tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66908158815731412082024-03-14T01:57:00.708+08:00tea and craftLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14627092572516083792noreply@blogger.comBlogger258125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690815881573141208.post-51817028240224231932019-02-16T22:32:00.002+08:002019-02-16T22:32:44.087+08:00Macrame plant hangers<br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello! I have been totally getting into macrame at the moment and thought I'd show you some of the plant hangers I've been making!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first plant hanger I made was at a class I attended and it's made of some very retro chic mustard coloured braided rope. The rest of the plant hangers I made at home and I used undyed 3mm three-strand cotton rope; I bought two spools of 250m of rope so I had quite a bit to use up! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will preface this post with saying that while I kept some notes as I made these hangers, this post isn't meant as a tutorial. Please do feel free to use my notes to make your own hanger but just keep in mind that I'm new to this craft and so I might not explain everything in really enough detail if you're just starting out as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mustard hanger uses a 6cm ring and has four sinnets. The teacher for the class cut the rope prior to the class so I'm not sure how long each rope was at the start. After looping the rope through the ring I did a gathering knot which was 5cm long and then 5 square knots. Leaving a 10cm gap, I did 13 half-square knots to make a spiral. I then left a 13cm gap and did 3 square knots, followed by a 6cm bead, and then another 3 square knots. After another 13cm gap I did a Josephine knot net, left a 5cm gap, did 3 square knots, left another 5cm gap, did a 3 square knot net, and then finished with a 5cm long gathering knot. The tail on this hanger is about 40cm long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pink pot is from Kmart and I'm currently using it to grow succulent babies! </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made this plant hanger for my mum, for her
birthday this month. This plant hanger is based on the "honey bee plant
hanger" from <i>Macrame: the craft of creative knitting for your home</i> by Fanny Zedenius. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I
used four 360cm ropes for this planter, which is a little longer than
Fanny's pattern suggested. I didn't use a ring like Fanny did so to make
the top loop of my hanger look a little neater I covered it with
larkshead knots in a sort of <a href="http://www.free-macrame-patterns.com/buttonhole-clasp.html">buttonhole clasp design</a>
and then did a gathering knot underneath that. I did 17 square knots,
then two picot square knots, 6 square knots, another two picot square
knots, and then another 6 square knots. I left a gap of 10cm and then
tied Josephine knots to make a net. Another gap of 10cm is next, and
then a 6 round 4-ply crown knot, and lastly a 5cm gathering knot.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Fanny's original pattern, there are two sets of six picot square knots with beads in the middle. I did two sets of two picot square knots per sinnet to try and suggest the look of dragonflies instead. <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
rope I used wasn't ideal for the picot square knots as the rope
untwisted a little on the picot "wings"; next time I would use a braided
rope. But I did learn how to make the four-ply crown knot to finish off
this plant hanger and I really like how it looks!</span></span></div>
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didn't realise this pilea peperomioides had a damaged leaf until I saw
these photos - opps! The pilea and the pot are both from Bunnings.</span> </span> </span></div>
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next plant hanger features a black quartz pendant and black metal tube
beads. I really like how it turned out! To attach the pendant I added it
to the middle of the cords as I tied the gathering knot; I also looped
the cord of the pendant into a u-shape so that it isn't able to just
slip out of the gathering knot.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This hanger also has 4 sinnets and starts off with a wrapped loop and a 5cm gathering knot. The black quartz pendant hangs 15cm below the gathering knot. I did 25 half square knots to make a 13cm spiral then left a 10cm gap. Next I did alternating square knots and beads, finishing with another square knot (4 square knots and 3 beads total). After another 10cm gap I did 8 half square knots to make a 5cm spiral. I skipped another 10cm and then made a single square knot net. I left a 6cm gap and did another single square knot net. I then finished after another 6cm gap with a 5cm gathering knot and a 14cm tail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I purchased the Marble Queen pothos from Waldecks and the pot is from Bunnings. </span> <br />
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next hanger also has 4 sinnets and starts with a wrapped loop. I did a
4cm gathering knot and then 25 half square knots to make a 12cm spiral.
After a 15cm gap I did an overhand knot and then 5 square knots. I left
an 11cm gap and did 2 square knots to make a net, left another 11cm gap,
and did another 2 square knots to make another net. I finished off with
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe this cute white and pink pot is from Kmart and the Aglaonema Lipstick is from Bunnings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This amethyst pendant plant hanger was also for my mum as her favourite stone (and her birth stone) is amethyst. I found this amethyst slice pendant at the craft store and I just knew it would be perfect for my mum's birthday present. I made this hanger up as I went along and I didn't make any notes, but below is what I can gather from the photos! I think I started this hanger with 450cm ropes for the long cords and 180cm ropes for the short cords.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this amethyst pendant hanger, I started with 11 lengths of rope to make 18 cords for the majority of the hanger and 4 shorter cords to attach the pendant. I did a wrapped loop and a gathering knot making sure that the 4 shorter cords were in the middle. I did 30 half square knots with the 4 shorter cords to make a long spiral and then left a 5cm gap. I threaded the two middle cords from this group of four through the loop on the pendant in opposite directions and then folded them upwards to lie along the 5cm gap. I then covered up the gap and secured the loose ends of the spiral cords with a gathering knot.</span></div>
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little baby hanger is one that I made at a crafternoon with some
friends; isn't it the case that small things are always cuter?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe we made this hanger with 2m ropes. I didn't wrap the loop for this hanger so I just started with a 2cm gathering knot. I did 3 square knots, left a 17cm gap, did 8 half square knots to make a 5cm spiral, left a 4cm gap, made a square knot net, left a 5cm gap, and then finished off with a 2cm gathering knot. The tail on this hanger is uneven and is between 10-15cm.</span></div>
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plant hanger is my first attempt at a two tiered one. I used an
amethyst pendant on this one plus some pretty copper metal tube beads.
