix On The Edge Die - Butterflight
656938 Sizzix Movers & Shapers L Die - Tag & Bookplates
658284 Sizzix Textured Impressions - Chevrons & Flourishes
patterned paper: Dear Lizzy, Crate Paper, Studio Calico
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rhinestones, doily, twine, crepe paper, petals: Stampin´ Up
washi tape: Tim Holtz
alpha sticker: American Crafts, Dear Lizzy
other: sewing machine, white thread
instruction Oslo travel album
I gathered paper scraps in different sizes and arranged
them on top of each other. To create a fluffy appearance
mix large and small pieces. I only used happy, summerlike colours such as pink, yellow, turquoise.
There are many ways of binding a mini album, so why
choosing the most difficult binding, when an easy one is
as effective?! I love the look of the washi tape binding.
The tag was cut with the Movers & Shapers Die - Tag
& Bookplates - one of my favourite dies.
The butterflies were cut with the On The Edge Die Butterflight, the heart with the Bigz Die - Heart, Stem &
Leaves. As you can see, I used the heart die on crepe
paper. Love the way it turned out.
If you have a closer look at the top and bottom part
of the first paper you´ll notice a decent chevron pattern.
I used the Textured Impressions - Chevrons & Flourishes embossing folder, but instead of running the paper
through the Big Shot machine, I placed the paper in the
folder and pressed with my hands.
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Shop Tour
I am so pleased to be able to take a look around the fabulous German
store; Sündenherz. It is so beautiful! Manuela has a wonderful store,
full of beautiful products! Aren’t we lucky?! Manuela also runs a
DaWanda store; Bleu et Rose. The store’s language is German but
Manuela is very accomodating at sending packages internationally.
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You will need:
glitter nail polish
wooden clothespin
little paper flowers
scissors
Cut the stem in order to the rose will
placed at the core of clothespin.
To decorate a gift package you need:
glitter wooden clothespin
printer paper
lace ribbon
sweet card to download and print
(click the word ‘download’ to download file)
Glitter Clothespin Packaging
with Silvia
Once the polish is dry you have to
make another coat (the fourth) at
the point where you want to paste
the flower (in the lower half) and
paste the rose with care.
Cover the wooden clothespin with your
favourite glitter nail polish.
I chose this golden glittering nail polish
because I think it is perfect with the
cream paper rose. You need do at least
3 coats of nail polish.
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Pretty Pillowcases
with Kate
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You will need:
2 pieces of cotton fabric
measuring 108cm by 50cm
(we used fabrics from the
Tanya Whelan Sunshine
Rose Fabrics)
1m Crochet lace trim
1m Ribbon (we used ribbons by Farbenmix)
Cotton thread
Pearl Headed Pins
Scissors
Iron
How to:
Cut your main piece of
fabric (we used stripes)
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measuring 108cm x 50cm,
iron in half.
Using a contrasting fabric
cut one piece measuring
25cm by 50cm and sew it
to the left hand side of the
large piece of fabric.
Cut another piece of contrasting fabric measuring
40cm by 50cm and sew
to the right hand side of the
fabric. Finish your seams
using a zig zag stitch.
From each seam measure
in 22cm and pin. On the
shorter piece turn over
1/2cm and iron and turn
over again to create a
seam. Sew down the seam.
On the opposite piece iron a
line at 22cm this will form
the pillowcase flap. Then at
the end of the of the fabric
turn over 1/2cm and iron
and then turn over again
to create a seam. Sew the
seam.
If you are adding trims, pin
them in place on the fabric
join and stitch them down
using a straight topstitch.
To sew the pillowcase
together fold the sewn piece
of fabric in half right sides
together (excluding the
flap). Line up the seams
and trims. Fold the flap
back over the end of pillowcase so it covers the end
of the pillowcase and the
pattern is right side down.
Pin around the pillowcase
then sew from the fold to
the pillowcase opening using
a straight stitch. Repeat on
the other side then finish
the seams using a zig zag
stitch.
Turn your pillowcase right
side out and you are done!
