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Down-to-Earth Bag

OK. I needed to do something different. 

So I made this simple bag :) (Like it very much.)

I used cotton cooking twine  and the only embellishment is this huge, simple bamboo button.

In the spirit of Valentine, here is my little wire & coking twine heart with a smaller button and a little something to celebrate gorgeous Australian nature.

Hope you're having a great weekend!

Love, DK

Valentine's Crafts 3 - More to Wire & Twine Hearts

Hi there! Its weekend again :)

I work full time in an office I have to travel to for almost 2 hours.
Yes, two hours one way. Lots of reading time :)
However, that means being exhausted most of the time :(
But I still can't give up crafting and this blog, which makes every weekend so precious.

OK, enough whinging - let's go to my plans for this weekend.
I'd like to complete 3 projects and here's the first one.
In fact, I just tried a couple of variations to my wire & twine hearts here. (I was sooo encouraged by your kind comments - thank you very much!)

(Boy, I really need to improve my photography skills! Sorry about this.)

For this one I used cotton cooking twine and a bamboo button - the same material I used for my 'Down-to-Earth Bag' (coming in my next post). So here's the result:

And here's one with raffia. I love the texture of this one but it does require a little more patience to connect the pieces of raffia. Here it is:

That's it for now, I'm off to finish my bag!


Love, DK

Valentine's Crafts 2 - Easy Made Hearts

This is a nice craft to do with kids - all you need is some wire and twine.
Shape the wire and wrap it with twine.Then you can add any embellishments you like. Or not :)

Love, DK

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Between Naps on the Porch

Pictures of the Day

We had such a beautiful day today! I have to share this:

Magnificent! :)

Love,

Sewing Box

OK, back to boxing. He're is my sewing box:

All the graphics are from The Graphics Fairy again :)

I like how the leather imitation turned out - I should use that technique more often. (I'll post a tutorial soon.)

Love, DK



Sharing at:

my1929charmer
Do It Yourself Showoff
The Graphics Fairy
Debbiedoo's

Australia Day - Inspiration from Oz

We celebrate the Australia Day on 26 Jan. This is such a great and inspiring country, the name Oz suits it perfectly. So I thought, today was a good day to share a fantastic part of Australia, which happens to be my favorite.

 I live in Melbourne, close to the Great Ocean Road - one of the most fascinating scenic drives in the world. This is one of those things that give you perspective, make you feel small but great at the same time and fill you with such excitement, your spirit lifted up, looking at life circumstances from birds' perspective.

 No more words, I'll let pictures talk:

Love,