Crafts, colors & everyday life happiness
Heyyy, happy Tuesday! :) Today has been the last day of this year’s summer semester, so it’s finally over and apart from working, I can enjoy summer and my semester holidays. :) Wish you a nice day! :)
Hey, happy Monday! :) I’ve been sewing a lot the past days and weeks and I added a new category to my DaWanda shop where you can now buy those pretty oven cloths. In case you want one and only speak English, let me know which you want and I will also list it on etsy. :)
Which one do you like most? I love those pretty colors and the fruits, they make me think of summer and I think they are a super accessory for every kitchen. :)
Hello! :) I’ve been spending much time with sewing this weekend and among other things, I made those cute key fobs. I’ve seen so many other pretty ones on the Internet and I wanted to have my own and I gave one to my friend. :) Moreover, I have also worked on Flo’s awesome birthday present which I will show as soon as the birthday is over and I’ve sewn some pretty kitchen accessories which I will show you tomorrow and list them in my shop, so this is just a little impression of what I’ve been doing. :)
See you tomorrow! :)
Lu
Hello, happy Sunday!! :) Today’s the last day of my awesome blog party and I will end those days full of DIY projects with something I made myself. :) So here it is:
Wohoo, as you can see, this project is about handprinted bags for which I only used natural materials as stamps. I’ve been having the idea in my mind for quite a while, but so far I haven’t found the time to try it out. What is best about this project apart from the fact that it looks great is that all the supplies are either inexpensive, or you have them at home anyway. :) I must admit that the bags have even turned out to be better than I had expected, so here’s the tutorial that you can make them yourself and in case you want to purchase one without making it yourself, you can visit my shop. :)
What you need for this project:
– Tote bags or fabric to print onto
– Old newspapers and paperboards to protect your furniture and the bags
– An apple, a potato and some branches with pretty leaves
– A knife
– Paint brushes and a sponge
– Some paper towels
– A paint roller
– Textile color
Style 1 – Apple stamps:
Cut an apple into two halves and dry them. Therefore, use a piece of paper towel.
Next, color the apple with textile color and use it as a stamp. Don’t forget to color the leafstalk, too.
This is how it looked when I printed it onto the whole bag. Of course, you have to renew the textile color on the apple each time before you put in onto the bag.
Voilà! :) I love it!
Style 2 – Potato stamps, part 1.
The procedure is similar to printing with apples. First, cut the potato into two halves, dry its surface on a kitchen towel. Then, cut out a ornament and paint it with textile color.
Then, again use it as a stamp to embellish your bag or piece of fabric.
I can’t really decide, but I think this bag is my favourite, because I absolutely love the colors for summer.
Style 3 – Branch stamp.
This version is just too good to be true, because when I thought about trying it this way, I wasn’t able to imagine that this could be so easy and that the result would look so fabulous.
Take a branch with pretty leaves and paint the side where you can best see the leave’s structure (doing it this way will help you getting a better result in the end) and don’t forget to paint the branch itself. Then, carefully put the colored side onto the fabric.
Put a piece of paper onto it, not pressing it too much onto the fabric, and use your paint roller to transfer the textile color from the branch and the leaves onto the fabric.
Awwww, it has turned out so beautiful! :)
Style 4 – Potato stamps, part 2.
Finally, here’s another version with a potato stamp for which you simply have to cut a symbol into the potato, then you need to use it as a stamp and press it onto the fabric. :)
That’s it! :) I hope you like this project as much as I do and I also hope that you enjoyed my blog party with all those amazing guest posts. Thank again, friends, for sharing all those lovely ideas and projects! :)
Love, Lu <3
Hello friends, happy Friday! :) To perfectly start the weekend, today Flo fetched me from work, we went to a cafe, ate a tasty quiche and some cake and afterwards we went to the market to buy some fresh, local food. :) So here’s what we bought, fresh lettuce, potatoes, organic wholewheat bread, grean beans, raspberries and chanterelles, hhhhmmmjam! :)
As you can see on the following photos, for dinner we made fried potatoes with salad and fried chanterelles, for dessert we had natural joghurt with fresh raspberries. This dish was sooo delicious. :)
Do you already have any plans for the weekend? I’m working on a project for Flo’s birthday which is coming soon and I’m gonna prepare a blog post for tomorrow, because tomorrow will be the last day of my fantastic blog party, so come back soon to see what the last post will be about. :)
Lu :)
