Decorative cookie-jar

As mentioned in an other blog-post, most of my gifts this year has been homemade.
I love giving homemade presents, because I love seeing peoples reaction when they open it! Most people in my family appreciate homemade gifts, which makes it all the more fun!

For my sister and my mother-in-law, I made these cookie-jars filled with homemade Oreo Cheesecake Cookies!
The jars are supereasy to make, just find some jars and something you would like to place on top, and use a durable glue (I use epoxy-glue!)
Leave to dry for a day or so, and then spraypaint in your desired color!
I chose lion and elephant as the animals, because going to Africa this summer, those were my two favorite animals! Yes, I'm a sucker for Africa now that I've been there!

I also decorated a box of hot chocolate-mix for a secret-Santa gift at work.
The stone-inspired paper is self-adhesive and bought at Søstrene Grenes, but you can always use scrapbooking paper or wrapping paper, and just use double-sided tape or glue.

I got a jar of bracelets!

Still high on fumes from spray painting so much stuff, though the effect is slowly wearing of.

Or it's just because I'm running out of stuff to spray.

In other news, me and my mom were helping my aunt clean out her basement, and I naturally found some old stuff I wanted to keep!

Two old boxes, one of which has contained pigs feet some 40 years ago, an old lamp,

an old ceramic bowl, some shiny little purse glass jars and an old 

first aid-kit that my grandfather used to have in his car.  

As you may see, it's not in the best condition, but I fixed it up and put it in my car. 

My mom wanted something to keep her bracelets in, since I had made one for myself already.

So we found this old thing in the garage, and I spray painted it first silver and then in an oldish pink color.

Turned out quite nice, if I dare say so myself. 

This has been my time-consumer the past day. I suddenly felt an urge to

crochet after seeing a picture on the internet, and so it became a cover for moms kitchen stool.

I liked it very much and now I will have to make one for myself and get me a stool too!

I needed something newer and prettier to keep my main controllers in, as the old one was white and boring.

So this was what I ended up with! Simple, yet not that bad looking. 

AND it fits nicely to my golden Zelda Wii-mote!

Stay tuned for more stuff.

~Elisabeth

How to deal with creators itch

I've had a creators itch for the last week, and I've become addicted to spray paint. Must be the fumes!
But I'm telling you, spray paint is simply BRILLIANT! It's so easy to make things beautiful with just a coat of paint.
So here is a little collection of stuff that I have been making for the last week.
In the future I will be better at making before and after photos of stuff, and also to take pictures during the process.
Enjoy!

Cheap plastic frames from IKEA, originally white. 

One is spray painted in a delicious pink, with the text "Easy, it will be all right".

 The other in a metallic blue, with the text "You are so great!"

Here I decided to freshen up my tiny bathroom. I got a very simple, very dull glass bowl from my mom.

I spray painted it first gold on the outside, and then I covered it in an oldish pink color. 

The bottle I also got from my mom, and I spun it in some beautiful pink yarn and put a very fake but very cute flower in it.

An old bowl spray painted in silver to keep my earrings in.

The other I combined an old candle holder and a glass bowl, sprayed it first in white primer and then blue. 

The picture does the blue color no justice! It's actually much lighter.

An old bowl of white glass, glued together with an old candle holder because we needed something to keep our keys in. Yes, a simple reason to make something!

Some of my works. Not half bad!

I found an old frame, so I pained it and covered the backside with chicken wire.

It now works as a picture board!

Stay tuned for more fun!

~Elisabeth