Simple Handmade Home Decor Item

These decorative balls have been around for a while. Sizes and materials vary. I find them attractive and fun and always feel like touching them :)

Here's how you can make your own decorative balls:

That's all you need - balloons (1 for each ball), jute twine (varieties of yarn would also work well - depending on the final look you want to achieve) and some craft glue diluted with water (1:1).

Soak the twine in glue and water mixture and just wrap the balloon randomly. If you work with yarn, be careful and do not soak too much at a time - it gets hard to work with.

Once you're satisfied with your ball, just leave it to dry over night. Cut the balloon, take it out and that's it - you have a new decorating item to play with!

Here is what you don't want to happen:

Make sure the air is not leaking from your balloon or you'll be surprised next morning, like I was here :)

I kept this 'ball' too and will let you know what can be done with it.

Have a great Monday!

Love,

DK

Thornbury Craft Market

Here are some pictures from Thornbury Craft Market held last Friday:

Alex, my son took the pictures with his Nintendo - I forgot my camera :?

Anyway, I loved being surrounded by all the gorgeous things 'made'n'Thornbury' and the lovely girls there.

My favorite crafter this time: Madeleine Somers - Very Cherry Stew

Refreshed and inspired - I can hardly wait for the next weekend when I'll (hopefully) have more time for crafting :)

Love,

DK

Girly Bookmarks - Part Two

Thanks to all of you who gave a 'like' to my girly bookmarks.
You encouraged me and here is what I did last night:

The ones with hole are not even finished yet, but I needed to share...:)

If you're in Melbourne, I'd love to see you at Thornbury Craft Market on Friday.

Love,

DK

Girly Bookmarks

I keep buying craft supply - staff that I need and some that I might never use...

Once I bought these 'jewels' for a project, but when I took them out of the package I decided the quality was too poor for that particular project.

Last night I finally found a fun way to use them - I one of them on each side of a giant paper clip and taa-daaa - they made great girly bookmarks.
Take a look:

I think buttons would work great too. I'll try to  make some and let you know :)

Love,
DK

Thornbury Craft Market

Looking forward to this :)

See their blog at:

http://madenthornbury.blogspot.com/

Love,
DK

Yo-yo flower embelishment

Here is how to make a yo-yo flower and some ideas on how to use it.

This is how I start. You can use a template to draw a perfect circle. I just folded this piece like this:

Then I just rounded the ends of the triangle and my circle was good enough.

I didn't need the perfect shape and an exact size for this project, so I started with a piece that measured approximately 15x15 cm and the finished product measures around 7 cm. 

Once you cut your circle, just fold it like this:

and go through it with the straight stitch:

You can choose to do this part with more attention to detail and then iron the finished product - it all depends on what you want to achieve.

Now pull the tread and there you are:

So this is what we wanted for a start. I was to embellish a white little-girl crochet hat, so I added a crochet flower (just chain forming five petals).

Finally, I added one of my m&m's beads. Here is the result:

I could have added just a button to my yo-yo flower and it would still look great. 

If you want to make broach, you can cut a piece of felt and glue it to the back of your yo-yo flower. Then add a pin. 

You can also use yo-yo flowers to embellish hair accessories,cushions, curtains, hand-made cards... Possibilities are endless, really.

Let me know what you use your yo-yo flowers for.

Love,

DK 

My Little Treasures - Salvos Finds & More

I went to one of Salvos stores the other day and look what I found there!

These cute little ones were neatly ironed and packed in a cellophane bag closed with a heart shaped sticker :)

And look at this:

Blessed be the heart of whoever was this thoughtful :)

I haven't decided yet what I'm going to do with these precious items, but I just couldn't possibly let them sit at Salvos.

For now, I want to keep everything as it is, but at some point I might turn gingham cloths (or one of them) into pillows.

I just love knowing that I have someones time and love (which is life actually) to treasure. My imagination is bursting with all possible stories that might be hidden in these humble pieces and that makes them soooo precious to me.

I wish I had more time to shop around for such things :(

And now look at these babies:

I found them in a two-dollar shop after work last Friday. There are four in each color.

I might use some of them for decorations in my son's room.

I will let you know when I do something with these (there are so many possibilities).

If you have an idea, let me know - I would love to publish it here.

Love,

DK