As we know, I am very sporadic when I find a project that sparks my interest. So, I am trying to be slightly more organised and focused.
I want to make/do the following projects.
A baby mobile for my placement supervisor at school who is due a baby in April. I want to get the children to help me with it, so I have to do it in secret.
My boyfriend is moving house soon and I have a few things I want to do to make his new house more of a home. One of these is a version of a mural from Kirstie Allsopp's Vintage Home (amazing TV series and a book I got for Christmas).
Basically, you paint an image on the wall (or use pieces of wallpaper) and then you make shelves and mount them so that they are part of the branches. In Kirstie's version, the tree was made from vintage wallpaper and the shelves had wood on the front so they looked like part of a real tree, they also had a lip on the front so the things couldn't come off. The image here puts the shelves on a slant to match the branches.
I also want to make a felt rug. Again, inspired by Kirstie Allsop. This rug is by Selena Rose and is made from magenta felt and then the shapes are punched out. I want to make a rug using circular punches to create an outline of a design.
I also want to make some pretty candle holders from re-purposed bottles. I love bottles. I keep ones that are interesting shapes and colours and things like that. But have never known what to do with them... well, now I do!
Take a clean, empty bottle and spray paint it in a basic colour (white, pale blue etc) let it dry properly, then tape off the parts you want to keep that colour (you could make stripes or images or spots) and then spray with another, contrasting colour. Remove the tape and voila! Stick a candle in the neck of the bottle and you're sorted. You could also use jam jars and put tea-lights inside, if doing this, don't do a base layer, tape off parts first and just use one colour.
See how excited I am already?!
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