Matchbox Miniature Vintage Suitcase

So, I made this, if I may say so myself, awesome looking matchbox suitcase. It turned out better than I expected to be honest. I based myself off of this tiny tutorial, but wanted the suitcase to have a more leather look than the slightly wooden look the one in the tutorial had. I mean if I'm gonna spend an hour making a tiny matchbox suitcase, it better be the best darn suitcase I can make, right? :p
I made this for one of my best friends who is leaving for an Erasmus in Helsinki for a semester fairly soon, so I made this suitcase Finland-Belgium themed with the travel 'stickers' I put on there.
So far I've also made a tiny student codex* and tiny sash from our days together in a student union/society**. If any of you have any suggestions as to what other tiny things I can put in, please let me know! I have no inspiration any more right now... :(
I made another video tutorial for this one, so check that out first and then you can follow the detailed instructions I'll give below.

40-60 minutes

Toothless Bookmark

A while ago I saw a picture on Pinterest of a toothless bookmark like this, but I couldn't find any tutorial for it, so I decided to just try to make it myself and put a little tutorial out there for people like me who really wanted to recreate it. ;) That one was created (partially) out of felt I think, mine is just paper.


A friend of mine really likes toothless (and who can blame her?): she has a toothless hoodie and I gave her DIY toothless socks for new years, so I thought I'd expand her collection by gifting her this bookmark. I might end up making a second one for myself though! It's super cute, but functional. While I like the result there are a few things I would've done differently, so I'll mention the mistakes I made while doing this tutorial so you can keep it in mind for yourself!
I drew and cut out all the elements just by eye, but if you guys are interested I'll make a template for this, so you don't have to take that risk or for if you're not so confident in your skills just yet (not that mine are that great :p). Just let me know and I'll make a full template! I might do so anyway if I decide to make more of these, but for now the one I have a plan for (gifting away) is finished, so there's no need...

30 minutes - Easy

Origami Flower with Leaves

This year as a small gift for my friends I made these Origami flowers decorated with earrings (I also gave a few other things which I might post about later). I made it in a few different colours to complement the earrings I was giving, but unfortunately I only have a picture of this one. I also made a quick video on how to make the rose. It's the first time making a video for me, and I just edited it with Windows Live Movie Maker, so it's clearly amateur-ish, but I thought a video was much clearer as an instructional/tutorial than just an explanation with pictures. Let me know if you like video-instructions instead of just text! So I know to do more ;)

Click read more for how I attached the earrings.