The ropes for this hanger were 5m to begin with and I used 12 ropes to
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This planter has a wrapped loop and then a 5 cm gathering knot. The amethyst pendant hangs 20cm below the gathering knot. I did 28 half square knots to make a 14cm spiral and then left a gap of 12cm before doing a square knot, adding a copper tube bead, doing another 6 square knots, adding another bead, and then another square knot. I skipped 7cm and then made a single square knot net. I left a 6cm gap and then did another 3 square knots. I then did a 3cm gathering knot and made 12 half square knots to make a 9cm spiral. I left an 11cm gap </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before
doing a square knot, adding a copper tube bead, doing another 6 square
knots, adding another bead, and then another square
knot. I left a 7cm gap and then did a single square knot net and then left a 6cm gap and doing 3 square knots. I then finished off with a 5cm gathering knot which left a 42cm tail.</span></span><br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14627092572516083792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690815881573141208.post-12422784061494855692019-01-27T16:25:00.000+08:002019-01-27T16:25:02.285+08:00Crochet Beholder Amigurumi<br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello! One of my resolutions this year is to actually post on my blog, so here I am! I'm going to aim for at least one post a month, but if you want to see more of my nonsense, do feel free to find me over on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/teaandcraft/">Instagram</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, in my last post (from JULY 2018! Far out I've been slack!) I talked about how Scott and I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons with a group of our friends. We're still doing that and when I asked Scott what he'd like for his anniversary present this year, he requested a Beholder, which is a monster from D&D. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found a <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/beholder-4">great pattern by Aja Moniz on Ravelry</a> and used that for the base of my Beholder, but I did make a few changes.</span></div>
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pattern picture shows a Beholder with six eye stalks, but Scott wanted
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I intentionally used some different types of safety eyes, but I wish I had have had even more variety in eye colours. I think that since each eye of the Beholder has a different power, having different colours would be a cool way to indicate that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scott picked out the yarn for his Beholder and the purple that he chose for the body is some that I actually dyed myself! I liked how the colour come out, but the wool itself was pretty stiff and scratchy so it went into the stash box instead of being used for the scarf I originally wanted to make. It was a good yarn for amigurumi though, and it wasn't rough enough that it hurt my hands to use. Unfortunately I don't actually know any of the brands I used for this project as they have all been in the stash box without their labels for a long time!</span><br />
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14627092572516083792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690815881573141208.post-32456504000156448562018-07-30T16:43:00.000+08:002018-07-30T16:43:43.693+08:00Dragon scale drawstring bag <br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello! It's time for another update on this increasingly sporadically updated craft blog! I am wondering if I should write some posts about my plants? I am doing a lot more gardening than craft these days as even when I ignore my plants for a week they keep doing things (unlike all those WIPS ... ~___^). Something else that I have been doing lately is playing Dungeons and Dragons! My husband, Scott, wanted to have a go at being a DM (Dungeon Master) and he needed some players to facilitate the game for. So I put the call out to my friends, and Spooky, Jeneva, and Moon were all keen ... and wanted to each bring along their husband, partner, and son (respectively) so we ended up with quite a large group!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you do not know much about D&D, all you need to know for the purposes of this post is that to play each player needs a notebook, a pen, a set of dice, and a character figurine. My character for this campaign is Seraphina Underfen, who is a Halfing Druid, but I have a couple of other figures for characters I want to play in future campaigns plus a wolf, a bat, and a unicorn because they were cute and I thought they'd come in handy ~___^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I thought I would make a dice bag to hold my dice but then as I was making it I thought that maybe it should be big enough to hold all my things and so it got bigger and bigger and bigger until the almost ridiculously sized "dice" bag you see before you today existed! It does not hold my spell binder though, so maybe next I should make a cover for that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The yarn I used was one that I found at the discount store; the brand is "Knit&Purl" and the colourway is listed as "Myalla" but I brought some other balls of yarn which is a different colourway on the same day and they are also apparently "Myalla" so maybe that just refers to the gradient effect they both have. It's a 100% acrylic yarn and I used three 150g balls to make this bag. I used a 4mm hook for this project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I'm not laying them out for photos, I keep my pen, item cards, and figures in this adorable turtle pencil case which was a gift from Spooky ^___^ (she got it from Teeturtle!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So in my dragon scale bag, I have my turtle pencil case, my old character sheets, and my dice ... still in their original plastic case. I wonder if I should make a dice bag to go inside my dice bag ... ~___^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello! It has been a while since I felt the urge to get out my crochet hook, but recently it was two of my lovely friends' wedding anniversary and since we were going to be at their home to play D&D that evening, I thought a little gift would be in order! I know this is a little bit weird for an anniversary gift but there was a convoluted thought process behind this particular gift ... but I won't bore you with that ~___^ </span><br />
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I found the pattern very easy to follow, but I do suspect, as usual,
that I tensioned a little too tight as it's a bit tricky to do the
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only real adjustment I made to the pattern was to make the nori wrap in the
round so I didn't have to seam it together at the end and I also added a
few more rounds as I thought it would be very difficult to get the fish
into the sushi with only seven rows; </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I did fourteen rows instead</span>. The trade off to this is, of
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I was making this pattern I wasn't convinced that it was going to work
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pattern though!) so when it was all sewn together and I could change it
