Hama beads projects
A self-portrait built with Hamas mini beads.
Lemming world!
A world of Lemmings on the wall abow my computer.
Built with Hamas midi beads.
A little of everything
A magazine holder
Landscape with the troll family.
Daddy troll is about 31 cm high, with the hat. The plate is made of particleboard in the bottom and Styrofoam to get to the countryside. Green granules (such as model builders use) covers the ground. Stones and wooden branches are glued on top. The faces and and hands are made of plastic clay. For the bodies, I have used figure wire (plated steel wire) and stuffing. The clothes I have sewn from felt, cotton fabric and thin leather. Hair and beard are made of lamb fur. The blueberries are dried peas, which I dipped in paint and put in baskets.
Balls I painted and put on fur as hair.
Ears are small leather pieces.
Easter Hat made of thick white cardboard which II then painted and decorated.
One more Easter Hat.
A clock with rainbow colored figures.
My daughter’s door plate when she was younger.
My son’s door plate when he was younger.
Another door plate.
Model of a cannon where the tube is about 27 cm long.
I made this when I was at the adult technical engineering training school, many years ago. The cannon tube, the round axle and wheels, I have lathes, while the spokes in the wheels and wheel axle, I have milled. Then I took the metal parts to my dad who run a weapons workshop at the time, so he made them black.
I did by the way, three of them. The second I gave to my brother. The third cannon tube is completely in brass. All the pieces are in a box somewhere in the garage and is not assembled.
Two candlesticks I have lathes.
A book that I have decorated. All the parts I cut out with Craft Robo. I glued them on and fixed them with decoupage varnish. My daughter got it as a Christmas present. She is writing her favorite recipes in it.
These thermos I have decorated with vinyl stickers that I cut using my Craft Robo.
Patchwork
Big patchwork pillow.
The back of the pillow.
Blanket and pillow for the doll prawn and doll bed.
T-shirt transfer
I use Flock or flex when I make my t-shirt transfers. I cut out the pattern with my cutter and then iron it on the t-shirt.
Nylon stocking flowers.
Form a loop of the silver wire, then pull over a colored piece of nylon stocking and stretch it properly before you attach it with a thin copper wire that you wind hard on the stem so that the sock will not loosen. Cut off the nylon stocking. Make more of these petals and then put them together with stamen and a pistil (bought ready-made) to a flower. Attach a steel wire to the flower with a thin copper wire. Finally wind a green or brown slightly sticky paper tape around the stems.
Yellow Freesia, iris, a white hollyhock and a daisy.
Gladiolus
Orchid
Flower wreath.
Fine wood knot I found when we were out on a hill nearby. I drilled small holes that I put the flowers and branches in.
Another wood knot decorated with nylon flowers.
Stone trolls
I have in my whole life been fascinated by stones. Even when I was little I picked small beautiful stones when I was out in nature. Nowadays it is the larger stones that interests me. Stones that can be beautiful to have in the garden. I usually bring home a few stones in the trunk when we are driving around in the nature in summertime.
These stone trolls I made some years ago. They are glued together with epoxy glue and then lacquered.
Juice and purée
Every autumn I take care of what the garden provides. My special pan that steams the fruit and make the juice to come out in a tube in the bottom is my best friend when taking care of all the fruits and berries. I make fruit-syrup from many different berries as red and white currant, gooseberry, raspberry, rhubarb and ornamental apples.
The harvest of ornamental apples. This is the only apple variety I have but you can make really good apple-sauce of them.
The apples are steam boiled in the special unit and the juice comes out in the bottom of the pan. Then I boil the juice up with sugar and pour up in bottles.
When the apples have become soft, I squash them. Then I boil syrup and add atamon and stir it into the sauce.
Since ornamental apples is so acidic it need quite a lot of sugar.
It became many cans this time! I keep them in the freezer.
Mmm, delicious!
Here is a bucket of gooseberries. I will make fruit-syrup!
When the fruit-syrup is ready, I put the left overs in small boxes and put in the freezer. Perfect for a pie!
Cakes
I have baked many cakes but unfortunately I often forget to take a photo of them. Here are a few that I did remember to shoot before they were eaten.
Birthday cake I baked for my husband a few years ago. Much appreciated by all guests.
Candy
Every Christmas I make several varieties of candy. Chocolates, Fudge, jelly, marshmallows and toffees. Here is a selection of what I usually make …
Liquorice- and cream caramel Fudge
Marshmallows
Apple sause jelly
Raspberry jelly
Orange jelly
Lemon toffee
Chocolate Fudge with roasted almonds
Chocolate dipped nougat and marzipan with almond
Chocolate dipped dates and marzipan
Pistage and almond nougat with chocolate top
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