I present you with presents

Here's what I've been working on:

This little booklet is like a prototype extended business card/brochure for my boyfriend. The little drawings inside are all his and I made the booklet based on a great tutorial from Craftynest.

And then, still on the topic of business cards, I made a business card case for my mom from a mint tin. The front is done in FIMO, and the back is padded with felt. I really like how it turned out. Hope she will, too :)

And now I am off to rest a bit. I'm coming down with something, and am feeling really tired. Need to stuff myself with some tea and comfort goodies. In other words - I go to pester J. to make me some tea and put on a film ;-)

It all started innocently....

It all started innocently with a birthday present for A., and I came up with a peacock ring design:

Btw., the box is made based on one of the patterns by Mirkwood Designs and then decoupaged.

Brown purse

I desperatly needed a brown purse for a party we are going to on Saturday - I absolutely hate dancing with a bag on my shoulder, and yet, I am a woman, not to mention a smoker, not to mention that I normally don't have that many pockets on myself... And, tadah! - this is what I came up with: it is very recycled; the material is brown corduroy which used to be my boyfriend's trousers (am I destroying too many of his clothes lately?). The button is a decoupage piece made with chocolate wrapper and some sewing thread (that one went slightly wrong as I tried to paint the branch first - let me say that does not work at all with Mod Podge when you are stupid enough to use a plain Stabilo pen). I am pleased with the final result and it took less than half an hour to make, including nailing down a ring to the button ;)