Tulips

This weekend I tried making some tulips, again without a kit. I really like coming up with new flowermaking idea's and techniques! But after making about 7 of the same flowers I get a little bored, haha! So I move on to a new flower or a new color.

I'm not sure yet what flower I will make next...

The glass vase is from Glasscraft. The picture is me and my boyfriend on holiday in Greece! This year we will go there again and I can't wait!

Don't forget to click on the pictures to enlarge them!


One with my hand, so you can get an idea about the scale and size.

Roses

I have been making roses all week to relax a little from school, it was quite a difficult week for me and making flowers calms me down! :) I had fun coming up with my own techniques to make roses without a kit or pre-made materials.

Again the pictures are taken with my boyfriend his awesome new camera, I'm amazed how many things it can do and embarrassed about how little I know about cameras! XD


The glass vases are from Glasscraft, the easterbunny and wooden cup I bought at a fair, the eastereggs and basket I made myself.

Finished basket

Well, the basket is finished. I used DMC emroidery thread to weave it. My boyfriend has a new camera so he has been experimenting with it on my mini's. Here are the results!
The wooden table was made using a kit.

Some experimenting

For a swap I've been esperimenting on making roses from scratch, no kits!
And it's working out quite well I think. It's a lot of fiddly work but they come out quite nice!
Offcourse I am making some extra roses to keep for my "Schloss" as well, and then I decided I wanted to try and wicker a little basket to keep them in... yes, when I get creative I also get very chaotic!
So my desk is a verry messy place now! Lots of silk papers, punches, wire, thread, glue, tools.... ;)
But I'm in my element :D

Embroidery

This little boat I embroided this past summer, but I never got around to finish it into some object.. So I've turned it into a pillow now! Not very creative, but it's always better than hidding it unfinished and out of sight in some box! ;)


This is a little needle book I made, it's 1:1 scale, not 1:12. I really needed a needle book since I often take my needles with me and I always loose my needles and pins that way!
It took me a horribly long time to finish up this little book, I whipstitched it all around to put the front and back together and it really feels like doing the same thing 3 times over >_> but I'm so happy with the result!

Phalaenopsis

After finishing the hortensia, I wanted to make some more plants!
So I also dusted of my Orchid kit from VaRIAatjes, wich was covered with dust just as much as the hortensia.

It was more difficult, and more fiddly but I'm very pleased with the result.

I realised that I have made quite a few plants for someone who claims not to like making plants :P
Well I think I've cought the plantmaking virus because I'm shopping for more kits now!

Hortensia

This workshop kit from VaRIAatjes has been laying around in my house for almost two years. When I first opened the box I thought I could never do it, and so I put it away! But this holiday all of a sudden I had all the inspiration I needed to take it out of the closet, blow of the dust and start making it!

I've been working on this for many hours! But I'm very happy with the result. My desk turned into a mess and I've been trying to decide between many vases, but finally I finished all the flowers and leaves, and I arranged it in the vase I least expected to be right for the job!