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Good question!
Well, you need to start with a rock hammer.... Then... well, it's a long story... I will tell it some other time.. :)
Beautiful nature
We were lucky enough to come across this swan family. There were nobody else around... We watched the babies to hatch!
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| Toronto zoo, 2009 |
DIY by Katya Ryazanova. Let's make a candle holder of a brandy glass!
Katya Ryazanova shares a wonderful DIY project today. Look at this fabulous candle holder! It is made of a brandy glass. Let's watch (and learn) how she did it!
Katya Ryzanova is one of my featured guest bloggers. She has quite a few guest posts in my blog. You can find a list of them here.
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You will need:
- A brandy glass
- A piece of paper tissue
- One-step craquelure
- An acrylic paint of your choice
- An acrylic contour for painting on the glass (gold, silver or bronze color)
- A pearl paste
- Some glitter (if you wish)
- A sponge and the brushes for applying paint, varnish and craquelure
Wash your glass thoroughly and dry it well. Cut a motive from your tissue. Make it round or oval. I chose an angel as I was making a Christmas gift. You can choose any picture you like for any occasion.
Put your motive against the glass and apply water with a sponge to it. Start from the center and move to the edges smoothing out all the wrinkles. Let your motive dry up a bit, then cover it with the acrylic lacquer. Try not to go over the edge of the tissue! Leave it to dry and varnish it again (only the motive and not the glass).
Apply a layer of the one-step craquelure on the whole glass except for the tissue motif. Leave it to dry (follow the manufacturer's instructions). Gently apply a layer of the acrylic paint with a sponge. Try to apply the paint in one layer only so there is no damage to the newly formed cracks! Pay extra attention to the paint that you apply around the tissue motive (I use a small sponge here). You will see the cracks starting to form right away. Let your glass dry well when you are finished.
Now let's try and hide the edge of the tissue (it is not very pretty!) Use contour and glitter for this operation. Glitter is optional, I just wanted to give my glass a really festive look, so I chose to use it too. Try and choose an ornament that will compliment the picture on your glass. Then let everything dry well.
I decided to add some pearls using the pearl paste. They are going to compliment and enrich my festive ornament!
I think I can stop now :) Look at the result!
It has a vintage look, don't you agree? It is perfect as a Christmas gift! (It would work as a St.Valentine's Day gift too!)
Katya Ryazanova
Jewellery masterpieces. Corals by Platimiro Fiorenza
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
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| Platimiro Fiorenza, Tiara, Mediterranean coral, diamonds, gold and beads Eastern cm. 9.5 x 14, 2003. |
DIY How to make a biscuit Christmas tree (guest post by the Culinary Design Group)
This is a guest post by Vlad from Culinary Design Group company. You can find one more his guest blog post about watermelon carving here.
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Let's make an edible Christmas tree!
You may watch video DIY or scroll down for the instructions:
Let's start with making biscuits in a shape of a star with a hole in the middle. The more biscuits you make the higher your Christmas tree is going to be! You will need 20 - 30 stars. Print stars templates if you do not have the star cookie cutters. You can download them here.
Use your favorite recipe for the biscuits. They need to be rather dense, so they can hold the shape well. (Scroll down for a recipe that would work).
We prepared thick biscuits with cacao and thing white biscuits.
1. Roll the dough and cut out stars:
2. Use a round handle o make small holes in the middle of each star. Do not make a hole for the top star.
3. Bake your biscuits and string them on a bamboo skewer. The Christmas tree is stable, you do not need to secure it.
4. Place the larger stars at the bottom, then the smaller stars. Alternating dark and light stars.
5. Sprinkle your tree with powdered sugar.
6. Done! We hope your friends and family are going to love it!
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I asked Anna, who has shared a few great recipes in my blog already, what recipe would work well for the project. She was kind enough to share a simple recipe that would work.
You will need:
Wheat flour: 2 cups
1 Chicken egg
Margarine (or butter), room temperature: 125 g (4,5 oz)
Sugar: ½ cup
Baking powder: ½ tsp
1. Beat up the margarine with the sugar, add the egg and mix everything well. Sift the flour together with the baking powder, add them to your mixture and knead the dough.
2. Wrap the dough with plastic wrap and put away in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lay the tray with a piece of baking paper.
4. Roll the dough and cut out the stars. Make the holes in the stars. Note that the holes will get smaller after baking.
5. Bake until golden brown color. It should take about 15-18 minutes depending on the power of your oven.
Party nails
Monday, December 14, 2015
Love bright colors for winter! This blue nail polish chosen by Roza is just perfect for a December party!
Monday Inspirational quote
It was a spontaneous decision to go to the north stradbroke island while travelling across Australia. The weather could be better and we could get into the ocean there. It was not, alas. Then we went for a walk in the forest there. We knew there was a lake. We have found it!
Top 10 Christmas cookie decorations
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Great news! Christmas is coming! :) I know that you know (that I know that you know )) Are you going to make cookies? What about decorating them? I needed some inspiration and decided to find the best decorated cookies in Internet. Here is my Top 10 (not necessarily in this order, they all are number ones!) Evidently I know nothing about cookie decorating :) All these designs surprised me! This is why they are in my list here. Enjoy (and drool with me :)
Visit my Pinterest board to see the sources of the pictures as well as more cookie decoration ideas
Christmas home decoration ideas
Look at all the wonderful ideas in this collection curated by Anna! Oh, that bullfinch bird! I am in love! What do you like the best?
Find all the featured shops in this collection as well as the featured shops from the previously published collections in our growing guide of great items for the house decor here.
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