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• DIY Needle felt stars
Last summer I joined Loes of Freubelweb at the Landgoed fair in Beesd, we organised creative workshops. Together with Loes you could make a garland with needle felted hearts. It was a very popular workshop and lots of people asked if they could also buy the materials. That inspired me to create a needle felt [...]
4 Comments October 18th, 2012• Wool felt balls garland part 2
A month ago I posted the basic wool felt balls garland, now I created a new version with the same balls. I used the Marianne Design star craftable to cut the snowflake from white foam, and cut little dots from left over felt pieces. The idea for this garland I found via Pinterest. I changed [...]
3 Comments October 3rd, 2012• DIY Wool felt balls garland
A while ago I found this description to make your own felted little balls via the Freubelweb website. As I’m a bit lazy, I prefer to buy the felted balls ready and done. I’m a bit picky too when it comes to the colours I like….. so I decided to make my own selection and [...]
No Comments September 5th, 2012• DIY: wool felt iPhone cover
With some pieces of wool felt you can create your own soft and customized phone cover. The measurements in this tutorial are for a cover for the iPhone 4(S) but can easily be translated to any other mobile phone. Materials needed: 2 pieces of wool felt, 8cm x 25cm (orange & pink) 3 pieces of [...]
4 Comments August 29th, 2012• My Freubelweb favorites
I think Freubelweb is a great source for crafting inspiration. It’s a collection of existing projects, but categorized in a way to make it easier to find the kind of crafting you want to do. I made a collection of a few of my favorite projects found on Freubelweb. If you click on the different [...]
1 Comment August 1st, 2012• DIY summer lanterns
A perfect timing for a DIY post with happy summer lanterns. Finally summer has come again this week in The Netherlands. These lanterns are fast and easy to make and you can embellish them to your own taste. Double sided tape is key though… I used it to attach the paper, ribbons and paper tags [...]
2 Comments July 25th, 2012• DIY stationary set
Via the website of Isthar Olivera I participated in a stationary swap. I made this set with a stamped little notebook, heart stickers, self made envelopes and stamped coordinating paper. It’s easy to make your own envelopes, especially if you use the template I made. Just print the template on sturdy paper and cut out, [...]
1 Comment July 18th, 2012• DIY crochet bellflower infinity scarf
When I’m working behind my computer and the weather is a bit colder, I love to wear a scarf. But the loose ends sometimes irritate me, so I decided I needed a cowl (infinity) scarf. I found a few beautiful knitted versions and thought of asking my mother in law to knit one for me. [...]
2 Comments July 11th, 2012• DIY Party favor bag with free printable
With a piece of A4 paper and double sided tape or glue, you can simply make your own party favor or present bags. For the occasion I made a free printable from a piece of Japanese newspaper. To even get you started faster, I will give-away 5 sets of 10 paper doilies, 13m of 6mm [...]
18 Comments July 4th, 2012• DIY ideas in ‘Decoreren in landelijke stijl’
Earlier this year I designed and wrote some DIY projects for the spring edition of the magazine ‘Decoreren in landelijke stijl‘. The pictures in this post show an impression of the publication. If you want to receive a PDF copy of the items with my designs (in Dutch), you only have to subscribe to the [...]
1 Comment June 29th, 2012About me
Hi, I'm Petra, I live in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I’m running my own business byPetra: selling creative materials, like ribbons in scandinavian style, cute Lecien fabrics and many more, I also organise craft workshops.
On this blog I will share my inspiration, that I find in books (lots and lots of craft books), magazines, shops, museums and other blogs. You will also find DIY ideas and news from my shop from time to time.
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