New Experiments

Have you noticed that Blogger has changed its Draft Page? Are you a little bit confused like I am? I'm trying to find my way around here like it's the very first time that I'm using it. Can't really tell yet if I like the new look or not. Well, anyway... we'll get used to it... I hope...

Προσέξατε ότι ο Blogger άλλαξε την Draft Page του; Είστε κι εσείς λίγο μπερδεμένοι όσο κι εγώ; Προσπαθώ να κατατοπιστώ σαν να είναι η πρώτη φορά που το χρησιμοποιώ. Δεν μπορώ να πω ακόμα αν μου αρέσει ή όχι το νέο λουκ. Τέλος πάντων... θα το συνηθίσουμε... ελπίζω...

I've been lost for a while, I know, but things are happening, I'm busy at work and days go by without even noticing it. I haven't neglected paying a visit to your "blog-houses" though. I've also made a few TINY things (they are still a little bit unfinished and more of a Winter kind of crafts) and I'm also preparing more. Without further ado, here are my tiny necklaces:

Έχω χαθεί για λίγο, το ξέρω, αλλά συμβαίνουν πράγματα, είμαι απασχολημένη με τη δουλειά και οι μέρες περνάνε χωρίς να το καταλαβαίνω. Δεν παραμέλησα να επισκέπτομαι τα "blog-ο-σπιτάκια "σας όμως. Επίσης έφτιαξα μερικά ΜΙΚΡΟΣΚΟΠΙΚΑ πραγματάκια (είναι ακόμα λίγο ημιτελή και περισσότερο Χειμωνιάτικα θα έλεγα) και ετοιμάζω και άλλα. Χωρίς παραπάνω καθυστέρηση, αυτά είναι τα μικροσκοπικά μου κολιέ:

These are supposed to be necklaces but I was so excited to show them to you

even though I don't have a chain to put them.

Αυτά υποτείθεται ότι είναι κολιέ αλλά ήμουν τοόσο ενθουσιασμένη

για να σας τα δείξω παρόλο που δεν έχω αλυσίδα να τα περάσω.

And this tiny cuckoo clock made of felt.

Kαι αυτό το μικροσκοπικό ρολόι κούκος από τσόχα.

What are you've been up to these days?

Εσείς τι κάνετε αυτές τις μέρες;

Cute Ribbon Bookmarks

Well, I think that my creative springs are flowing again! Maybe it's because Summer is my time of the year. Not because of all this heat (I CAN'T STAND IT!) but because of all the sunshine that makes me feel like a leaf that performs photosynthesis! - hahahaha

My new creations that I wanted to show you are these cute bookmarks made with ribbon, felt and other small decorative things. They are so simple to make so I won't bore you with all the little details of how they are made.

Tελικά νομίζω ότι η πηγή της δημιουργικότητάς μου ξεκίνησε πάλι να τρέχει! Ίσως επειδή το  Καλοκαίρι είναι η εποχή μου. Όχι για την ζέστη (ΔΕΝ ΤΗΝ ΑΝΤΕΧΩ!) αλλά εξαιτίας του ήλιου που με κάνει να νιώθω σαν φύλλο που φωτοσυνθέτει! - χαχαχαχα

Οι καινούριες μου δημιουργίες που θέλω να σας δείξω είναι αυτοί οι χαριτωμένοι σελιδοδείκτες φτιαγμένοι με κορδέλες, τσόχα και άλλα μικρά διακοσμητικά. Είναι τόσο απλοί γι'αυτό δεν θα σας κουράσω με λεπτομέρειες για το πώς φτιάχνονται.

So, do you like them?

Λοιπόν, σας αρέσουν;

Tutorial - Booklet Book Binding

Today I'm going to show you how you can make a fun and cute booklet which you can use it for journaling, keeping little notes, a mini photo album or... just for fun! It's SUPER EASY and you can use any materials and scraps that you have already laying around your house. My version is around 10.5x10.5cm (4.14x4.14") but you can adjust the size according to the size of paper you want to use.

Supplies:

• a piece of cardstock of your choice (any size or material). Mine was a big piece of golden cardstock that I've cut it into A4 size.
• pieces of plain paper of your choice (those would be the inside pages). Mine were plain white A4s.
• cutting mat and a cutter or scissors or whatever cutting tool you feel more comfortable with.
• needle and thread of a coordinating color or even contrasted color to give it a more interesting touch.
• embellishments of your choice. You can make whatever you want to decorate your booklet's cover.
• glue of your choice, according to the materials you want to glue together.
• optional: a puncher for cutting corners, embossing plates, hot glue gun.

Instructions:

First you take the piece of paper (A4) and fold it in half.

You cut a piece of 10.5x10.5cm (4.14x4.14").

That would be your cover.

If you have the proper tool you can

punch your edges to be round.

Repeat the steps for the inside pages.

Only this time you are going to make

 the inside pages a little bit smaller

so that they won't show out of the cover.

10x10.5cm (3.94x4.14")

Now if you have an embossing tool of some sort

you can decorate your cover.

I recently purchased the Sizzix Big Shot and I have to say...

I'M IN LOVE! It's pure magic!

It's ok to skip that step if you want.

Make sure that everything falls into place right.

Find the center of your pages and mark it.

Then mark about 2cm (0.80") from each side.

With a big needle, punch little holes

on the spots you've marked.

If you can't do it all at once (the paper I've used was super thin)

try to divide them but be careful not to miss the right spots.

Now take your needle and choose a thread.

I preferred a color that was close to my cover's color

but you can use any color you want.

Begin from the outside and through the middle hole.

You go up through the first hole.

and then again through the middle one.

Continue through the second hole down

and then again through the middle one.

Repeat one more time the same steps until

you finish up through the second down hole.

(outside)

Go all the way up through the first hole

and end up through the middle one but behind the thread

so that you'll have a piece of it outside

each side of the horizontal thread.

Tie two simple knots to secure it in place

and cut the rest of the thread.

Your booklet is ready to use!

Now you can decorate the cover if you want.

You can make things out of cardstock, felt,

yarn or fabric, it's all up to you.

I've made one with a felt flower and

one with a rolled flower out of fabric.

I've cut a thin piece of fabric.

I haven't really measured it though.

I've made a simple knot on the edge

and I've started to roll the fabric around that knot

twisting it up and down as I was going on and put a dot

of hot glue in the end to secure everything in place..

Then I've cut some scraps of green felt

two leaves and a round one as a base

and hot glued them together.

I've also put some glue on top of the flower

and sprinkled some glitter.

Finally I've hot glued again the whole flower piece

on the cover of my booklet.

ALL DONE!

I've also made some samples of greeting cards

and tags using the same embossing pattern.

How do they look?

Now go and make something!