ideas for advent calendar (girls, the little ones!)

 

my aim is to be a shop for grown-ups and so i try to only buy few things for kids but here and there i find something i cannot resist (i hold with oscar wild who said he could resist anything but temptation).

it's a piece of paper!

you need scissors, glue, tape (or needle) and thread and you're ready to play :-) 

so kawai! that's a neat little present for chf 8.50 (3 different colours available). 

i assembled a fairy for the display in the shop and feel like a 6 year old. génial, non?

paper flowers

what can you do with 4 letters: a-e-r-v? (it's not scrabble time, but it's friday :-)

spell eva & vera.

guess what? theses two ladies have not only letters in common but actually did try the paperflowers, sent me some pics and here are the results!

DIY by Skönt Hemma

it's been 10 days wearing thermal undies for me, but hey, officialy spring is only 40 days away...

scrolling on my pictures that i have downloaded from internet i came across this little tutorial for paper flowers: easy but ingenious, don't you think?

some thick coloured paper, a pair of scissors, a few twigs and a pretty vase is all it takes. needless to say, if you don't have a high vase, you know where to look!

ps: if you try this, will you send me a picture?

pictures by skönt hemma.

paper love

yesterday i logged another heavy parcel to the shop and here is some of what was inside: paper, paper and more paper. 30 different patterns to be precise!

why?

ok, so this is not new, in fact i made this collage in blue hues nearly two years ago. i really like it so it's practically twisting the knife in the wound to tell you that aside from my cousin (who might be biased) i never got a compliment for it! sigh...

so if you're in the mood for some diy and unafraid to make a fool of yourself: ready, steady, go!

one more idea

another idea by Mariana: the diy notebook. for a tutorial and more have a look at her page! http://entsorgungskalender.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/8-12-2010/
love the little snowflakes!

flags & shadows

i'm back from paris and wanted to post some more pics but haven't gotten around to transfer them. so in between this one here... mariana has come across another idea of what to do with masking tape on internet and here's the result: a luminous and perfectly executed miniguarland that makes a cheerful addition to any birthday card. a little of diy never hurt anyone!
btw, did anyone notice the perfectly mirrored colour concordance of the last two pictures below? (street in paris versus paperbird). probably not, so that's why i point it out here...

masking tape bliss

this penholder used to be pure and functional but now, with Nathalie's masking tape magic, it's alabaster-skinned and interesting! that just goes to show what a difference a little of tape can make. it's good to play! (and easy to take off if you tire of it.)

apple & tape

these pictures were sent to me by Mariana the same afternoon she had bought the tape... precision work!

love, love, love!

this has long been in the pipeline, but now i'm very excited to present japanese rice tape, freshly shipped from osaka! why am i so excited? because this is a novel product to switzerland and because there are infinite ways to use and play with it. with this genius stuff the world is but a canvas to your imagination...

add some plush

design classics are uncomplicated family members you will never tire of. nonetheless it's fun to revamp them temporarily: so uninvasive you don't have to read the notice nor ask your pharmacist.
add some plush with a few stickers on unexpected places like fridges, mirrors, bed heads, the list goes on and on...