Sometimes a pencil sharpener is needed in order to make a good point

How to make your old pencil look like new:

Step 1: Cut a piece of paper (gift wrap paper, patterned paper or paper from magazine pages) that is as long as the pencil and wide enough to reach around it. 
Step 2: Apply plenty of glue on the paper and take some extra glue around the edges.
Step 3: Roll up the paper around the pencil. Be sure to glue the paper properly on your pencil, so that you can sharpen your pencil afterwards.

Why don't you freshen up your old pencils by covering them with some nice paper? It makes writing more fun. :)

May flowers

Quilling roses tutorial

Step 1: First you need a scalloped strip of paper and a quilling pen/tool.

Step 2: Let the end of the scalloped strip of paper slide into the tip of the quilling pen.

Step 3: Roll up the strip on the quilling pen.

Step 4: When the strip is fully rolled you may slide if off the pen.

Step 5: You can let the stripe unravel a little if you want the rose to be a bit loose. Be careful though so it doesn't unravel the whole way.

Step 6: Apply some glue on the end (use a toothpick). Now you have created a quilling rose á la Wiola.  :)

Silhouettes on the shade

My youngest sister and I

How to create a silhouette:

Find a side profile picture of your desired object on your computer. Make it the size you want and print it out. Cut out the silhouette. Pin it to some black felt/paper and cut that out. You are now finished with your silhouette.

Reflections of the Sea

Sea glass mobile

The ebb and flow of waves sculpt rough glass into smooth pieces of glass, like those adorning my sea glass mobile. 

Sea glass is like sea treasure to me. Looking at my sea glass mobile, I feel that my precious memories of the sea are close to me. I can almost feel the fresh hues of the sea. 

If you feel inspired to create a mobile, then check these out as well: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I
  
If you want to know how I created mine, then go ahead and ask me.

My brittle heart

White porcelain heart with sea glass.

The tassel is worth the hassle

How to create a fortune cookie

Congratulations SOPA08 
on your social work degree!

Dancing Queen

I felt inspired this weekend to create something new of an old cd. My scissors are not that sharp, so I had difficulties cutting out pieces. 

I first thought about making earrings, but later I just didn't fancy the idea that much. When looking at my white board I realized it would be cool with some new magnets.

You can see the result in the pictures. I think it's nice that the cut out pieces look purple (I have not added any kind of colour). The pieces come from the shiny underside of a cd.

Go here if you want to see some art made from waste CDs and DVDs. 

Walking with a ghost

Halloween time! 

 

Here's something halloweeny. Ghouls or ghosts. :)

Want to know how to create these little fellows? Go here.

Edit. My oldest little sister told me that my ghosts look like KKK. :( Obviously that was not my intention. It's not my fault that a bunch of hateful people like to have costume parties, where they dress up looking like white ghosts. 

Dance Into Autumn

Humankind cannot bear very much reality

Some more postcards, with pictures and words cut out from magazines and from an old statistics book about armed conflicts. The theme is love and peace. 



Peace and love

Love (in the hearts you can find the word peace)







 

 






Love the world

Hearts have colours. Don't we all know?






Lucy in the sky

Red-haired lady

Moonlight shadow

More silly postcards. Why? Because it's fun to play with colours. It's okay to not be so serious all the time. (Also it's a good idea to use all the nail polish I have...)

Childishly fun

When I read Akademikern (Academician) 4/2011 I was delighted with all the funny pictures in it. I felt inspired to cut and paste. So I made some ugly postcards which I might send to blissfully unaware friends.

Then of course I couldn't stop cutting so I went to next magazine. Look below for postcards with a flower-theme.