Film Camera Journal

About a month ago I made a special journal for my friend's birthday.. he is obsessed with films and wanted to go to a film school, but unfortunately he didn't pass the exams.. I hope that this notebook will inspire him all the time, and that he won't give up with writing his own screenplays!

 This notebook is quite big - it has 300 pages size A5 - a lot space for screenplays! :)

 The cover is made of thick black cotton with a film camrea application.

 As you can see it also has rough pages.. Oh I love making photos of this texture!

 I used my last scrap of this black and white fabric.. I liked it so so much!

Ahh these pages are incredibly photogenic, right?

I sewed some simple things lately but it's too dark to make quite good photos.. so I can't show you anything yet.. But I promise as soon as there will be some sun I'll make photos!

Have a productive week,

marysza

Typewriter Journal

Wow! I didn't add any notebooks to my etsy shop for a long time! But as Christmas is close, I decided to add some listings. Not much, but maybe I'll put more at the beginning of December.

This time I added a simple journal with a typewriter application.

 The main fabric is fine canvas and in the interior light purple cotton.

This notebook has 300 white pages size A6.

 And it's closed by a white elastic band, so you can put in it some loose notes.

Do you like it? I decided to make some simple notebooks without separating cards and rough pages.. not everyone likes weird journals, right? :)

Have a wonderful day,
marysza

P.S. If you are interested, you can find it here:

Wallet with Initials

Long time without wallets! If you missed them - here is a xxl dotty one!

Remember this wonderful button? Unfortunately I used the last one, but I really hope I'll find more of them soon! This flowery/wooden pattern fits every single fabric I have!

You can see initials at the back of the wallet. I had no idea how to make them but eventually I made only a contour so the initials wouldn't be too visible, but delicate.

It has a lot of pockets. For cards, some bigger stuff.. and one zipered one for coins.

As you can see the interior of the wallet has also the dotty fabric, I just mad a little mixture.

I really hope that the lovely girl who received it likes it! And that it will be used for a long time!

You won't see as many posts as usually in upcomming months because I need more time for my studies.. goooooshhh.. I'm so bad at french that I'm really afraid I won't pass this year!

Keep your fingers crossed for me! :)

And have a nice evening,

marysza

and the winner is..

Random Number Generator picked number 5 to be the lucky one!

GOGA - congratulations! Please contact me by e-mail! :)

A new giveaway soon! So stay tuned!

Have a wonderful weekend,

marysza

Mini Hexagon Coasters

I was sewing some mini hexagons from fabric scraps lately. Mostly during films.

It's a really nice way to keep your hands busy when you are watching movies.

First I had no idea what to do with them, but later I decided to try making coasters!

As you can see I made just two, but I'm planning to make more!

The first one was for my Color Challenge art Art-Piaskownica. The second one finished yesterday, and I have to admit I like it way more than the first one..

I never thought that hexagon coasters will be so easy to create! You need some time to sew them together but it's really easy and has a nice effect!

And here a little peek to my little craft-space on my desk. Of course I have a lot of shelfs and drawers with sewing/scrapbooking tools but here are the one I use very often..

Hate making photos of my room! I need to practice with photography, right?!

Ooooh and see these lovely bicycle paper-clips? I got them from Lejdi with a lot of different useful stuff for my birthday.. ah! I will show you everything I received from my blog friends as soon as I will make some quite good photos! :)

Have a nice day (without a cold and sore sinus!!),

marysza

Ampersand

 Wooo.. long time without my old looking journals! I missed making them! :)

I'm very happy I decided to make a notebook for the new Art-Piaskownica's Challenge!

The main topic was to create something with an ampersand or a special quotation. I picked the ampersand as you can see.. it's a very interesting mark with a unique and very weird shape.

This journal has 200 rough pages with light brown edges, size A6.

 The interior fabric is red with white dots. Creamy pages (at last!).

Closed with a clap with a long brown leather stripe.

