This table surely has seen better days – so I had to wash it down and remove a bit of the old painting first.
After that it was ready for black spray paint. I planned it all to be black, but then the idea of keeping the inside of the legs white.
So I put on some tape on the table legs and afterwards painted it white
During which the outside light dimmed and I forgot to take pictures.
The final result is here though:
It’s the day – the very day of the Halloween Party. I hurried home from work, because I knew this costume might require some time.
I have been Worning on details for days – but to be honest found the inspiration to the make up on the way home in the train.
I decided to go with purple and green makeup and spiderwebs painted to each side of the eyes. The details could have been better – but I was not prepared to use liquid eyeliner that day.
The dress was dressed up with a big elastic belt – with spiders hanging from it – and I had cut up some spiderweb stockings for gloves. Along with adding extra spiders to my hat.
My sweet friend invited us to a Halloween party for grown ups. Still with costumes and all. I offered to bake/make cupcakes in some kind of Halloween theme.
Found some great inspiration online on Pinterest. And decided to go with the Spider cupcakes.
First off I baked a lot of chocolate cupcakes – full rich bitter chocolate, to avoid it becoming too sweet with the cream topping.
Then I started to spread out all of the Oreo minis – and with some white sugar glacing painted eyes on the heads of the spiders. The pupil was small dark chocolate pieces.
The legs was made of liquorice rolls that I unfolded and cut out.
By then the cakes had been done for hours – do yourself a favor and clear out the day for things like these. It’ll steal away your time
So I made the cream topping – Danish ‘Flødebolle’ topping… Oh, so good. Added some red and yellow colors to get it in the right Halloween theme.. Then decorated the cupcakes. You can see the final result here:
Yet another cushion project from me.
I seem to have found a passion there.. But then again – what’s not to like about cushions?
This was even easier than the first one, because the scarf was a tube shape. All I had to do was wrap it around the pillow case.
Then I sewed two sides together by hand – small stitches that disappeared into the knitted fabric.
And it was done
Deeply inspired by pins on Pinterest I decided to give this sweet autumn idea a go. First of I gathered all of the materials – on my floor – where I really happen to work best.
I cut up the knitted vest that I found in a thrift shop nearby by the measurements of the glass.
Since knitted fabric don’t really appreciate being cut up, I did some stitches to make it all keep whole… Before sewing it all together at the back.
Went to the autumn forest to find the perfect leaf. Many great candidates, some fresh air and a great forest walk with my friend later, I returned home to finalize my project with the knit candle with an autumn leaf.
And then same evening when darkness came, I lit it up.
I have been using this wine case for a while for storing different kind of stuff. But then my kitchen got in desperately need of a book case, and I happen to walk pass the wine case.
Here is what I did:
First thing, I removed the handle and the lid.
Then I gave it a light bit of paint – working it into the wood so that it had a see-through old-style effect.
Once the paint dried up, I drilled four holes in the back.
Four holes in the wall later, I could finally move in my cooking books in the new bookcase in the kitchen.
Found this lovely scarf in our local thrift shop.. Actually I meant to use it as a scarf.. But somehow I got it wrapped around a cushion, and it was destiny.
Here is what I did:
Find a scarf you like and a cushion
Either measure the cushion and the fabric – or do it the lazy way as I did – fold the fabric beside the cushion
Sew the sides together either by hand or sewing machine.. Leaving a open hole to insert the cushion.
Stitch the hole together. This I did by hand along with making the final adjustments to it.
And here’s the final result
I have been working on this project for quite a while. The bench is actually an old childhood memory that my grand father was restoring before he passed away 1,5 year ago.
I took it in and promised myself to make it look special…
First I gave it a good 3 layers of paint.
Then I pasted black/white photos on the sites.
Lastly I took a piece of a sweater I refashioned during winter. The piece of turtleneck was wrapped around the back of the bench – tied up with black ribbon and a small bow at the middle.
Completed the look I wanted and gave it a whole new life
