Beautiful balance

Here's a lovely second hand find that I purchased a while ago. As you can see, it's a plain wooden frame/board. It only cost me 5 SEK (0,5 Euro). There's so much potential!

My plan was to upcycle this second hand find, by putting a  fabric flower in the vase-like object in the middle. I also wanted to paint the frame. Eventually I just painted everything white with acrylic paint (Traditional craft paint), because I thought it looked  refreshing and very neat that way. I painted a pink fabric flower purple. Finally I stuck the flower in the vase. Here's the result. -> Yay.

I think it goes well together with the colours in my apartment, as you can see here.

Ps. I have submitted this upcycled project to the following challenges:
All Crafts Challenge: June/July
Crafty Girls Challenges: Anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks: Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp: Anything goes 
Through the Craft room door: Anything goes 
Top Tip Tuesday: Material girl (incorporate other "material" items)
Tuesday Throwdown: Other Than a Card or Tag

Make bloom for beauty

A while ago I found a white frame at the Red Cross second hand store, and figured it would work fine for a painting of some sort. I also found some floral candle cuffs in another second hand store.

Then I created something out of my second hand findings...

I made the background out of cardboard that I still had left from my moving boxes. (I moved here some weeks ago.) I painted the cardboard with white and silver acrylic paint. To finish it up, I painted a layer with some metallic sand saint in white/silver. 

Here you can see the painting in my living room. :) I think it matches the other colours well.

Ps. I have submitted this project to:
Altered Eclectics: Anything goes
Come and get it challenges: Flowers galore
Craft my life: Anything goes but no cards
Crafting from the heart: Anything goes/Use flowers 
Dream Valley Challenges: Vintage 
Pan Pastel UK Challenge Blog: Frame it
Twisted Tuesday: Anything but a card + add chipboard
613 Avenue Create: Anything goes/optional: use your stash

Merry me

Sooooooo sorry for the delay today. Here's my Creepmas project for day 9 with the Watchful Eye digi by Smeared Ink.

This is a creepmas ornament (if you wonder what the heck this is). I found the angel template here.



Ps. I have submitted this ornament to the following challenges:
Craft my Life: Anything goes (but no cards)
Craft your passion: Christmas ABC (anything but a card) 
Left of Center: Loc Winter or Holidays 

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.  :)

Ain't no happy fish in the Baltic Sea

Plaster sea horse and plaster fish painted with 

nail polish.

This plaster fish has been painted using 

watercolours. (Made by my youngest 

little sister.)

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.

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. 

Dance Into Autumn