Toys of avantgarde

I found this wonderful post by http://mondo-blogo.blogspot.com showing the toys of the beginning of the century... amazingly most of them look so up to date, so fresh.. I would love to have them at my home for inspirational games,

Check it out for more photos.

If you don't want to throw the Teddy Bears away...

Here is a creative way to reuse old toys. The designer Augustina Woodgate from Buenos Aires hand sewn rugs from them. I guess, If you don't have so much of them, at least can make a pillow :)

found via today and tomorrow

Tutorial: How to make many small pompoms at a time - fast and easy

May be you are wondering how to make pompons easy and many at a time.

Than this tutorial is just for you. I hope you like it.

1) First I put many rows of yarn together. I used to wrap the yarn around the back of the chair. This yarn is approximately 30 cm long and 4 cm thick. Then I made tight VERY TIGHT knots every 4 cm. 

2) cut in the middle of each puff.

3) Look like this when done.

4) work on each pompom with hands and scissors to give it a shape.

5) The first one ready

6) after I cut unnecessary, 7 nice round pompons are on the table, and 1 tessel.

My new recycled bag

I have bought this wonderful bag from Dandy Florence shop on Etsy. I can't wait until it arrives to my home. Dandy is a recycled object designer, lives in Helsinki, Finland.

I like what he does a lot, if you like recycled art with humor, check his stuff out.

Tutorial: How to make ears for the baby hat (knitting)

1) I knitted the hat and 2 triangles same color as the hat (10 loops at the bottom row), they look like this. don't worry about the rough looking edges.

2) Cutted same shape from the foam and from the pink color cotton stretch

3) Put the all together and stitched knitted part with pink part

4) After stitching the future ear looks like this

5) I have cutted the exceeded fabric and sponge and played with the ear shape.

6) Stitched the ear to the hat

7) And here we go - original baby hat, that will catch many attention and smiles

Plastic to oil conversion machine invented in Japan

plastic to oil at home - watch on youtube

Tutorial: How to reuse yogurt plastic container

My vegan family eats a lot of dairy products, especially yogurt. I have started to collect and been thinking to reuse the yogurt containers for a long time, here is one of the ways. I use them to make a letter distinguisher for the garland.

1. I cut 0.5 cm of the yogurt container bottom off using cutter.

so I have things like this

2. I cut the letters of the name from craft felt.

3. I cut the foam in the shape of the yogurt container bottom, adding 1 cm to the edge and I stitch the edge.

I pull the thread so the foam repeats the shape of the yogurt container bottom and is tight, so I have things like this (they start to look cute :)

4. I cut out fabric adding 2 cm to the edge of this puffs and stitch the name letters to the fabric.

5. I stitch the edge again and cover the puffs. 

6.Then work freely with the fabric (in this stage stretch fabric works beter), pull it and move it, so the fabric is not wrinkly and the letter is in the middle of the distinguisher (as I call it, may be you can come out with the better name, leave it in the comments)

The distinguisher look like this from the back side

7. I stitch each distinguished letter to the triangle of the garland

8. Finish the garland and put it on the wall to celebrate my son's birthday.

That's it. If you will be inspired and make your own distinguishers, please send me photos.

I also did some other things - for example a lion headband made with the same technology in my etsy shop.

Love the nature!