Showing posts with label Craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Craft. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

DIY Alphabet Bunting Made with Kraft Paper, 5 Easy Steps

Howsanne DIY tutorial alphabet bunting

Happy New Year 2014! I know I am a bit late and it is almost the last week of January now. How is everyone's new year so far? I have been too busy lately, I am lagging. I have not posted anything last month. I know, I should... 

Remember our last year's photoshoot? Here is the post. We had so much fun the last time taking photos together that we just have to make another photoshoot this year.

This year I decided to make a kraft paper bunting of...

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

5 Ideas To Do With DYMO Labels

Organize your bottles

Here is my DYMO labelled shampoo and conditioner. I am recycling and reusing bottles from previous usage, so, good for me for being environmental friendly. Removing the previous original labels was another story all together. Maybe in future, I will write a post on how I remove unwanted labels.

Well, I found a vintage DYMO maker in my parents place. Could not believe that they still kept it, probably it has been more than 20 years. So what I did was...

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Crochet Pattern: Simple Basket

Free Handmade Crochet Basket Pattern

These are some of my little trinkets in a simple crochet basket. Crochet basket are so easy to make. So many likes and repins in Pinterest of this photo from this post, motivate me to write a free simple pattern for any of you who are interested in crocheting one. Read more for the pattern...

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Crochet Basic Stitches

Free crochet tutorial, diagrams, symbols and abbreviations for beginners

I have decided to take some time to compile a list of all the basic crochet stitches along with its symbols and abbreviation all in one page. I have also included a simple drawing for those who are interested to learn crochet. You can find the Crochet Stitches guide on the top bar of this site. I hope it helps, love to hear your feedback.


Monday, February 25, 2013

Octahedron Origami

DIY paper craft

Origami paper. I didn't want to make the usual paper bird, which I love to make by the way. So last night, I searched for what I can do with the stack of colourful origami paper I bought many months ago. This is what I found...

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Crochet Lampshade

Handmade Lampshade

When I think back on all the projects I have done, there is one that always came into my mind. It is this crocheted lampshade I made for a friend as a wedding gift (lampshade is bought from IKEA and I made a crochet piece to fit over it). This is what I did...

Monday, February 4, 2013

DIY Simple Heart Art on Wall, 3 Easy Steps

Quirky bedroom

I made this heart shape on my bedroom wall. Nice? Made by cutting kraft paper sticky roll into little squares and sticking it on the wall. Alternatively, you can use sticky notes, which I think would be better, because the one I used, stick rather strongly and made removing harder; warning may remove wall paint. So...

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Crochet Patterns: Written or Chart?

Crochet Pattern and Chart

There are 2 ways of reading a crochet pattern. 

Written and chart. Which do you use?

I find both interesting. Many self taught crochet beginner, will start with written pattern. It will definitely help to learn the basics with the very elaborative explanations. But then later finds out that there are a whole lot of patterns in charts, and then learning it again on how to...

Monday, April 16, 2012

Little Hearts

Handmade colourful hearts

Friends are asking me to make something for them but I don't know what to make. So I decided to turn to the internet and search for ideas. This is what I found...

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Recycle, recycle


I'm having one of those days where I just need to pick up the crochet needle and a ball of yarn and just crochet something out with absolutely no idea of what I wanted to make. In this case...

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