My little anchor

I did a little project these past few days... :)

So if you ever have time due to no school (yes!!!!) or being sick and barely being able to move - this is perfect for you!

You can make whatever shape you want, use whatever color sequins you want. Here is mine:

You will need:

paper

felt

scissors

sequins

matching thread

needle

and loooots of time and patience!

You start by cutting your shape you want it to end up in. I wanted to make an anchor and was inspired by this. So I sketched an achor onto a piece of paper, cut it out and pinned it to the felt. Next I cut out the felt (I used black, because I'm planning on adding something when it's done..)

And then the patience part began. I sewed every single sequin - one at a time - onto the felt. I tried keeping it in a pattern for a "clean" look. I turned on my tv and watched some seasons of a really good show, had a little chit-chat with my family, watched some more dvd and sewed sequins for hours. (Don't worry if it takes a looong time - it took me three days..)

Now I am thinking about what shirt I'll put it on. I might add a round of black sparkly sequins around the edge to get a little more sparkle to it.

You can also sew or glue it to bags or skirts or ... whatever you want to make a little more interesting!

Have fun - and:

Busy Week

Starting about 2486130 different projects, watching SATC from Season 1 to 3, driving around my siblings, absolutely ENJOYING the freedom I have.
I can sleep in and do the things I want to without anyone criticizing me. It feels awesome. I have nothing that I HAVE to do. Just the things I WANT to do and feel like doing right now. I'll tell you - it's brilliant!

Just came back from a shopping trip for our summer camp - I bought tons of crafty things and it was so fun. Knowing I am buying this for the summer camp and knowing it's not for you - but who cares? Who doesn't love shopping for craft stuff? :)

Dressing up my dress

This weekend was my graduation ball (see my week post here)

And since I didn't get this absolutely breathtaking dress I tried on in a too small size (2cm were missing at the top :(( ) and the store couldn't find the bigger size...

...I made my own peacock-ish dress :)




I found this on pinterest and it was the perfect inspiration!


Add-on for a dress - You need:

black felt (or the color of your dress)
peacock feathers (or the ones you want...)
(black) simple colored feathers
beads or sequins (whatever you want to add)
craft glue (mine is this one) or hot glue gun
needle and thread for beads
scissors

I bought peacock feathers on DaWanda and some simple black feathers at my local craft store. I also bought some adorable little beads in purple-green-blue-ish colors to match the feathers.

Then I cut out a round piece of felt matching it to the left side of my dress (so the add-on would be exactly like in the picture). I laid down the feathers the way I wanted them to look and started gluing them. (I wanted it to look a little bit layered - so I stuck some of the black feathers underneath and some on top of the big peacock feathers...)
Last but not least I hand-sewed on the tiny beads in a random pattern.

This is what mine turned out like:

First I cut out a double circle thing, but then i realised one would be enough and you wouldn't even see a thing :)

 

And this is me wearing it :)

Notes for future add-ons or improving this one:

I will make sure the straps are gone and want to make a heart shaped top like in the inspiration picture. I might pin it down with a safety pin. But apart from that I am very pleased with the outcome. (Doesn't happen very often with my craft stuff - so yaaay :) )

Busy busy busy...

What a week(end)!





Wednesday: Finish school video and watch soccer with school friends, go to school afterwards to get ready for the last day we spent in school

Thursday: Last school day - party and having fun with friends, café with my friend










Friday: Official commencement - got my finals results (like graduation party in America without the cape and hats...)
Grand-parents came as a surprise, bf came and we all had dinner together at a sushi restaurant :)










Saturday: Preparing graduation ball (or dance or whatever...), getting ready for the night, partying with school friends for the last time...

Sunday: Relaxing for the first time. (At the lake with the family)
Got my graduation present: A trip to LONDON!!!

(Anyone have any travel tips - insider knowledge? ;) )








bringing bf to the train station again :(










Monday: Sleeping in till 1 pm, working on my quilt, looking for travel tips for London and strawberry picking with mom and sister