Arts and Crafts Thread
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That thing took several hours ...... It's a 3D model and was a right pain to create. Everything else was just ordinary artwork I have done over the years.
It looks a little like a game of mahjong I was playing in a nightmare once.Because I didn't have enough ways to procrastinate already. . .
now I gotta figure out what to do with 14 lbs of fancy soaps.
It was my grandmother's funeral today. While cleaning out her apartment, I found lots of things that I had made for her as a child. Some amazing things there.
My favorite of the lot. A miniature gingerbread house, made from Suralin (Fimo). A one in a kind thing!
The other side of the gingerbread house. Doesn't it look very tasty? I always get hungry looking at it!
Another favorite - often I did several of the same, but this is another one of a kind. I always loved shells.
Miniature bowle / cocktail sticks, made from Suralin. The holder they are in used to hold glue. The flowers and leaves I decorated it with were sent to me by my aunt in West Germany. She knew me well!
More Suralin stuff - a little pig with a real Pfennig for luck, and something to celebrate the 60th birthday. The elephant at the left happened after 1990 - I remember having bought a wooden one in an Indian shop and then thinking I can do this too. I added miniature beads to it.
Snails, made from Suralin and real snail houses.
Happy acorns!
Painted stones - a seal and a turtle. These are "mass production", I have been showing other exemplares before
Place cards. Simple folded paper, so it can stand (like the last row). You are supposed to write the name onto the line. I have no idea why I made so many of them? Guess I was on a creative spree!
A heart made from salt dough, decorated with peppercorns and painted:
My favorite of the lot. A miniature gingerbread house, made from Suralin (Fimo). A one in a kind thing!
The other side of the gingerbread house. Doesn't it look very tasty? I always get hungry looking at it!
Another favorite - often I did several of the same, but this is another one of a kind. I always loved shells.
Miniature bowle / cocktail sticks, made from Suralin. The holder they are in used to hold glue. The flowers and leaves I decorated it with were sent to me by my aunt in West Germany. She knew me well!
More Suralin stuff - a little pig with a real Pfennig for luck, and something to celebrate the 60th birthday. The elephant at the left happened after 1990 - I remember having bought a wooden one in an Indian shop and then thinking I can do this too. I added miniature beads to it.
Snails, made from Suralin and real snail houses.
Happy acorns!
Painted stones - a seal and a turtle. These are "mass production", I have been showing other exemplares before
Place cards. Simple folded paper, so it can stand (like the last row). You are supposed to write the name onto the line. I have no idea why I made so many of them? Guess I was on a creative spree!
A heart made from salt dough, decorated with peppercorns and painted:
My sympathy, Astra. Grandmothers are awesome. What sweet remembrances of her you have!
They all look very cool Astra.
Condolences
Condolences
Very nice! 
They are fantastic. I really like the shell frogs and the little critter heads.It was my grandmother's funeral today. While cleaning out her apartment, I found lots of things that I had made for her as a child. Some amazing things there.
My favorite of the lot. A miniature gingerbread house, made from Suralin (Fimo). A one in a kind thing!
The other side of the gingerbread house. Doesn't it look very tasty? I always get hungry looking at it!
Another favorite - often I did several of the same, but this is another one of a kind. I always loved shells.
Miniature bowle / cocktail sticks, made from Suralin. The holder they are in used to hold glue. The flowers and leaves I decorated it with were sent to me by my aunt in West Germany. She knew me well!
More Suralin stuff - a little pig with a real Pfennig for luck, and something to celebrate the 60th birthday. The elephant at the left happened after 1990 - I remember having bought a wooden one in an Indian shop and then thinking I can do this too. I added miniature beads to it.
Snails, made from Suralin and real snail houses.
Happy acorns!
Painted stones - a seal and a turtle. These are "mass production", I have been showing other exemplares before
Place cards. Simple folded paper, so it can stand (like the last row). You are supposed to write the name onto the line. I have no idea why I made so many of them? Guess I was on a creative spree!
A heart made from salt dough, decorated with peppercorns and painted:
Sorry for your loss but you made things for her, gave of your time and talent and I'm sure that meant a lot.
Thank you all! The things are on my shelf now so I can see them on a regular basis. It makes my fingers itch to go crafty again! Here's what I am working on at the moment, which as a Star Trek fan you might recognize...
This chaiselongue is sold on ebay under the name Barbie but it is only 1:12 dollhouse size. And looking as cheap as it costs. I refurbished it today with velvet that came from the envelope of an old pocket calendar. Look, I can even use the metal sign for my steampunk stuff. Nothing gets wasted
Showing some details for the armrest - as you surely all know, you need to cut out triangles, to form it around a round surface.
I just winged the rest - put it on, cut more off, tried to form it around the corners. I am quite pleased with the result. I did not want to put velvet on the backrest, as I liked the detail there and it would have been lost. So I just painted it. Wondering if I should do the dots in golden paint or would that be too much?
Showing some details for the armrest - as you surely all know, you need to cut out triangles, to form it around a round surface.
I just winged the rest - put it on, cut more off, tried to form it around the corners. I am quite pleased with the result. I did not want to put velvet on the backrest, as I liked the detail there and it would have been lost. So I just painted it. Wondering if I should do the dots in golden paint or would that be too much?
Wow! 
I'm impressed. That's an amazing transformation!
For the dots, I would think they represent buttons or somesuch in the real furniture? I wonder how they would look if they were the same color as the "wooden" part - make it a balance of the two colors, rather than adding a third.
I'm impressed. That's an amazing transformation!
For the dots, I would think they represent buttons or somesuch in the real furniture? I wonder how they would look if they were the same color as the "wooden" part - make it a balance of the two colors, rather than adding a third.
Thank you! (did you also see my steampunk machinery in the post before?)
Some people had recommended black instead of gold, which is also an interesting idea, but then someone posted this link showing several of those couches and I can't see any studs in other colors there, they all seem to be the same color:
http://tinyurl.com/ycas3rwv
So I guess I'll leave it as it is. I don't want to mess it up.
Most of those look so uncomfortable. There's one quite a bit down the page that looks nice and actually comfy.
Or maybe I've just become so used to a bed where both ends can be elevated to what's comfortable, that I can't fathom sleeping or relaxing on flat bed/lounge-like things anymore.
Or maybe I've just become so used to a bed where both ends can be elevated to what's comfortable, that I can't fathom sleeping or relaxing on flat bed/lounge-like things anymore.
After more than a 30 year break from it, I have started doing Hobbytex again. I think in the USA there is something similar called Tri-chem. It is fabric painting. I coloured in this runner over the weekend.
and I am testing out this tiger cub, I am so out of practice that I have made a few mistakes on this one. I have a three copies of this cub as your get a free one with every order you put in.
and I am testing out this tiger cub, I am so out of practice that I have made a few mistakes on this one. I have a three copies of this cub as your get a free one with every order you put in.
Those are lovely.
It's been decades since I did any Tri-Chem. The last time was when I made a Starfleet insignia to sew onto a dress uniform.
It's been decades since I did any Tri-Chem. The last time was when I made a Starfleet insignia to sew onto a dress uniform.
I didn't realise that Hobbytex still existed until about two months ago. It used to be all the range in the 1970s when it was sold by party plan.
