Archive for the 'Other crafting' Category


• Butterfly paper garland

butterfly-paper-garland

Last night I was struck by some creative inspiration. I think you will recognize the urge to try it immediately. Back in December last year, Fifi Mandirac offered as an advent one PDF paper design each day. I printed them on plain paper and cut butterflies from it and sandwiched them with glue on a [...]

1 Comment July 5th, 2010


• Duo project with my dad

stools

Those stools are not an original design. I saw them on internet at Wood&Wool Stool and asked my dad if we could make those for our hallway… He made the stools and I did the crocheting and thrifting of the wood. I found the wood in a container in our street where they were rebuilding [...]

6 Comments August 6th, 2009


• Packaging is everything

stamps

As a late birthday gift I got my own stamps from my sister. I was looking for a way how I could use them. I like the way how they look together stamped on the brown paper and tied by a scrap fabric piece.  Because the pimped skirt was a present, I wrapped it. I [...]

1 Comment June 10th, 2009


• Fimo toadstools

fimo-toadstools

Last night I created these fimo toadstools. I want to use them as embellishments on my zippered pouches and felt covered notebooks. One thing I learned for the next time… put in the sate stick from top to bottom instead of from bottom to top, to loose the frayed edges that are now showing on [...]

10 Comments January 11th, 2009

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    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.

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