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My friends both enjoyed their magical sushi to fish amigurumi and I really enjoying starting (and finishing!) a crochet project. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've been doing a lot of crafty things at work (I'm working as a Young People's Services Librarian right now which means lots of Storytime and School Holiday crafts) and I'm also working on a crafty business plan with some friends so even though I'm not posting on here as much, I am still working on things! ^___^ I hope to be able to share some things from the latter project with you soon! Although, if you want Storytime ideas, just let me know! ~___^ </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">beeswax (we brought ours from Riot craft stores)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">jojoba oil (you can get this from chemists)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">an oven safe dish</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">an airing rack </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">newspaper (to catch drips under the rack)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">pinking shears</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">healing mat, rotary cutter, quilting ruler (optional)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">iron </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While Jeneva was grating the wax, I cut the cotton fabric into squares. First I ironed the fabric and then cut it into squares using my healing mat, quilting ruler, and rotary cutter. Then I used my pinking shears around the edges of each square. I thought that making sure the fabric was cut into squares with straight edges before I used the pinking shears would be easier than drawing out the squares and the pinking them, but you could really do it either way!</span><br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14627092572516083792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690815881573141208.post-68191004939253006252017-12-13T23:31:00.002+08:002017-12-13T23:31:42.977+08:00Pug plushie<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello! Oh my gosh, I've been gone from here a while! If you <a href="https://www.instagram.com/teaandcraft/">follow me on Instagram</a> then you'd be pretty caught up but I've just finished my post-graduate studies and become qualified to be a librarian! I start my first ever librarian job on January 2nd 2018, but in the meantime I'm hoping to get lots of crafting and skating done ^___^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First up: this adorable little pug plushie! I found <a href="https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/olga-and-pedro">this pattern on Cut Out + Keep</a> and thought the cute little puppies could easily be cute little pugs. The pattern is free to download, but there are no instructions included; you will have to get hold of the book "Palm Sized Softies" by Hitomi Takahashi if you need them. However, I didn't find it too difficult to complete the plushie without instructions, so maybe give it a go even if you can't get the book ^____^ I do kinda want to look at the whole book now though, since this pattern is so cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I added a short piece of pipe-cleaner in the tail to try and make it curl like some pug tails do, but I don't think the tail itself was long enough as it didn't really work. It does curl upwards, just not in the corkscrew way I was aiming for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What do you think? Pug or not? Cute or not? ~___^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm working on a big blanket project (ummm, when am I *not* working on a big blanket project?) but hopefully I'll be back soon with some smaller projects too! I've got something in the works for those who wear helmets (can you guess?) ^____^ </span><br />
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14627092572516083792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690815881573141208.post-17168896990364758482017-07-02T11:32:00.000+08:002017-07-02T11:32:00.209+08:00Blast from the past: No Knit Kitty Hat<br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I often really like looking at fancy knit stitches but I am so not good at making them. What I am good at though is thrifting! And you too can make a knit hat with absolutely no knitting skills! (Although I do still want to get better at knitting ...) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First step: go to the op-shop and <a href="http://bravestwarriors.cartoonhangover.com/post/43010142945/such-a-snazzy-unitard-though-this-gif-is-taken">buy yourself a sweater</a>! It doesn't matter if it's an ugly
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matched up. Use a hat that you like as a template for your shape; add
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14627092572516083792noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690815881573141208.post-80686869821006423222017-06-04T11:17:00.000+08:002017-06-04T11:17:04.022+08:00Blast from the past: Pavlamington<br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The third blast from the past - and what a blast this was! I was challenged to make an Australian recipe and so I combined two Australian foods, the Pavlova and the Lamington (that we possible also might have stolen from New Zealand), to make the gourmet monstrosity that is: THE PAVLAMINGTON</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's basically a huge meringue covered with cream, strawberries, chocolate syrup, and mini chocolate and strawberry lamingtons. It is extravagant and decadent and also very, very tasty.</span><br />
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<span class="name">Caster Sugar</span>
</span>
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<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="amount">2 tsp</span>
<span class="name">Cornflour</span>
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="amount">1 tsp</span>
<span class="name">Vanilla Essence</span>
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="divider">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="amount">1 tsp</span>
<span class="name">Vinegar</span></span> </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mini lamingtons</span>
<ul class="ingredients" id="needs_list">
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="amount">125 g</span>
<span class="name">Butter,</span>
softened
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="amount">1 cup</span>
<span class="name">Caster Sugar</span>
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="amount">1 tsp</span>
<span class="name">Vanilla Essence</span>
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="amount">3 </span>
<span class="name">Eggs</span>
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="amount">1 3/4</span> <span class="name">cups</span>
of self raising flour
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">1/2 cup
<span class="name">Milk</span>
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="amount">2 cup</span>
<span class="name">Desiccated Coconut</span>
</span>
</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chocolate lamington icing</span>
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</div>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span><div class="span6">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span><ul class="ingredients" id="needs_list">
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="amount">1 cup</span>
<span class="name">Icing Sugar</span>
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="amount">15 g</span>
<span class="name">Butter,</span>
unsalted
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">1/4 cup
<span class="name">Boiling Water</span>
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
1/8 cup
<span class="name">Cocoa Powder</span>
</span>
</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Strawberry lamington icing</span>
<ul class="ingredients" id="needs_list">
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="amount">1 cup</span>
<span class="name">Icing Sugar</span>
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="amount">15 g</span>
<span class="name">Butter,</span>
unsalted
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">1/4 cup
<span class="name">Boiling Water</span>
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="amount">4 tbsp</span> of Strawberry
<span class="name">Jelly Crystals</span>
</span>
</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Toppings</span>
<ul class="ingredients" id="needs_list">
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
Chocolate
<span class="name">Sauce</span>
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
<span class="name">Strawberries,</span>
chopped
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients">
Extra
<span class="name">Desiccated Coconut</span>
</span>
</span></li>
<li class="ingredient"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span><span itemprop="recipeIngredient ingredients"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span class="amount">300 ml</span>
<span class="name">Thickened Cream</span></span>
</span>
</li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Let's begin! </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Preheat your oven to 120oC (248F) and line a baking tray with foil.
