20/1/09

The plastic brooche

I got my hands on plastic granules intended for melting. Obvious thing to do is making brooches out of it. I made some 40 mm diameter discs with about 3-4 mm thickness. A round piece of tin foil is baked into it, which gives a nice reflecting effect.








And thats what the back looks like...


And the final packaging:


12/1/09

Packing up


I realized that for storage and selling I need packing, so here is the first version of packaging I use:

6/1/09

Thank you, Oh Fransson!

Over at the Oh Fransson headquarters, Elizabeth posted a detailed tutorial for a sling bag. I was searching for a while for a nice project to get my sewing skills going, so here is my first bag sewn with her pattern:

2/1/09

Mercedes Museum

So we went to see the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart (Germany) two weeks ago.


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This would be my new ride, but unfortunately the trunk space is a bit small and the miles-per-gallon isn't that hot:

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