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sweet strawberry
desserts and fruit
kebabs add a deli�
cious sweet touch
to any picnic
add
watermelon
slices to lolly
pop sticks and
enjoy!
you can keep your
bagels together
with some pretty
bakers twine
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hanging paper
pom poms from a
tree can be pretty
decor
add pretty PAPer pom
poms to your picnic
basket as a lovely
decorative touch
FRESH RASPBERRY
LEMONADE WITH SOME
FRUIT, ICE AND MINT
LEAVES
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Semolina
Halva
with ice cream
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups semolina
- 100 grams of butter
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons granulated
sugar
- 1 handful of pine nuts
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Vanilla ice cream
Method
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Place butter in a heavy-bottomed,
wide skillet with a lid and melt over
medium heat.
Add semolina and pine nuts and
stir constantly on medium heat, until
the semolina is cooked and golden
brown, about 30-40 minutes. (The
most important part of the recipe is
cooking the semolina until it develops
a golden color.)
in another container, 1 cup sugar,
vanilla, cold milk and add cold water to the mixture, stir until dissolved.
When the semolina develops its
golden colour, pour liquid mixture
over grits, continue stirring until boiling again and let it cook on medium
heat for about 10-15 minutes, stirring
the halva every 5 minutes with a
spatula. Sprinkle over 2 tablespoons
granulated sugar, mix.
After resting for a while, can serve
decorate with cinnamon and a
scoop of ice cream on it.
Serve warm. - by Ayda
dream catchers
These dream catchers are
very simple to make.
You will need:
1 10cm ring (you can buy
from alll craft stores in
packs of 10)
Embroidery floss in different
colours
1 Crochet coaster
1 Needle
Scissors
Thread
Mixed beads.
How to:
Wrap thread around the
hoop in any colours you
wish.
Attach the coaster using
clear or white thread to
secure in as many of the
spaces in the coaster you
feel are necessary, tying
securely to the hoop.
On one; I added ribbons
scraps and lengths of
embroidery floss and on
another I used all floss. Get
creative. You can attach
lace or beads or even
decorative buttons. I used
a little embroidery floss and
created a loop at the top
for hanging. Et voila!
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summer
scrapbook layout
Supply List
with Janna
patterned paper (Dear Lizzy for
American Crafts, Crate Paper)
tag (Dear Lizzy for American
Crafts)
chipboard sticker (Dear Lizzy for
American Crafts)
white Cardstock (Bazzill)
clothespin (Crate Paper)
stamp (Amy Tangerine for American Crafts)
stencil (Simon Says Stamp)
sewing machine
white thread
glue
scissors
double sided adhesive
modeling paste
scraper (plastic card)
ticket
watercolours
brush
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Crochet
iPhone
cover
with Manuela
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1.
You will need:
15g cotton yarn
Needle size 3,0
Crochet continuously in rounds
Single crochet = SC
Chain Stitch
2.
3.
Step 2: Mark your first SC stitch
with a plastic stitch marker (so you
know when you are beginning a
new layer as you are crocheting in
continuous rows) and crochet SC
stitches in your chain.
Step 3: Continue for 33 rows.
Step 1: Chain 30
1.
You will need:
Cotton Catania
Needle size 2.5
Tapestry Needle
Step 1: Chain 15
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2.
Step 2: Round 1: In each single
chain, create 3 SC stitches.
This equals 45 Single crochet
stitches inside the 15 chain. (It
will look rather like a spiral)
The spiral! Roll up and stitch the
ends together.
3.
1.
You will need:
Cotton
Needle Size 2.5
Single Crochet = SC
Half Double Crochet = HDC
Double Crochet = DC
2.
3.
Round 1: in each chain; 1SC,
1HDC, 2DC, 1HDC, 1SC
Repeat down the other side of the
chain; 1SC, 1HDC, 2DC, 1HDC,
1,SC
Use the tapestry needle to stitch
the leaves and rose together.
Stitch your rose onto the iphone
cozy and use the tapestry needle
to sew the ends of your iphone
cozy together.
Step 1: Chain 7 stitches
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I love flowers in every season but during spring and summer flowers can
give, with their colours, the right atmosphere to every room.
Ranunculus and Gerber daisies are my
favourite in this period especially if they
are pink and white, so romantic and
girly.
I like having some flowers on my creative desk and I usually use some jar
to collect them but summer is also the
season of ice cream and outdoor dining
so I decided to share with you a super
cute DIY to arrange your favourite
flowers in an ice cream cup.
