Bolero

Drops pattern. 

Bolero

Crochet bolero. Drops pattern. 

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Printable Christmas Tags

Yes, I know Christmas is over, but when I think "how hard can it be?" I tend to act on it immidiately. Feel free to download and use the tags.

Pop Tab Purses

 

I made these earlier this year after looking at different patterns that made absolutely no sense to me. So I invented my own...which I've already forgotten as I didn't write it down. Luckily I don't plan on making more purses as it's hard work for the fingers. But I'm happy with how these turned out.

Kasper, My First Waldorf Doll

 

I've been wanting to try this for a while. This little guy turned out a little Christmassy and was a gift to my doll-making enabling friend, Christina. I put the finishing touches on my little friend while watching a soccer game and vowed to name him after whoever scored the first girl. So I give you...Kasper. After Kasper Kusk from Aalborg BK.

Tiramisu-inspired Cupcakes with a Christmas Twist

 

A friend asked me to make Tiramisu for her birthday. Then she changed her mind and wanted cupcakes. So I decided to try to combine the two, and since it was close to Christmas, that had to play a part as well. This is the result. Chocolate cupcakes with Marsala and and Mascarpone topping.

Paper + Punchers = Pretty Wreaths

Card for the Retiring High School Principal

 

The principal at the local high school retired recently, and I was tasked with making a card from some of the employees. A picture of the school went into Photoshop, and after a round with glue and paper, this was the result.

Christmas Cards

Years ago, my mom and I started making 3D cards. I quickly grew bored with those, though, but not with card making. These days I make all kinds of cards, and these are some of my recent ones.

With this one, I had a lot of fun with rhinestones and my snowflake puncher.

 

A piece of scrapbooking paper and some gold snowflakes go a long way.

 

A template? What template?

 

I'm going through an owl phase.

Cute santas from Panduro Hobby.

 

Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like Santa's stomach.

Wreath of holly on door.

And wreath in window. This one is made of snowflakes.

 

 

And finally - a card on a stick. Bon appetit.

 

Gift Tags

Making your own gift tags is easy. I've used a flower punch and made some tags from scrapbook paper. Dead easy but more personal than what you buy at the store. 

 

 

 

Bookbinding

I saw this amazing tutorial one day and decided to try my hand at bookbinding. It's so much fun and extremely easy to make some really personal books. I'm planning to give away a few for Christmas.

 

 



 

I pretty much use whatever patchwork fabric and scrapbooking paper I have. Old ribbons and stickers. For the blue one beneath, I actually used part of the dress my grandma wore for her birthday 22 years ago. So it's very easy to make them personal.

 

 

 



Apple Tea Light Holders

I saw this somewhere once - on Pinterest maybe, I can't remember - and then last weekend when I was suddenly in a bind concerning table decorations, I thought of it. Luckily I'd just picked apples, so it was easy just to make holes for the tea lights. Very fitting for a fall time dinner table.

Owl Hat

I found a cute crochet owl hat pattern online, but when I tried it out, it didn't make sense. Or I didn't make sense. Not sure which. So I developed my own. Kind of. I made this, but I didn't write it down. The old of-course-I-can-remember-this-later issue. LOL But at least I got this little cutie out of it.

 

I could make it once, so I can make it again, right? 

Flower Stickers

A couple of American friends got me hooked on scrapbooking last year. It's a wonderful way of preserving memories, and I love how you can give your trip or special occasion exactly the setting you want to. I quickly discovered a problem, though.

Since scrapbooking is not a very popular hobby in Denmark, finding the right materials is a challenge. Once you've made an album or two with the same paper and embellishments from Karen Marie-Klip, you're kind of over it. The cool stuff is imported from the US and as a result incredibly expensive - ordering it online from US yourself is just as expensive.

So I thought that it was worth it to try making some of my own. I started with something safe - flowers. I got a couple of punchers, some paper, adhesives, and rhinestones.

The flowers have many uses.

Cards

Wreaths

These are - ironically enough - for an American friend's New Orleans scrap album

If you're not up for making them yourself, I sell them on Etsy. You can request custom orders in the menu to the left.