Archive for the 'Hand craft' Category

Some cupcakes for my Dad…

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

That’s what I made for his birthday (with a little help from a friend) and he liked the present very, very much:

Cupcakes

Cupcakes

Well, I kind of like the idea for having many small cakes than one big, so the result was satisfying and pleasant for the eye as for the palate. ;-)

Cupcakes

Cupcakes

White chair redesign project

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

In the beginning, this charming little chair was not at all very appealing.
It was old, scratchy, dirty and lonely.

White chair project

This kind of “projects” attract many assistants by the old principle of “Tom Sawyer and the fence”.

White chair project

Some white paint, decoupage glue, nice paper serviettes motives and enthusiasm and that’s the result:

White chair project

I kinda like it, even if it is far from perfect.

White chair project

It was fun to make and it makes me smile when I look at it now.

White chair project

Probably every house can make a good use of one of these. It’s comfy when you are putting on your shoes, you could use it to reach most of the shelves at home, and it’s priceless if you have children to play with it.

White chair project

Lovebirds – making of

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

Става въпрос за тези малки птички:
It’s all about these little birds:

Lovebirds

Lovebirds

Lovebirds

Lovebirds

Yes, I know that like the meerkats, the lovebirds also look better without the final varnish, but still cannot find a better way to preserve them.

Hand-made brooch

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

What can you make with some ribbons and the tape of some nice frnech champagne bottle?
Brooch, for example.

Lanson brooch

Lanson brooch

To remind me of the first real champagne that once celebrated our first year together with Michel. :-)

Lovebirds

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

I made them as a gift for a nice couple – good friends of mine.

Lovebirds

The tom-tit fell in love with the robin and they decided to live together.

Lovebirds

They chose a branch of floating wood from the sea, to remind them of all the travels they dream to make.

(I was looking to upload the photos from the process of making, because I thought it would be interesting, but when you postpone something for too long, it’s getting hard to find it…)

Some more meerkats, please

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

I never thought I’d be able to make more meerkats, but hey, when your only brother is having a birthday and is looking at you with big begging eyes, what can you do?

I think it came out pretty good this time, too. The little one is my favorite. :-)

The meerkats

The meerkats

The meerkats

I hope my brother is going to like them. :-)

Meerkat Manor

Monday, April 5th, 2010

I guess it’s hardly left anyone on Earth not knowing what kind of animals are the meerkats (Suricata suricatta).
Surely big part of the human population is familiar with the famous Animal Planet’s sequel.

The meerkats

Few weeks ago a friend of mine asked me if I will accept an order to make some clay figures. He wanted to make a surprise gift to his girlfriend, which apparently is a great fan of these lovely animals.

And because meerkats usually live together in families, the only condition was to make more than two figures.

The meerkats

Finally, I made five of them. I am proud to present them to you:

The meerkats

The meerkats

As far as I know, the receiver is very happy with them. And so do I, since the making was such a big pleasure to me. :-)

Beer mouse

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

It was about time to show this little mouse to you. I’ve made it almost two years ago, especially for Michel to illustrate his attitude to beer. :-)

It’s sketched in Adobe Flash, with my lovely Wacom tablet.

The Beer mouse

Then I’ve changed and colored it and that was the result:

The Beer mouse

It’s a common guest on our desktops.

And just because I really like illustrations over photos (like these, for a good example), here is another favorite version of mine:

The Beer mouse

(The photo used here is fromFlickr and under CC license, sorry that I don’t remember the name of the author and don’t know where I keep the link anymore).

Egg… or hen

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Easter egg

In this case – the egg came first. I painted it with onion layers.
Wanted it to be all natural this time.
You can see how to made the hen from here – Krokotak.

The second egg wanted a different decoration, so it is – with plum blossom:

Easter egg-2

More eggs will be dyed this Saturday. :-)

Some more light, please!

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Me and my husband just love the lights of candles. Therefore our home is full of candlesticks of all kinds, but it seems there is never enough of them, so I’ve made some more from jars:

Light in a jar

Light in a jar

It’s easy to do them even without being a decoupage-guru. All you need is a jar, paper napkin with nice design, some C-200 glue and some free time.

Jar-lamp


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