Grease the foil with a little melted butter, and sprinkle cornflour on
it, to prevent the meringue from sticking. Whisk the 6 egg whites until
they form soft peaks then start adding the sugar. Add a little bit at a
time and keep beating the mixture constantly while you do this, until
the sugar is completely dissolved. Add the cornflour, vanilla, and
vinegar and whisk to combine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gently spoon the meringue onto the foil lined tray, making it into a
flat circle shape. Bake in the oven for about 1.5 hours. It should feel
dry when you touch it, and be slightly browned. When it's cooked, leave
it to cool completely before you take it off the tray.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While you're waiting for your pavlova base to cool, you can start making
the lamingtons. Keep the oven on, but bring it up to 180oC (356F), and
line a rectangle cake tin with baking paper. Beat together cubes of
softened butter, sugar, and vanilla until it looks fluffy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then add the eggs and beat them in well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Put the mixture into the cake tin and bake in the oven for half an hour. If you put a skewer in it, it should come out clean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Let it cool in the tin for 20 minutes, then turn it out onto a wire rack. This is a kinda massive amount for mini lamingtons, but I wanted to have leftovers for some big ones as well. Feel free to reduce the recipe if you don't think you'll need as much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While you wait for the lamington to cool, prep
the icings. Chocolate and strawberry are the traditional lamington
flavours, but I've also seen lemon, raspberry, rose, blueberry, white
chocolate, matcha, lime, and Cherry Ripe - so go wild and make whatever
ones you'd like!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To make the chocolate icing, mix the icing sugar, cocoa powder,
butter, and boiling water in a bowl until you have a smooth consistency.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> To make the strawberry icing, mix the jelly crystals, butter, and
boiling water together until the crystals and butter are dissolved. Then
stir in the icing sugar until smooth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cut the lamington into small cubes. Using a fork to hold the cube, cover
it in icing. Then roll it in desiccated coconut and pop it on a plate
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Put your pavlova base onto a large plate and beat your thickened cream until it's really, really thick. It's ok if it cracks (like mine!), the cream will cover most errors ~__^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spoon the cream over the pavlova and drizzle with some chocolate sauce.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Add the chopped strawberries, mini lamingtons, more chocolate sauce, and
the sprinkle the whole lot with the extra desiccated coconut.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Serve immediately - and make sure you have a lot of friends around to help you eat it all! ~___^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you ever make a Pavlamington, I'd love to see it! Reading this recipe has made me want to eat it all over again - maybe I'll make another for my birthday ^___^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Lisa xx </span>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14627092572516083792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690815881573141208.post-6585545419493210712017-05-18T10:55:00.000+08:002017-05-18T10:55:05.540+08:00Blast from the past: "Don't give up your daydream" glittery unicorn pegasus sign<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another <a href="http://teaandcraft.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/blast-from-past-witchy-constellation-hat.html">blast from the past</a>: this glittery unicorn pegasus sign. I have this on top of one of the bookshelves in my bedroom - it's so pretty and sparkly!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You'll need a piece of wood or canvas for this project; I used a 7cm x 38cm piece of plywood because that's what I had in my stash ^___^ The first step is to paint it pink!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have a stencil pack from Typo which includes this unicorn pegasus; if you don't have a stencil you could make one by cutting out the shape with a scalpel from a thin piece of plastic like a transparency sheet. I used an old paintbrush to spread mod podge over the stencil; I did it a bit thick though so I'd recommend trying for a thinner layer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Use the washi tape to guide where you place the base of your letters;
the ones I used are called "thickers" and are by American Crafts. When
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Carefully remove your stencil when the mod podge is mostly dry but still
a little tacky (this will also make it easier to clean off your stencil!).
Leave it to dry completely and tap off the excess glitter again. After
this, you will probably still have loose glitter around your unicorn.