Did you miss my old journals? I have to admit I did and I'm planning to make a lot of them in November (or December). I just need time.. ahh.. :)

Have a non-snowing day,

marysza

Typewriter Weird Planner

Another Typewriter Planner, but this time it's A6 - and not for me!

400 pages, but I used really a lot of different materials to make the inside.. blank, checked, colored, rough etc. pages.. something for a very creative and colorful soul :)

As you can see it's extremely thick even though it doesn't have rough pages - it's because of some very thick fabrics, like colorful cardboads etc.

And of course.. one of the most beautiful fabrics of all time..! :)

I'm in love with this little planner, I think I'll make a similar one for myself soon.. so inspiring!

The separating cards are made of SODAlicious papers, and as you probably noticed the interior is made of two different fabrics - that's something you havent seen here earlier! :)

A lot of pages are recycled, took from some of my old notebooks or sketchbooks.

I hope that the lady who will receive it soon will like it!

Can't wait to hear your opinion about it! :)

Have a wonderful day,

marysza

Tutorial: Dreamcatcher

You liked my previous little tutorial.. so I decided to make another one! I made it about two months ago but I didn't want to show it before our new Challenge at Art-Piaskownica won't be published! This time I would like to show you how to make an easy dreamcatcher! :)

{ DREAMCATCHER TUTORIAL }

Like earlier it a very easy DIY. I hope everything will be clear for you! :)

First collect needed stuff:

- cardboard / embroidery hoop / thick wire

- string / twine / yarn / cotton tape

- feathers, colorful fabric stripes, metal or other kind of colorful accessories

Everything is explained on the photos, but if something is not really clear please contact me and I will add more information or something like that to make it easier for you :)

STEP 1: take something perfectly round and redraw it on a very thick cardboard. Then cut out the circle - carefully! Or just take an embroidery hoop if you have a needless one :)

STEP 2: take some kind of string / twine / yarn and tie a small knot. I used a pastel green one because I didn't have what to do with it for a long time!

STEP 3: Wrap the string round the cardboard (tightly!)

Now you have a nice looking carboard circle!

STEP 4: tie a new knot wherever you want.

STEP 5: make a loop.

STEP 6: continue making loops.

Don't stop! :) You can make it as densely as you wish..

Et voila!

You have created the main dreamcatcher element! You can also put some breads etc. to make this element more colorful. I wanted to have a quite simple one :)

STEP 7: make / buy / find some feathers and join them to some fabric stripes. You can also add some other elements like the metal one I used.

STEP 8: now the most pleasant part - join fabric stripes to the main element of the dream catcher.

You decide how many stripes and other things you want :)

That was easy, wasn't it?

Tell me what you think about it ) If you like it I will make more tutorials in the future! :)

I hope your weekend was incredible! My sure was - I visited Cracow for the Crafshow, and it was really amazing! I'm so happy I met some many new bloggers who I always wanted to see in reality :) And talk with some amazing girls I already know from the show in June! One thing that I regret is that I (as always) forgot to take a camera with me..!!

Have a nice day,

marysza

Crafting for Cordis Hospice

Remember when I made a plush elephant for sick children? I really liked the whole action and helping the little ones.. Few weeks ago I came across a new charity action on Makolina's blog. And of course I decided to participate without any doubts.. :)

Yesterday I created something, but I'm not sure if it is a good gift..

Two houses (the one in the middle is quite old, you can see it here - click - ).

 The are very simple to make! Back is made of lovely fabric with a perfect pattern for kids, right?

I added this cotton tape so you can hang the house on the wall :)

 Used some quite bright, colorful and intense colors :)

 As you can see the old house has a button. In the new ones I didn't sew any buttons because I have no idea how old are these children and buttons aren't very safe for kids under the age of 3.

I hope someone will like them.. I don't have time for sewing new plush toys so I'll just send these two houses.. What do you think about them? Are you participating in charity projects often?

Have a wonderful wonderful day,

marysza