My life perfectly imperfect

onsdag 16 maj 2012

from pin to reality - stones potholder

i have seen these potholders out in stores and they can be a bit pricey and i immediately knew that i could do them myself.

i have collected stones all my life and i was thrilled to find something i could do with them!

i picked out the best flat stones in my collection and placed them in like a round shape to see that i had enough.

then i used a pot to know which size i should cut my felt in. now, this was a bit thicker felt than i usually use. it is about 0.5 cm thick.

then i used my liquid glue (i am sure a glue gun would be even better) and glued the stones to the felt.

all done! i am sure i will make a few of these as gifts this year!

tisdag 15 maj 2012

Project Life | week 19

here is my share for week 19. i can´t believe i am still going strong at this project! i am so bad at following through on long term projects! i am happy that i am this time though :)

my album that is a ring binder is getting pretty thick and i think i am getting a new one for a second volume next week.

this week was so much better than last week, thank god!

here are the stories on the first page.

top left: we laughed at my husband because he was a big anti-computer person just a year ago and this week, while doing work, he sat with 2 laptops AND his phone :) i added that heart in picmonkey.com as a sticker and just lowered the opacity so it is see through. my new favorite way of doing journaling.

top right: my first photoshoot of the season was to photograph my friends second daughter. i actually did a photoshoot with her first daughter at the same age, so that was superfun!

lower left: this makes me so happy! my daughter blogs, and she made this reflection of herself now and a year ago. i stole her post and photos :) she said i could! you can see how the extra pocket underneath these photos looks like, where the text is. i am sure i will be doing this again soon.

lower right: it rained so much this week, so we decided to get properly dressed and trim down our roses in the rain :)

here are the stories from the second page:

upper left: i collected my FB statuses from the week.

upper right: small stories from friday and saturday; it rain so hard, my daughter got her second shot to prevent ovarian cancer and i included a screenshot from my click. post from wcs.

lower left: my sister and her fiancé had a birthday party on saturday and i journal a bit about that.

lower right: small stories from sunday, meetings, my daughter coming home from a weekend at her dads, lawn mowing etc.

i have read a few interesting articles online this week and decided to include copies of then in my spread. they are just in clear page protectors and i folded them in half.

thats it for week 19!

i will be back soon with a little how to on those low opacity journal spots if someone needs it!

from pin to reality - stencil pillows

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i pinned the above image a while ago and then i didn´t think i had the stencils to make them myself. but then we cleaned out the spare room in our house and i found a alphabet stencil!

so knew i some lyrics from an old swedish song that would be perfect on throw pillows for my sister and her fiancé.

before i started i had cut and measured the fabric so that i just had to sew it together when the lettering was done.

i used a fabric marker and i took about an hour to draw all the letters.

here they are all sewn and done. it was easy and very fun!
i can already see the endless things i can make using this technique!

måndag 14 maj 2012

Take Twelve | May - the photos

i took my Take Twelve photos at a birthday party for my sister and her fiancé. then i made the photos into polaroids (i will share how in my layout post).

söndag 13 maj 2012

WCS: my latest click. post

yesterday i had a fun post up on the wcs blog all about food photography. i gave some tips on that with photos from team members and me. go check it out!