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I choose this one because of the polka
dots, so lovely...and who does not love
polka dots?!
You need:
paper ice cream cup
a floral foam
water
bowl
cutter
flowers
wire
How to:
Take a floral foam and dip it in a bowl
of water until it goes to the bottom.
Now you are ready to cut the foam in
the form of the ice cream cup (if you
prefer cylindrical floral foam are also
available in store).
Cut the flowers stem in the desired
length.
Strengthen the flowers stem with a
piece of wire.
Decorate the foam with your flowers.
ice cream cup
Flower
Arrangement
with Silvia
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Painted Plant Pots
with Ayda
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You will need
1.
Plain white mug or vase
2.
Porcelaine paint (or acrylic)
3.
Paint brush
4.
Washi tape (or masking or blue painters
tape)
Make sure that your porcelain should be clean
Choose your pattern
Place your pattern on the porcelain with washi tape.
Apply paint to inside edges.
Leave to dry
Make sure its dry and remove the washi tapes..
You can use them as vase for flowers or as a penholder at the same time, it can also be a great gift
for loved ones..
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decoupage
plant pot
This diy project is so simple. You will need:
1 Terracotta Plant Pot
1 Tester pot of white chalk paint
1 Floral napkin
Scissors
Brush to use with decoupage glue
Decoupage glue (with Varnish; brands like Mod Podge or Decopatch)
Paint your plant pot and leave to dry.
Cut your flower patterns out of your napkins
Cover your plant pot with glue in areas where the napkins will placed.
Use the top layer of the 3 ply napkin only. Add your cut out piece to the pot and
press gently. Once the glue has all dried, add another layer of decoupage glue.
Suitable for indoor use only.
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decorative mini
easels
You will need:
Tiny canvases - art supply store
Paint
Decoupage Glue
Sharp scissors
A floral napkin (I used a greengate napkin)
Paint brush (you can use with glue)
How to:
First, I used Martha Stewart, High Gloss paint in
sea glass. I put two coats onto the little wooden
easel.
I cut out a flower from the napkin.
Piut a layer of glue onto the canvas and gently lay
the (top layer of the napkin only) onto the canvas.
Add another layer of decoupage glue to act as a
varnish.
et voila!
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Learn About Heat Embossing
with Magda
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To start playing with hot embossing you will need
four things: embossing powder, watermark ink,
stamps and embossing heat tool. It’s very simple
and you don’t need any special skills to do it! Simply cover/mark your stamp with watermark ink on
a white piece of cardstock. Then put your stamped
card on a bigger cardstock and cover the reflection
of the ink with powder. Then you should throw the
powder from the smaller card - you will stay with
the stamp covered by powder. Now, put the rest of
the powder to the jar. Last thing you should do is to
heat the card with the stamp with your heat tool.
After a minute you will see how your powder stamp
changes into embossed. Have fun!
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Crochet paper garland
with Maartje
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You will need:
Postcards
3” circle paper punch
Pencil
Needle
Thin (embroidery) cotton yarn for
crochet needle 1,5/-2
Crochet needle 1,5 or 1,75
White cotton thread
Scissors
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4. Mix and match your paper
circles with different colours of thin
cotton yarn, for example; mercerized embroidery cotton (available in
my etsy shop). Choose five different
paper circles which look
pretty together to make your
garland. Take a long piece of
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How to:
1. Collect all kinds of pretty vintage
and new postcards and images, as
long as it’s made of
cardboard.
2. Take a 3” circle paper punch
and cut lots of circles.
For short garlands like these you
can make 5 of these.
3. Mark little points at the back of
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yarn and make a blanket stitch all
around the circle.
5. Crochet into the blanket stitch
around the circle .
6.To create such a pretty edge you
can make the following stitches
“1 single crochet-3 double crochet-1
single crochet” and repeat “ “
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the paper circle all around the edge
every 0,35” and 0,20” off the
edge.
Make little holes at the points with
a needle, make sure you pin from
the front to the back of the paper
circle.
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7.Attach your finished circles to
thread using glue, staples or thread
through the top and bottom of the
crochet. Hang around your home!
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Wire
Flowers
with Ayda
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You will need:
Various fabrics
Fabric bond (applique glue)
Fine florists wire
Button
Thread
Scissors
Ribbons
Flower template (download here)
How to:
Choose your various patterned fabrics,
cut out the number of flowers and
leaves needed as indicated on the
templates in your chosen fabric.
