I want to show you a fairy tale

a year a go (at least!) I made this cute little picture for my son :) I was very pleased with the outcome and my son adores it, so since I have really felt like bragging about it. so here it goes ;)

I fell over this totally cute elefant http://cicadadaydream.blogspot.com/2009/05/ms-shade-garden-meet-mr-dogwood.html

and fount it perfect for a project i had in mind! I wanted to do some walhangings in frame for my youngest id, and this elephant cut in half would be perfect! so I made half  an elephant and stitched it on a fine background. The result looked like this

after making half the elephant I stitched it on the background fabric with a very fine embroidery stitch. handstiching would work too I guess, but I wanted the frame effect. I left a gap for stuffing and stuffed a bit of fiberstuffing in to make the elephant look 3D.i then had a bit off batting i ffixed on the backside with glue to make it look fluffy

Then I took a spray adhesive and sprayed it on the background for the photo frame (cheap cheap frame where i discarded the glass). I gently stretched the fabric over the background, and in this step it is important to make the background fabric near the elephant stick. Else your picture will look half done once youre done.

after this step I fixed it in the frame. Its the cutest elephant I have made so far :)

How to make pots for planting!

I have a huge amount of nicotina plants standing in an old pot. They have grown pretty fast and it was time for them to get their own private space, so i started repotting them today and what happens? I dont have enough pots *sigh*. Since I am active in a gardening group on facebook i told them about my troubles and one fine lady told me how to make pots from old newspapers. she even gave me a link to a thingie i could buy tom make theese pots with :)

Since i like cheap soultions i thought i should be able to make my own pot maker, so i went to the recykling bin and got a beer can. this is how i made them:

Simple easy and CHEAP!