Glitter is almost impossible to get rid of completely, so instead of
trying to remove every speck of it, make it a feature! I used my dry
paintbrush to brush little flecks of glitter all over my sign. Then you can use
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Most of the signs and canvases in my house just lean against the wall (mostly because I hate drilling holes to hang things!) but you can add a hanger with a couple of nails and a piece of wire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don't normally go for inspirational or motivational artworks, but I really like this one! Do you have a favourite inspirational quote? And would it be improved with the addition of a glittery unicorn? I think we both know the answer to that one ~___^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello! May the Force be with you! I try to make a Star Wars craft for every International Star Wars Day and this year I made lightsaber candle holders! ^___^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I actually started making these for *last year's* ISWD, but I didn't finish them on time! This year, although I finished them, they are kind of a fail craft so I haven't done a full tutorial.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Basically I started off with the coloured candles; they were surprisingly hard to find! I ended up with these mini candles, but they came in lots of different colours! It was hard to limit myself to only buying four packets ~___^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used Sculpey to make the actual holders; I basically made a thick but short sausage and then inserted a skewer and rolling it around on the inside of the clay until it was hollow. Then I added all the little lightsaber details and baked them according to package instructions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After painting and glazing, I inserted the candles but I must have made the holders slightly too snug because three out of four of my holders cracked! </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*insert sad trombone noise here*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, that's my fail craft confession! Looks like Master Yoda was wrong - sometimes all you can do is try! ~___^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think all I would need to do to make this project work is to make the holders slightly bigger before baking them, but since it's taken over a year to get them to this stage, that might take some time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other day I was looking for the perfect brooch to complement my outfit. I have a huge brooch collection which I kept in a basket, but it wasn't the perfect solution because I was constantly digging through this basket to find the brooch I wanted and I was becoming worried about this causing damage to the brooches. On this particular day I decided I had had enough of the basket and that it was time to make a wall display!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I pulled some cute pink fabric from my stash (leftovers from my <a href="http://teaandcraft.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/bee-and-puppycat-cosplay.html">Bee cosplay</a>!), ironed it, and cut it into a rectangle. My rectangle was 70cm wide and 110cm long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I measured out where I wanted the point on my flag to be. I measured to the middle of the bottom of the rectangle (i.e. 35cm from each side), measured 22cm up from the base on both sides, and then joined these marks together with a ruler. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I cut out the point and over-locked all the sides (except for the top because that was on the selvedge edge).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I drilled a hole in my wall and added the picture hanging kit. I cut a length of wire and wrapped it around the dowel once (at each end) and then twisted the remaining wire around itself to keep it secure. I found the wire kept slipping in towards the fabric and making the flag bunch up, so I used my saw to cut little grooves into the underside of the dowel; the wire sits in the groove and doesn't slip!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then all I had to do was add all my pins and brooches to the flag! I love being able to see my brooches all at once and it's easy to add and remove them from the flag ^____^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello! I was looking for something in my blog archive recently when I realised I hadn't posted it here! Since I think it is time to have all my posts on my blog, I am bringing some of the posts I posted exclusively to other craft sites home ^___^ So, here's the first blast from the past: a constellation embroidered felt hat!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To make this, you will need a black felt hat, some silver metallic thread, a needle, and a pair of scissors. I also needed some black cotton thread because I thrifted my hat and some of the brim needed to be restitched. You could also look up a star map to choose your favourite constellations!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thread your needle with one strand of metallic thread (there are usually
six strands in one length of embroidery floss) and knot the end.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Stitch stars by making a cross and then adding an additional diagonal line through the centre of the cross. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Keep going until your hat is covered in stars! I also thrifted this cute little black dress with lace sleeves and thought that together (plus my <a href="http://teaandcraft.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/phases-of-moon-necklace.html">moon phases necklace</a>!) they make a cute witchy style outfit! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I dyed my hair green in January, I have had people telling me that I'm "a bit too early for St Patrick's Day!". So I decided to just embrace it and make myself a huge and slightly ridiculous four-leaf clover headband to wear! If you want to make your own, it is quick and easy and you could most definitely finish it before St Patrick's Day ^___^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To start, you will need some green yarn. I went through my stash and pulled out as many different shades of green as I could find. They are all different weights and are a mix of acrylic and wool - and that is ok! You will only be using small amounts of each colour, so small stash balls are perfect for this project. Also, make sure you pull out a selection of crochet hooks so that you can match the hook to the yarn.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used <a href="http://blog.twinkiechan.com/2016/03/17/free-crochet-pattern-little-four-leaf-clover/">Twinkie Chan's free lucky clover pattern</a> to make my clovers; it's a nice and easy pattern and once you've made a couple, you probably won't even need to read the pattern to make each one. I had six different yarns for my clovers and I made three clovers for each colour so I had eighteen clovers total. The amount you need will depend on how big your clovers are and how extreme you want to go with your headband ~___^</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use hot glue to attach the cardboard to the headband and then wrap the headband and cardboard arch with more yarn. I used Moda Vera Honey Joy (100% polyester, colour number 08) which is a fluffy novelty yarn which reminds me of moss. I don't know what project I originally had planned for this yarn, but I was pleased to find it in my stash! I put a small amount of hot glue on the end of the headband, stuck the yarn down and then began winding it all over the headband. You may need to add small amounts of hot glue on the cardboard arch as well, to prevent the yarn from slipping down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not going to lie - this headband is pretty massive! But I really love it. Good luck and no pinches, what's not to like? ~___^</span><br />
