Bean Bag/Floor Cushion

If I only knew what I'm getting into. OMG! I thought - how difficult can it be to make a bean bag? Turns out - very!

I found myself a tutorial which looked nice and easy at the time. Little did I know....

Firstly: it needs lining. So effectively you have to make 2 beanbags.
Secondly - tutorial turned out to be not very good (never trust tutorial with hand drawn illustrations. ) it's only good for measurements, other than that - you have to work it out all for yourself....
Thirdly - I had reinforce all seams, because they are always pulled apart when in use.
And lastly - filling it up. Messy messy process!

But it's done and kids love it. I was going to make a second one, but I'm not sure if I can repeat it all again...

Ps. Unfortunately I haven't yet worked out how to arrange pictures in order that I want. They seem to shift randomly. Photo with spilled 'beans' should come first.

PS2: measurements are 24" wide, 24" deep, 12" high. 

Tissue Boxes {decoupage}

With winter approaching and everybody catching colds, tissues always need to be at hand in the house. To me that's another excuse for more decoupaging.

The technique that I use to achieve crackle effect is described here .  The crackle medium and gold paste that I use is exactly the one that is used in the tutorial. I shop for all my supplies (including plain wooden tissue boxes) on the website.

For the top coat (you have to seal and protect your work once you've done all decoupaging) I use yacht varnish a top coat. All those decoupage varnishes that claim to be waterproof are not that waterproof really. If the object gets soaked in water, varnish goes white and peals off. Like PVA glue. Meanwhile yacht varnish (bought mine from DIY store)  is obviously absolutely waterproof. It smells though, so take precautions when varnishing and it once it's dry (you'll need 2-3 coats), smell will completely go away in only about 2 weeks, so have that in mind if you are  planning to gift the item.  Oh, bare in mind, it gives yellowy hue (which I like). 

Echino Cushions

Recently I have discovered beautiful Echino linen range. I'm absolutely in love with bold contemporary designs that they have in their range.

I just *had* to make some cushions.

These are just two 50cmx50cm cushions, photographed from both sides.

Blast from the past

Some pictures of random small crafting projects that I did earlier this year.

Cathedral Window pin-cushion 

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Happy Flower wall decoration 

   

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Hello

ok, so that's where it begins...

I have recently been doing lots of crafts ans scattering pictures across parenting forum that I'm part of and Facebook. I think it's time to get it all together into one place.