Monday, 25 January 2016

Matchbox Miniature Vintage Suitcase


Matchbox Vintage Suitcase
Matchbox Vintage Suitcase - Inner and Outer part stackedSo, 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.
http://ponderingtheinternet.blogspot.com/2016/01/luciferdoos-oudegrungy-reiskoffer.html


40-60 minutes

Sunday, 17 January 2016

Origami Flower with Leaves

Original way of gifting Earrings: Origami Flower / Rose with Leaves

http://ponderingtheinternet.blogspot.com/2016/01/origami-roosbloem-met-bladeren.htmlThis 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.