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14627092572516083792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690815881573141208.post-57459318532273300522017-02-14T22:52:00.000+08:002017-02-14T22:52:14.893+08:00Tassel silky scarf<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you ever pick up a piece of fabric and it kinda just screams who it wants to belong to? This is what happened with a massive piece of silky fabric I found in my stash! I completely forgot I had it (I *really* need to tidy my craft room more often) but I found it when I was looking for inspiration for a birthday present project for my mum. And, yup, it really, really wanted to belong to her! ~___^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since the fabric is very light and drapey, I made a rather thick scarf; it's 15cm wide and about 160cm long. I thought a plain rectangle scarf would be a bit boring so I cut the ends at a diagonal and added lots of colourful tassels!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 2016, my crafting group and I decided to dedicate a couple of sessions to making Ninni monsters to donate to the <a href="http://meetmeatmikes.com/softies-for-mirabel-with-bonus-tea-treats/">Softies for Mirabel handmade toy drive</a>. To make our crafting more streamlined and efficient, we made <a href="http://blog.revoluzzza.com/2009/02/25/tutorial-hopw-to-sew-a-revoluzzzionary-monster-wie-man-ein-revoluzzzionares-monster-naht/">Ninni/ RevoluzZzionary Monsters</a> - it's an easy free pattern and is also super cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A few members in the craft group were looking to reduce their fabric stash, so we ended up with an eclectic mix of fabrics! The good thing is because this pattern is so simple to make it works with basically all fabric types; we used up cotton, denim, and knits. I think a satin Ninni monster would also be pretty awesome! ~___^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In total we ended up with 29 Ninni monsters! (One of which is not in the photo below because I wanted my rows to be even ~___^) </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Each Ninni monster is slightly different and so has a little spark of personality shining through. We hope the children they go to love them!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello! The second edition of what-I-made-this-Christmas is all about Marceline! Marceline is the Vampire Queen from Adventure Time and, hoo boy, was this amigurumi an adventure to make! I made this amigurumi for my mathematical pal, Rebecca ^___^</span><br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14627092572516083792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690815881573141208.post-58443524892088754762016-12-29T22:37:00.001+08:002016-12-30T01:00:34.649+08:00Cherry Amigurumi<br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello! Now that Christmas is over I can start telling you about the gifts I made! <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First up is this adorable pair of cherr<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y</span> amigurumi for my derby friend, Cherry! (yeah, I'm not super original ...)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wanted my cherries to be bigger than the ones from the pattern, so I used Lion Brand Yarn's Heartland Thick & Quick and Hometown USA yarns, both of which are a super bulky yarn. I used Heartland Redwood for the cherries, and Oklahoma City Green for the steam and leaves. I also moved up to a 8mm hook and used larger safety eyes; the ones I used were about a 20mm diameter. Instead of emb<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ro<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">idering the mouths and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cheek<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> blushes, I cut light pink felt to shape and glued it on <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with E6000 - that felt isn't going anywhere now! ~___^</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14627092572516083792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690815881573141208.post-70821146715960534132016-12-14T12:31:00.001+08:002016-12-14T12:31:20.747+08:00Unicorn and T-Rex Roller Derby Trophies<br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello! As it's coming up to the end of the year, my roller derby league recently had the annual aWARDs ceremony (our league is named WARD, geddit? ~___^), where we recognise excellent contributions to the league! Obviously, we needed trophies, but we had a fairly limited budget. DIY to the rescue!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I wandered around the hardware store under I stumbled upon the plumbing section and found these push on caps! They are solid white plastic, and pretty cheap! They did come with some raised writing on them, but a quick sand with my Dremel got rid of that! I will note here that if you're going to sand plastic, be sure you wear appropriate safety gear because there was plastic dust EVERYWHERE. A dust mask + goggles are a must, and if you've got one of those CSI style plastic coveralls then that probably wouldn't go astray either! ~___^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And also one dinosaur! Dinocorn? T-rexicorn? Unisaurus?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of coats of gold spray paint made them look all shiny and special and then all I had to do was stick on the names of the trophies (I printed them onto white card and attached them to the trophies with double-sided tape) and give a quick coat of sealant. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here they all are, ready to be awarded!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although I made the trophies, I didn't have anything to do with collating the votes to determine the aWARD winners so I was very pleasantly surprised when I was awarded Most Improved NSO! So one of the golden T-Rex trophies came back home with me; we're buddies now.</span></div>
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14627092572516083792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690815881573141208.post-29465298677100904662016-11-09T12:38:00.003+08:002016-11-09T12:38:30.640+08:00Louise Belcher costume<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello! I'm so excited to be blogging about this costume! I started this SO LONG ago; I think I was originally going to wear it to one of last year's comic conventions (?) but then that didn't happen and I set it aside. Uni and life got in the side of finishing it until I needed a costume to wear to the WARD Officials Halloween Quiz Night. So I pulled out my sewing machine again and tried to fit in lots of sewing in between study and work; and this time I finished it! Yay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you're not familiar with Bob's Burgers (which, by the way, you should totally be watching!) I am the youngest child, Louise Belcher. One of the awesome things about the quiz night was that my friend Beks and I managed to accidentally co-ordinate costumes! Beks came as oldest child Tina so we were sisters for the night! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I drafted the pattern for the dress myself. The skirt is a circle skirt pattern that I have used multiple times but I had to do the bodice and sleeves from scratch since I have lost my old bodice pattern >____<</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am not totally happy with the fit of the bodice. I think it needs some darts to make it fit a little neater, and the neckline didn't turn out as flat as I would have liked. But it fits and looks fairly correct, so overall I'm happy with the dress! The fabric I used is a cotton drill so it has a nice weight, but I think this dress would also have been good in a knit. I just went with the fabric that came in the right colour!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the hat (really the star of this costume!) I found <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Fj0ugAIbE">this video by Zoe H</a> very helpful. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I did draft a pattern to fit my own head, so if you have a 55cm <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">circumference noggin, t<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hen feel free to download it and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">make you<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">r own! Just click on the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">p<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">review picture below to go to the download page on my Google Drive. This pattern is designed to fit onto two A3 sheets of paper, so make sure you print it out <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">using the tiling option for .pdf files!