Masqurade costume – dragon

For my 30th birthday I wanted to have one of those Halloween parties I always had as a kid. Lately I've had an internship at Gothenburgs opera house at their costume department. We've been working on Andrew Loyd Webbers classic "Phantom of the opera", and in the "masqurade"-scene there is a beautiful dragon costume one …

1920’s feather fan

Now I will show you a quick way to make your own 1920's feather fan! This one took less than a couple of hours to make 🙂 Start with a regular fan you usually get on ebay or souvernir shops and cut of most of the fabric that is glued on to the...eh...beams? Why I …

Facelift for shoes

Even if I have had a truck load of projects in front of me, I felt I needed to brake off with something totally different! Shoooes...........I have a few that I don't use anymore. Why not make a do-redo on a pair?! I chose a pair of wedges I bought online several years ago. Some …

How to make a 3D star

This star is pretty easy to make. Just make sure that it's a perfect star with exact measurements.  I made it easy for myself and googled "star" and printed out ^^ Think about that the arms can't be straight like THIS ONE. It has to be slightly tilted LIKE THIS. Make yourself two stars on …

Back to basics; “Do-Redo”

I felt a bit down in my creating a few months ago when I one day was glancing at the huge amount of earings I possess and I thought; Why not make something out of this. Many of these I don't even use anymore. I've always been painting and drawing all my life but the …

The Bag

For some time (several years) I've been planning to make myself a bag! And now it's done. And here it is.   This bag is based on a piece of leather that got left from an old job. This was suppose to be the decoration at the top of a quiver.   The shape of …

Make your own stamp!

Why spend an awful lot of money on things you can do yourself? I've used: 5 mm thick "rubber tablet", linoleum tools, a pair of very sharp and neat scissors, and a scalpel. And of course a pinch of time and patience 🙂 First I printed my motive from the computer and then mirrored it …

iPhone case II

And so it was time to make a new wrapping for my iPhone. The old one had been worn out with the seams flaking and coloring fading. You can find pictures of it HERE. And also because of my two sisters had purchased their first iPhone ever I decided to make them one each. I …

The smartest idea of 2012!

I got a message yesterday from a dear friend of mine. He wrote that he had come up with a very smart way to make detailed, sustainable coloring on leather with ROC leather dye. Like this: I thought it was peculiar that it didn't bleed out, but I guess it's because you use so tiny amount …

Bag/Purse for my frau!

Well I do have a small purse/pouch for my Kampfrau that I made last year. It's a simple circle that you pleat together and run a string of leather through for closure. I gave it a finish with my favorite tint Eco-Flo Gel Antique in dark brown. For swedish buyers you can find it HERE. …