Ikea Malma mirror (be-birded malma mirror 2#)

Decorated Ikea Malma mirror

I made this mirror as a Christmas present for my cousin. I used acrylic paint and scrapbook paper. I also planned to add small hooks (like those on the chopping board key holder http://thefeverishfeltist.blogspot.hu/2012/09/chopping-board-tuned-key-holder.html)  at the bottom so she can hang her necklaces, bracelets ect, but I unfortunately ran out of time...

Ikea Malma DIY

To make sure I do not get paint on the mirror itself I slipped post-it notes under the wood frame (could have worked with sticky tape as well, but this way I covered a larger surface).

Painted dolls' furniture

 I bought a box of untreated wooden dolls furniture for my goddaughter Anna-Lea. I wanted to make it prettier and personalized. So I painted the pieces with acrylic paint. I also cut out small stars from scrapbook paper with a star-shaped puncher and pasted the stars on the furniture. Unfortunately, I was so busy before xmas that I was only able to take pics after the last minute, when I have already gave her the gift.

This is how the furniture looked originally

My gorgeous goddaughter wearing the flower hairclips I made her!

In the background you can catch a glimpse of a fellow blogger all the way from New Zealand. You can check out her cool travel blog about her visit to Hungary here: http://eszterlecouteurhungary.blogspot.hu/

Elmo Lens friend/ camera scrunchie DIY

My very talented cousin sporting his handmade Elmo camera scrunchie :)

I saw this idea of a photographers' accessory on etsy (http://www.etsy.com/listing/54888077/elmo-lens-friend) and thought it would be cool to make as Chistmas gifts for the two avid photographers in my family. The purpose of the "lens friends" is getting kids to smile at the camera.

I used an old fleece sweater, elastic ribbon and some felt for the eyes and nose.

1. I watched a tutorial on making scrunchies  here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBVGwiVSwhQ
2. I changed the measurements, so the piece of fleece was about 8cm x 30+ cms
3. I cut out the eyes and nose from felt
3. sewed it all together and voilá...

Hand-made wrapping paper: Christmas trees

 The following pictures document my attempt at making Xmas wrapping paper using the palm of my son's hand... Not my most successful project, but fun nontheless. The paper got a bit wrinkled, but it would be ok for a larger parcel

plain wrapping paper from Ikea + tempera/school paint

Á's hand prints

Final touches, I gave up on the garlands after the first row :)

Dinosaur cookies

 I make these treats for my son's birthday party. They are a corrupted version of my grandma's heathy-ish honey cookies with lots and lots of glazing.

Glazing:
1 cup powdered sugar
2 teaspoons sugar syrup (sugar+water melted)
2 teaspoons of milk
food coloring

Cookies:
3 eggs ---whisk lightly
3 tablespoons of oil
4 tablespoons of liquid honey
1/4-1/2 nutmeg
1 teaspoon of cinnimon
1/4 teaspoon of clove
lemon peel/orange peel
--- Whisk all above
add
25 dkg sugar

---Whisk some more
add
50 dkg flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 salt
--- knead by hand

Felt coaster for kids

I was making felt coasters as gifts when Á asked me to make him one with his doggy's face on it.
He was not happy with the first one I made because the ears and face of the dog were of the same color, so we made another one which he"colored" with embroidery yarn. It turned out really cute:

I used a CD as a template for the felt part and the coaster and the top brim of a tea mug for the fabric (a leftover scrap of IKEA Gunilla fabric).

 

Finger printed giftcards

We made there cute gift cards for A's teachers last night.
I cut 7x11 cm rectangles to make the cards, and A dipped his ring finger and thumb in acrylic paint (we practiced with an ink pad to work out which works best) to make the snowmen. Afterwards, he drew faces, arms, feet ect on the snowmen with a black marker, and I painted on the orange noses. The one in the middle is everyone's favorite!
We look the idea from Fiona Watts' wonderful 356 things to make and do book which we both love so much!