Choose two big same dimension
flower petals, this will be bottom layer
of flower.
Apply the fabric bond (applique glue)
all over the fabric flower petals and
then put a fine wire (as you see image) between the fabric petals.
Repeat the same process for the
leaves.
Do not need to put fine wire between
smaller flower petals. Just enough to fix
two flower petals with glue.
Wait for a while for dry flower petals
and leaves.
Now it’s time to bring together all
flower petals and leaves. You use
for the centers can be pretty much
anything from loose beads to lonely
buttons or even a small earring. For
this project I used buttons.
You can make many different size
fabric flowers and use them in your
many projects.
Top of the your packages, as a napkin
ring, wedding table settings, decoration
of chairs, as wall decoration... ext...
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Fabric Flower
Brooches
You will need::
Clover Kanzashi Flower Maker Large
Fabric scraps (we used fabrics from Tilda)
Felts
Selection of Buttons
Brooch Pins
Scissors, Needle, Thread
Instructions
Thread a needle with some cotton thread and tie a knot.
Fold your fabric in half right sides out and clip on the Kanzashi Flower Maker, cut around the template. Take the needle
and thread and follow the numbered guidelines on the flower
maker. Unclip the flower maker and gently pull the thread
until the fabric tightens and forms a petal. Using the same
needle and thread repeat four more times.
Once you have five petals in total push the petals together,
pulling the thread tightly to form a flower. Sew the last petal
to the first petal securing the flower. Using the finished flower
as a guide cut out five felt petals and sew them together at
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the base of each petal.
Cut out a felt circle and attach the brooch pin using the
needle and thread.
Layer the fabric flower, felt flower and felt circle and stitch
the three layers securely together to form your brooch.
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Janna’s Craft Room Tour
Have you always been
‘crafty’?
I always liked paper and
drawing. I could spend
hours in the stationery
section of shops, looking at pens and paper. I
used to craft a lot when I
was a child, with paper,
clay, felt and other things.
But I haven´t been crafty
when I was a teenager,
I started again 4 years
ago, creating cards, ATCs,
then scrapbooking pages
and mini albums and gift
wrappings.
What are your favourite
types crafts other than
scrapbook layouts?
I adore beautiful gift wrappings, so crxeating them is
definitely a passion of mine.
I also like sewing, but I am
very much talent free in
that!
Are you handy about the
house and making your
own home decor?
I can definitely improve! I
like doing home decor myself, but sometimes I have
too many ideas at the
same time and don´t know
where to start. I started
a journal to jot down my
ideas.
Tell us about your
craft space? Do you
call it your craft room
or studio?
I call it workspace as I am
crafting, filming videos and
doing computer work in
there. Usually I´d say “my
room“ when I am talking
to friends though.
What have you done to
make your space cosy,
beautiful or inspiring?
I have to admit, my first
intention is to make it practical. I am spending a lot of
time in there, therefore I do
not want too many distractions - no TV, no cosy
armchair.. the walls are
painted white. But I hung
up a few of the paintings
I created and a framed
scrapbooking page of our
dog. The room is very light
and so is the furniture, I
need a light and friendly
place to be able to focus.
How do you keep organized?
That is a good question…
Usually it ain´t organized
at all. I need to see things
in order to use them, so I
have a lot of plastic boxes
and most of the things
stand on tables. I try to
group the boxes, like stickers + alphabet stickers in
one corner, sewing stuff in
another. I also divided the
workspace - I have a computer area, a craft table
and a workbench for the
messier things.
How important is storage for you and do you
think you have enough?
Can you ever have
enough storage?! I don´t
:-) No, I really don´t have
enough and am planning
to buy a new chest of
drawers.
I am an organized person,
I need structure and space,
so storage is very important to me.
Any tips & tricks for
organising supplies?
Actually, what works best
for me is to have my own
system - it needs to be
logicial for the one who
works in the room. Either
sort things by color, name
or usage.
Maybe you are like me
and need things to be out
to work with them, then
it might help to buy nice
boxes which can be put on
the table. You need to feel
comfortable in the room,
especially when you spend
a lot of time in it.
