February 2021 on #Instagram

hand carved stamps
"Inspired" by the dreadful weather (and because I had lots of rubber scraps from last crafting class lying around) I made some stamps this afternoon.
First picture: a bit strange the cloud - I only like the rain inside it.
Second picture: better cloud
Third picture: coloring the clouds made me think of a raindrop that can be colored as well.
Fourth picture: colored some raindrops in rainbow colors!
Will see what I can also do with those stamps. For now I only decorated my agenda with it.
And right now I have to catch up with all the things that I actually have to do today 🙈

stamping clouds!
I decorated a matchbox to put in my new stamps from yesterday and made a little "thank you" card for a friend!
By the way, today it's not raining outside for the first time since a week! 😆

🥧 meets 🐸
Have some fun and make yourself smile 😊
(Apple turnover that opened during baking, decorated with two soaked raisins)

Mandala collage
In yesterday's crafting class I put all kinds of papers on one table and just told the kids they could do whatever they wanted but assembling some of the papers to a new picture and explained the basic idea of a collage. It has been gift wrapping paper, paper we decorated in class, old photos, calendar pages and all kinds of scraps.
I like seeing what comes out when you let kids being creative without an adult giving advice.
Some didn't had an idea right away and I mentioned that mosaic is kind of collage too, so we had quite some mosaic style pictures (swipe over to see the kids work) one boy was inspired by Christmas paper and made a forest and one other wanted to build a theater and I think that's a great idea, even when it's no collage!
Great thing for the teacher: if you don't have to lead the group through a project you have time for your own art work 😉

Horse collage 🐴 inspired by Clare Young

Having all the paper scraps out from mondays crafting class, I tryed this out. I liked it so much I had to do it with the little ones in today's crafting class. The kids were on fire to find the right papers! Unfortunately with the curfew hours we have less time in the evening and not all could finish their animals (I send them home each with a handful of scraps) and I only managed to take 4 on photo.

January 2021 on #Instagram

Wish you all a happy and healthy new year!

Starting 2021 with a puzzle: How does an octopus comes into the mountains? 🤔

😅 Had lots of fun with my boys in the snow yesterday!

Stable masks 😷

As masks will stay for a while part of our lives, I made some nice ones to wear in the stable when seeing my horse!
The three horse stamps I made several years ago and every time using them I think that a fourth one is missing. Maybe a bucking or rearing horse?

Galette des rois!
Traditional french cake for the twelfth day / three kings day / 6th January! Only I don't like the traditional marzipan filling and made a chocolate-almond-pear filling! 😋 very yummy (and rich)!
Only the pattern I cut in the covering layer didn't survived the baking. I wonder why!
If you want to see a perfect "galette des rois" have a look on my blog www.janelostinideas.blogspot.com in January 2016!

Yoga bag set 🧘‍♀️👜
I made this set already in November, but only now it is with his new owner. The high bag is for the mat and in the other there is much space for all other items one might need. Swipe to see the details! From a scrap I made a matching eye cushion for the relaxation phase.
Dear M. I hope the situation normalize soon and you can use it for many yoga sessions!

❄ Let it snow 🌨
The new frontstep decoration finished just in time for a great load of snow yesterday! (And now it is raining 😔)
You might remember the panel: it's the same I used for the outside Christmas decoration. I used the backside now and I replaced the stars on to by this two wooden snowman ☃️

Crochet circle vest! 🧶
Gypsy blue by Drops design.
The pattern is for a jacket so I need to add sleeves, but if I am lazy I could use it as a vest 😉
I started end of August and in the beginning the project grew so quickly, but with the diameter my motivation vanished as the progress was less visible 🙈
Let's hope the sleeves are fun again, then maybe I can wear the jacket still in this winter! 😊

Paper snowball ❄
On each half moon area is a different snowflake, the background is colored light blue and little dots with a silver metallic marker.
The "bridges" are stamped with different snowflake stamps.
I made this as an example for today's crafting class! I wonder what the kids balls will look like when I gave them all the materials and ask them to decorate it with snowflakes all over!
I used the blank template for paperballs from hattifant

🔺️+❄ Triangle snowflake stamp
I designed and carved this little rubber stamp last weekend!
There are so many possibilities to use an isosceles triangle! In this case you can stamp a circle with 6 triangles to get a snowflake or make an all over pattern or (my favourite) decorate 3D ornaments! I made a bunch of those for my recent winter decoration!
Inspiration by @regnitzflimmern already back in December!

Icicles ❄🥶
I carved a second stamp with a long pointed triangle form. In combination with the little triangle I made paper icicles!
All the ornaments I made plus some snowflakes are decorating now the lamp over our dining table!
Inspiration for the ornaments by @regnitzflimmern!

Scratched ❄ on 📀
Am I a little snowflake obsessed this month? 🤔
This is an example for the crafting class. We found lots of old CDs when tidying up the basement during Christmas vacation. This is a great way to reuse them.
I mixed a drop of dish liquid in the black color: it makes the color easier to scratch of.