Ocean Bliss - Homedecor in Shabby Chic Style

Hello creative friends!

Today a new SEA inspired project, it's a center piece in vintage shabby chic style.

more details can you find here

I love it to use  a crackle medium for the MDF shapes,
here Weathered Wood from DecoArt.

This new maritime project found its place on 

a handmade fret saw shelf and now adorns my living room table.

I hope I could inspire you !!!

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

DIY Easter Eggs with Mould in Shabby Chic Style

Welcome dear creative friends!

 This year I was inspired to create my easter decoration in shabby chic style. Some of my projects you could discover while travelling through my Blog (Calico Craft Parts DT projects) and today I show you the matching easter eggs. 

I worked with silicone moulds and two different casting materials, with air drying modeling clay and Acrylic from the hardware store. I used one of my favourite colours the Chalky Finish 'Vintage' from DecoArt, Metallic Lustre 'Champagne Ice' from DecoArt. 

How you can see I used some elements from my favourite natural themes

SEA & FORREST

... and one in another chalky paint, I thought maybe I should give another color a chance ;-)

I hope I could put you in an easterly mood and bring some inspiration and joy 

into these difficult days. 

Make the best of it!

 

Stay and get healthy!

Kerstin xo

DIY Easter Home Decor

Hello creative friends!

It's a difficult time for all of us and everyone is grateful for a little joy and distraction.  One must also see and hear something different and try to discover the positive sides of this crisis.

I was inspired to create a small THANK YOU gift for a very helpful friend. It's a little easter egg for your spring home decoration. It can be set up individually or arranged in an Easter nest.

 

Basic  materials

more details here

 How you can create a simply studs

1. use the biggest oval shape and glue some leftover stripes 

or a retangle shape which you can cut into several parts

2.  for a better stability it is advisable to glue several stripes, 

I have glued two stripes offset on the front side and only one on the back side

3. when the glue is well dried, glue everything on another smaller oval shape

4. if you want to place the egg seperately it looks very decorative, 

if you glue another one Trefoil Border Shape under it

some close up's

I hope I could inspire you  to take some time for yourself and treat yourself to something good,

 something that is fun and enjoyable and helps to refill the empty battery.

Hope you are all safe and well!!

Happy crafting!

Kerstin 

Barrow Cart DT Calico Craft Parts

Hello creative friends!

Today a new piece for our spring home decoration. I created a cart in vintage style and put a small nest in there where my new Calico chickens feel very well.

This wheelbarrow is done quickly and you get a weathered old cart, which you can use for all kinds of decoration ideas - suitable for Easter eggs, found objects, dried herbs for a fragrance potpourri and whatever else comes to your mind.

more details can you find here

I hope I could inspire you!

Happy crafting!

Thanks for your visit!

Kerstin