Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Easter holidays
Easter holidays! The kids slept clear through till 11 this morning! I promised them to do some Easter crafting and we found these paper balls. Very easy and so much fun.
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Sunday, April 1, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
A promise made is a debt unpaid
Tutorial Vintage Easter Eggs
This is what you need:
1. Styrofoam eggs (I use KNORR prandell eggs - 8x5 cm).
2. A paint brush
3. Transfer varnish frosted (for decoupage) (KNORR prandell)
4. Black paper napkins (3 layers)
5. A long pin (to hold the egg)
6. Glue
You only use the upper layer of the paper napkin. Tear it up into pieces (not too neatly!).
Apply one coat of varnish to the entire surface of the egg, then start gluing the paper onto the egg. Again, you don't want it to look too neatly. After you have covered up the whole egg with paper, apply a 2nd coat of varnish and apply a 2nd layer of paper.
Apply a last coat of varnish and let the egg dry.
Remove the pin and cover up the little hole with varnish and paper, like you did with the rest of the egg. Put it upside down in a glass or a cup and let it dry.
When the egg is dry, check if there are no light spots. These spots need another layer of paper.
Time to decorate! The best part! I use this UHU glue stick. It is important to chose the right glue, this one will dry clear and invisible.
Have fun!
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Easter preparations
My Easter preparations have started!
If you like these vintage easter eggs, stop by next week, and I'll show you how I make them.
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Easter 2011
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend! The weather here in Luxembourg was extremely beautiful, I think it was the warmest Easter on record ever.
After church, we had an egg hunt in the garden for the kids.
And in the evening we had a fire and melted marshmallows.
Nothing sensational, but we enjoyed the time together.
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Stack up! Friday
Today I am linking to Allemaal kleurtjes for "Stapelen op vrijdag" (the site is in Dutch but there is a translator), showing you my stack of easter nests in the garden.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Spring decoration
Now that the children are back to school, I finally found the time to set up my own
"astorminsidemyhead Etsy shop".
Some years ago I was looking for the perfect Easter/spring decoration, but all I could find was in pale yellow, blue and pink and these colors just didn't match my home's interior. I started experimenting with paper on styropor eggs. White paper didn't work, the paper turned yellow after some time, but the black/grey paper was really beautiful. I am also a jewelry maker and I have a huge stock of lace, beads, charms and ornaments. I started combining the black paper with natural colored details and I am really happy with the outcome. Hope you like them too!
I offer three different, yet perfectly matching eggs in a lovely bird's nest, however if you prefer the eggs without the nest, please feel free to contact me.
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