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The bow and facial features are made from felt and were all hot glued on - again, time was of the essence with this project! The handle is ribbon and the loops attaching it to the bag are bias tape. I'm planning on turning this handbag into a plushie now and making the handbag again with the vinyl<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. If you'd l<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ike to make a Kuchi Kopie Bag (o<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">r plushie!) <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you can download the pattern I used by clicking o<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n the preview picture<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> b<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">elow<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and downloading the .pdf from my Google Drive. This pattern is designed to be printed onto one A3 sheet of paper<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, but you c<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ould totally print it b<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">igger or smaller depen<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ding on what size bag you prefer!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Sew together the arms (I didn't stuff them because my fleece fabric was quite thick enough). I sewed mine right sides together, leaving the straight edge open, and then turned them right sides out. I also top-stitched around them to give them more structure.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Glue or sew on all the facial features to one body piece.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. For the bow, I cut the bow shape from felt, wrapped the bow middle piece around the middle (probably kinda self-explanatory, right? :P), and then glued it onto the bow strap</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. I also cut a rectangle in the back body piece (i.e. the one with nothing glued to it!) and hemmed the edges down so it wouldn't fray. I sewed a flap of polar fleece over the top of this hole to allow access but also to make it easy to sew up for when I make this bag a plushie, but adding a zip would be a better idea for a long term handbag.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Cut two short lengths of ribbon or bias tape and hold in half to make the strap loops of the bag. Place them on the right side of the back piece, pointing inwards.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Lay the arms on the right side of the back piece, pointing inwards.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Place the right side of the front piece down onto the back piece. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Sew around the body shape, you don't have to leave a gap because you can use the bag hole to turn it right sides out.</span></span><br />
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14627092572516083792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690815881573141208.post-13578277897855529692016-10-16T22:14:00.000+08:002016-10-16T22:14:03.324+08:00Kitschy celebrity devotional candles<br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello! Goodness me, it's been a long time since I've done a blog post! I tell you what, I kinda thought postgrad studies would be a little harder than undergrad but they are *so much harder*! My butt is getting kicked regularly by this grad dip. So I haven't been doing much crafting, except for trying to churn out a granny square every now and then for the never ending blanket WIP, but my beautiful friend Clare recently had her engagement party and I simply couldn't resist making something for her. Clare's party was kitschy themed and included a long list of things to inspire costumes. Since I couldn't make it to the party, I decided to make some kitschy candles inspired by some of the celebrities on her list and by her love of religious iconography. </span><br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14627092572516083792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690815881573141208.post-52793390268147474142016-08-09T23:35:00.000+08:002017-01-22T12:08:01.169+08:00Jake the Dog Plastic Bag Holder<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello! Do you feel like practical things are made so much better with just a touch of impracticality? Like, I have a rice spoon. Boring. I have a rice spoon that is a pastel pink rabbit and its ears are the spoon scoop - excellent!! I decided recently that I really needed a plastic bag holder - and that it should totally look like Jake the Dog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To make Jake, I started off by cutting two wide strips of yellow fabric (15cm wide and 70cm long), <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">six</span> skinny strips (<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5</span>cm wide and 35cm long), and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">two</span> really long skinny pieces (<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5</span>cm wide and 72cm long).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used a pattern from <a href="http://oombawkadesigncrochet.com/2014/02/free-half-double-crochet-beanie-hat.html">Oombawka Design</a> for the base of the hat which I really like because it gives you lots of sizing options. I used the Adult Large size, but because my tension is very tight I did still have to add in a couple of extra rows. <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/moda-vera-shiver">Shiver is an extra bulky yarn</a>, and I used a 6mm hook. I could have gone bigger for the hook size, but I wanted to make sure I didn't have a gappy look for the base hat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the mohawk I used the instructions from <a href="http://ashleemarie.com/baby-child-crochet-fauxhawk-mohawk/">Ashlee Marie</a>; basically I crocheted a strip that runs from the front to back of the hat. I used trebles to make mine to ensure I would have enough space between stitches for the fringe, because I wanted to use a variety of chunky yarns! I used the black Shiver yarn for the mohawk base to ensure it would blend in with the hat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I cut my colourful yarns into 20 cm/ 8 inch lengths and used three or four (depending on the chunkiness) for each piece of fringe. In progress it looked like a really cool caterpillar! I am not sure how many lengths I cut to make this; I just cut a bunch, looped them through, realised I need a lot more ... (repeat, repeat, repeat). I sewed the mohawk to the hat with the same black Shiver yarn, but in retrospect I think embroidery thread would be a lot easier! I didn't trim down the mohawk when I was finished because I liked how the slightly different lengths gave texture to the mohawk. Plus, I'd spent so long on it that the idea of taking scissors to it made me wanna cry a little! ~___^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't have a full list of the yarns I used for the mohawk because I am terrible about keeping labels on my stash, but here are the ones I do know!</span><br />
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Electric Beat Jambi (90% acrylic, 10% wool): this is the cool
