Showing posts with label etsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label etsy. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Spinning Halloween Lamp

Our favorite, Halloween, season is approaching and I took our Halloween spinning lampshade out of the box today.Since my husband made this lampshade for me about 10 years ago, the projection of these Halloween characters have been rotating on the walls and the ceiling every year in this season. I set the lamp on the round maple table next to the bookcase where my Halloween collections are stored.I don’t usually illuminate this bookcase, but turning the room light off and watching my favorite Halloween collections and moving projection of Halloween characters make me so happy.
The motion picture of the lamp is available in my flickr site at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8416520@N02/5085959604/in/set-72157601977713102/

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Custom Order Summer Vacation Album

I have finished one of the projects I have been working on. This is a custom order album from Stephanie. She wanted us to make a beach themed premade album she can scrapbook her family photos from their summer vacation in Bahamas. I used a heavy transparency sheet for the front cover, embellishing it with water splash 3D stickers. I used an ocean wave patterned paper under the front cover and cut out the part of waves in order to change the background by showing the following page.
I added an envelope so that they can keep some travel memorabilia in it.Because the envelopes I want to use on my projects are not on the market, I make them by myself. I just look for the envelope of the right size and make a template out of it.
This is the back cover. I glued a lace paper on a cardstock and sealed it with “Mod Podge”. My initial intention was to cut the cardstock to the right size, but a new idea flashed into my mind. Instead of cutting, I folded it to make a pocket which might hold unused photos, tickets or postcards.It has been a very fun process making this album. Photos on Stephanie’s Facebook helped me a lot. I even felt as if I had been to the beach while making it. Thank you very much for giving me an opportunity to share your memory keeping project.

Friday, July 31, 2009

Handcarved summer stamp Part 3, Bunny on Beach

I made this stamp based on my memory of going to the beach as a little kid. Not so many families were able to afford taking a vacation or going for a trip those days, but my mom used to take us to the nearby beach and it was a huge and an exciting event during summer breaks. We had no box full of toys, no DVDs, or no Nintendo but somehow we never got bored back then.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Summer stamp part 1, Lobster

We’ve, somehow, always wanted to make a stamp with lobster design but haven’t had a chance to begin on. We don’t remember exactly why we want lobster stamp although there is no ocean here in Minnesota. It is probably because we both were raised in a city nearby ocean and love seafood.
We have finally finished custom framing of cross stitch samplers that a friend of ours had asked us to do. Maybe it’s time to start working on stamps again.
The new design is off course LOBSTER, a taste of summer!

Stamped with red ink, the lobster is now cooked and looks delicious.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Love Zutter!

You will know how much I love making mini books.
And finally I got a "Zutter" binding machine.
I just love it!
Used old tax documentation paper (It’s dated in 1929!), rub on, ribbon, stickers, seal wax and metal clip for front cover.

I stamped travel theme images most of the inner pages.

Used ribbon as a book mark.

So much fun!