Which are your favourite
possessions and are
there any of your own
creations on display?
I do have a scrapbooking page of our dog on
the wall, as well as a few
paintings I created. I also
have a few things on the
shelves that I received from
friends, like a hand sewn
Tilda doll and a stitched
pictured. I constantly need
to change my room, move
the furniture and try out
different settings :-)
Where do you look for
inspiration?
When starting a new
project, I sit down and
think about what I want
to express - do I want to
create a girly wrapping,
for example, do I want
it to be light and fluffy…
I automatically have an
image in my head. I rarely
go on the internet to see
what I can create because
I am afraid the found
project would influence my
work too much. When I
am browsing just for fun,
Pinterest is, of course, my
number one place to go.
I also love magazines,
especially those about living
and DIY.
Do you love the room?
Or are you all too aware
of its shortcomings?
Well, all in all I really like
the room. It is light and
big, but it ain´t one of
those super fancy and
styled rooms. It is my work
place and most of the
days it is filled with oxen,
paper on the ground and
a big mess on the tables.
What’s your favourite
thing about your studio?
The two windows as they
let so much light into the
room.
How big is your work
space?
Good question, I don´t
know. Approx. 4 x 5m.
If you had three wishes,
what would you do to
make it completely
perfect?
Right now, I would´t
change a thing!.
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Summer Mini
Album
supplies: November 2013 kit from
Citrus Twist Kits
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applique
tea towels
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You will need:
Plain white fabric
Piece of patterned fabrics
Fusible webbing
Sharp scissors
A pencil
An iron
A piece of paper for shape
How to:
Approximately 14” x 20” size plain white
fabric or you can use whatever you want
as a tea towel.
Place your patterned fabric scraps on the adhesive portion of the fusible webbing. Make
sure your iron is on the “cotton / linen” setting
and set it so that there is plenty of steam
and iron them slowly.
One side of the webbing is a very thin web
of heat sensitive glue, the other side is a
paper that can be drawn on easily – it is
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transparent enough to see through and trace
your hexagon pattern pieces with a pencil or
pen.
Carefully cut the shapes out around the lines
and peel off the paper backing. After you
remove the paper, there will be a very thin
layer of heat sensitive glue remaining on the
fabric.
Place your hexagon shapes on the tea towel
(layout completely up to you) and iron them
again.
If you want you can sew edges of hexagon
shapes with the sewing machine or use it as
it is.
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Pretty Summer
Packages
with Silvia
I absolutely love wrapping gifts with care and attention
but that doeasn’t mean you need overspend.
I want to share some special packages wrapped starting
from simple printer paper.
Wrap your gifts with a low cost white paper and add
some nice and pretty detail such as little paper flowers, glittering hearts, white lace ribbon and some sweet
cards.
Your simple packeges will immediatly become special
and cute!
Complete them with some beautiful colored striped ribbons that immediately recalls summer and that’s it!
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a lick of panit
Using a range of Martha Stewart paint, removing the
plastic from the frames and inserting some Project Life
cards from the Dear Lizzy and Maggie Holmes range.
I then attached some ephemera from Dear Lizza using
foam pads and used hot glue to attach a range of buttons. A very simple and effective craft as you can see
from the before image.
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Handmade Fabric Covered
notebooks
with Ayda
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You will need:
1.
Cute Patterned Fabric
2.
Paper (graph, lined or plain
3.
Cardboard
4.
Multi purpose glue, glue dots and double
sided tape
5.
Thin rope or yarn
6.Buttons
7.Brush
8.Scissors
How to:
1- Trim pages to the size of your choosing (remember they will be folded in half) Add as many or as
few pages as you wish.
2- Cut a cardboard to size (slightly larger than
pages) to create a cover.
3- Decide how big your piece of fabric should be.
You can do this by folding the side of the fabric
inside the cover for about an inch.
4- Apply glue or tape to the inside of the patterned
fabric or on the outside of your cover. Fold the fabric
around the cover like you see on pictures.
5- Wait for a while til dry your fabric covered cover.
6- Fold and stitch through the center of pages to
bind them together and attach the spine.
7- I attached a button, sewing it trough the cover, I
used a long thread so you can use the end to wrap
around the notebook and attach it to the button.
These notebooks make great gifts and are perfect
for carrying in your purse during your summer vacations.
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