Jul 6, 2013

Feb 9, 2013

Vintage toys for girls and boys

Lately I've been thinking about opening a vintage shop on DaWanda...things are accumulating in my home and slowly I'm running out of space...not that I'm a hoarder...I just need the breathing space...clear  desktops, airy shelves, low entropy...so, some beloved things will have to find a new home...

vintage teddybear

...a well beloved teddy bear...

vintage cubes

 ...plastic "learning colours & shapes" cubes... i used to play with the same ones many many years ago...

vintage cubes

...these are so funny, I just love the pictures on them...on the other sides are a pepperoni, a washing basin, a glass of pickled something, a wheelbarrow, a teakettle and one more thing that i can't remember right now...all but one also doubles as a rattle! I really love those, but what's the point of having them if they are always hidden away in a toy box...
...got yet to figure out the prices... 

Jan 17, 2013

Coconut birdfeeder

Every now and then we get coconuts...i don't really know why we buy them or recieve them as gifts...maybe because we talk often about sailing to Pacific islands and they are sort of reminders of this distand sea...well, i have finaly found a way to put 
those empty shells to use...

The Coconut Birdfeeder Tutorial


Materials needed:
a coconut, hemp cord cca. 2.5m, glass or plastic beads, marker, handsaw, drill 

With handsaw cut an opening (cut no more then 1/5 of whole nut or else the hole will be too big and it'll alowe rain and snow inside)and chisel out the white coconut meat with a spoon and knife. This can be later peeled with potato peeler, cut in bite size pieces and enjoyed as a snack or you can shred it and feed it to birds, they love it!




Mark three holes (diameter no more then 4mm / 0,16 Inch) on the top and one hole on the bottom of coconut(this hole is for drainage, diameter no more then 4mm or else the seeds will fall out). Carefully and slowly drill the holes. Coconuts are prone to crack and breaking under pressure, therefor be sure to have drill speed on slow!




Cut cord in 3 pieces cca.70cm /27Inch long and thread them through holes from outside in. 



 Make a figure 8 knot  or any other knot big enough to prevent the cord sliding out through the hole). Repeat with other 2 cords.

Gather all 3 cords and level them so that the opening in coconut is as horizontal as possible. Make an overhand knot.



Add a bead or two, make some macramee knots, decorate as you please (but nothing tooshiney or it'll scare the birds off)...make another overhand knot and the coconut bird feeder is ready!


And here it is in action:
Laaanding!



Jan 7, 2013

Once again...

...we made it around the Sun...


My word for 2013 is "focus"...but the list of things i'd like to put more focus into is perheaps a bit too long...
...learn Italian...sew more softies...meditate...find out how to make more income...sew more clothes for myself (got to put this piles of fabric into use)...paint...study on Cursera...make things with paper mache...do yoga...write...become beans producer...learn more graphic design...sail the world...

...yep, one year won't do...
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...dreaming about this fudge...

Dec 23, 2012

A very merry Christmas evening...

...we are celebrating the birth of a very merry little girl...wishes do come true...one must only wait patiently...
...Love and Peace to all...

Dec 22, 2012

A day after


Day breaks: the whole of yesterday went falling
among fingers of light and eyes of dream,
tomorrow will arrive with green footsteps:
no one holds back the river of dawn.

No one holds back the river of your hands,
the eyes of your dream, beloved.
You are the tremor of time that runs
between light on end and darkened sunlight.
   
         P.Neruda, XLIX  From: ‘Cien sonetos de amor’