Saturday 31 December 2011

The first step to better times is to imagine them

Happy New Year 2012! 

I hope the creativity will flow this new year. Let the creativity bloom like a flower garden.
 
->Here's a tiny little crocheted flower for my flower garden. My mum made it for me. I sewed it on a rib-knitted headband that I had knitted.

I don't know how to crochet flowers. There are many things I do not know. I hope I will learn a lot of things during this new year.

2012: here's a message for you.  Please, give me wisdom and creativity. I don't want any dumbness or numbness. I want some courage and will-power. I don't want any weariness or fears. Or if you insist, please let the fear at least lend me some wings.

Sunday 25 December 2011

You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves

...but perhaps you can make a revolution with lovikka gloves/mittens.

My oldest little sister loves to knit. She loves it so much that she decided to knit lovikka mittens for our cousins this x-mas.

The mittens are made of ecological wool in four different colours. You can find a pattern here.

Gold lion

The other day I decided to create something out of a bunch of beads, which I have had for like ages. I threaded the beads on three separate strings, and made three simple bracelets. Then I twined them all together. That's what you can see in the photos.
                                                                     
I wanted to make a pair of matching earrings. I started by painting some wooden beads with nail polish in a gold colour. (I like to paint with nail polish, because I think the colours are rich and vibrant. I have painted cards with nail polish before.)

Once the nail polish had dried, I threaded the wooden beads and some other beads on a piece of wire. I gripped the end of the wire with round tongs, and bent it to fit into the loop of a pendant. Then it was finished and looked like the earring in the photo to the left. :)

I wish you all a merry x-mas!

Sunday 18 December 2011

Making the simple, awesomely simple - that's creativity

Here's my second safety pin bracelet. My other safety pin bracelet can be found here and the tutorial here



Sunday 11 December 2011

Calm is more conductive to creativity than is anxiety

I have now created my first safety pin bracelet! Do you want to know how to create one? 
Then go here. Have fun!



Saturday 3 December 2011

Cup of creativity

The bracelets at the top are made of wire spirals and pearls. In order to make a wire bracelet you need wire, a pair of tongs and pearls. You can find wire spirals in the crafts store, so you don't have to shape the wire yourself. However you have to shape the ends with a pair of tongs (otherwise all the pearls will fall off).

The bracelet at the bottom is made of a long, thin band which I have braided. I have then sewed on some pearls.