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ones I don't know included a thick and thin purple, a pink and purple wavy yarn, and a blue and green wavy yarn. As long as your yarns are chunky and colourful though, I don't think you can really go wrong! ^___^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I loved this triangular vessel that Fran used for her terrarium; most of the plants in here are ones that I propagated, so it will be interesting to see how they look after growing a bit more!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dom's terrarium has an Ivysaur in it! I didn't realise that I didn't get close ups of all the terrariums, but Dom and Clara also created a fantastic terrarium with a Link figurine inside. They are totally convinced me that video game stores are a must before future terrarium creations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got this hanging glass orb as a Secret Santa gift last year so I was pleased to finally use it! It was quite difficult to plant in though, as the opening isn't very large which made getting the plants into position tricky. I added a little rock wall at the front to prevent soil and plants from escaping. Now I just need to add a hook somewhere in my home to hang it from!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello! So, oh my gosh, I ended up taking a <i>little </i>more time off from blogging than I expected! I've still been crafting, so I have a few posts lined up to show you very soon, but first I thought I'd do a little catch up post (100% inspired by Hannah from <a href="https://inthedressupbox.blogspot.com.au/">In The Dress Up Box</a>, btw!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Drinking: a ton of caffeine! I maybe need to cut down a bit, but I can't deny it's helpful for those early mornings and late nights</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Baking: Burger cake, soft pretzels, chocolate lollipops - all kinds of fun and new-to-me things!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wearing: a rainbow of cardigans; it's very cold here so my knit collection is definitely getting a workout!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Buying: Records - I'm working on developing a little collection and I've mostly been buying new, but I'm keeping an eye out at op shops as well</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dreaming: Of my week of annual leave at the end of the month; <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">relaxation<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, here I come!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Watching:</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> a lot of roller derby bouts! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaAczoTYTDvGCeYdpSjiEYA/videos">The Great Southern Slam</a> was on recently, so I did a lot of yelling and cheering at the computer screen as I watched online, but I've also been going to lots of bouts live. Roller derby is such an amazing sport and I admire each and every player</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Reading: for pleasure! Being on uni break means that instead of reading <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">journal articles, I'm catching up on <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">comics and novels. If you're ever interested in what I'm reading, you can check out my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/37562199-lisa">Goodreads</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lear<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ning: glass soldering is my latest craft<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - I've made one terrarium vessel and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm a bit hooked! I need to get hold of some more glass so I can practice <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">some more (my <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">seams <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are not the neatest at the moment!)</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14627092572516083792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690815881573141208.post-77490558444288984512016-05-01T17:11:00.000+08:002016-05-01T17:11:21.138+08:00How to make succulent planters from ceramic moneyboxes<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello! My experiments in growing succulents from cuttings and leaves have reached the stage where I have a *lot* of new plants, and no where near enough pots. To remedy this, I headed off to the discount store (because I am nothing if not cheap) but they only had plain plastic pots in their gardening section, which didn't rouse much excitement. However, as I was heading back out via the homewares section, I spotted an amazing unicorn money box and a really sweet little bunny dish. You know what they say, "when life gives you moneyboxes, make planters!" ~___^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started off with the unicorn moneybox by using a permanent marker to measure out a rectangle shape. I made mine 5.5cm x 3 cm, but the size is really dependent on the shape of your object and the size you want the plant hole to be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It cut through the ceramic like butter! Only with, like, a hecka ton of dust. I was wearing safety glasses, ear muffs, and a dust mask during this project which kinda seemed like overkill when I began but, hey, at least I didn't get any ceramic dust in my lungs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To tidy it up a bit, I went around the edges with a long rounded pink grinding stone attachment (no idea what number is this, sorry!) which really helped make everything look neater and also feel less sharp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since the moneybox came with a hole in the bottom, I decided just to take out the rubber plug and use that for drainage. If you don't think that is sufficient for your project though, you can drill some extra holes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not actually sure what this bunny thing is; I guess maybe it's a decorate trinket dish? It's cute and already had a hole in the top for plants, so the only thing it needed is some drainage holes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used a permanent marker to put dots where I wanted my drainage holes to be. I didn't manage to drill exactly on top of the dots, but they worked as a guideline anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got a 6mm P&N diamond core drill bit for this part of the project, which is designed to cut through ceramics and glass. It is meant to be used only for wet drilling, so I also grabbed my trusty spray bottle.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see, my holes are not the neatest, but probably no one will be looking at them from this angle anyway! To drill them, I started with the drill on an angle to make a notch in the ceramic and then I slowly straightened the drill. I sprayed the bit with water once every ten seconds and didn't get any cracks - yay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I placed a large flat rock over the hole in the base of the unicorn, and then added a layer of small pebbles on the bottom of both planters. Then all that was left to do was add some cacti and succulent soil, and the plants!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The unicorn planter has a Jellybean plant (Sedum pachyphyllum, I think, but I'm not sure) and a mystery succulent. It kinda looks like Sedum praealtum, but it doesn't have the red edge. Whatever it is, it grows from leaves really well! The host leaf doesn't die though, so it does end up a bit funny looking; a tiny new plant with one huge leaf!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bunny planter was intended as a birthday present for my friend Catherine, so I decided to try and fit a few different plants in there. Catherine may have to transplant them out if they all live! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The large plant on the top is Hoya, next to that with the pink tipped leaves is Mother of Thousands (Kalanchoe daigremontiana), on the bottom is another pup of the mystery plant, and left of that is a tiny Jellybean plant, and another mystery plant; I think it's a type of Sedum but I haven't been able to make a positive ID. I brought the Hoya as is, but all the other plants are pups from other plants that I own; I thought it was pretty cool that I had enough little graduates from the plant nursery to fill this planter!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm excited to go looking for more <strike>unsuspecting victims </strike>ceramic vessels at the op shop now that I know I can turn them into planters! In fact, I have a ceramic owl figurine on my bookcase which I'm thinking might need to have a plant or two in it ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Lisa xx </span></div>
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