Wrapping presents

So here I am still wrapping presents at last minute, some homemade with recyclables and some bought... but to save some paper (and the environment!) I've wrapped the presents with newspaper and some wrapping paper and used laces made the decoration! 

Tip: If you have heavy gifts it's better to use old magazines as newspaper is usually not very strong.

Jewelry Keeper (Flower)

When you have one of those endless days and you finally get ready to bed, you strip from all the jewelry and get in you pajamas... you'll tidy up tomorrow...

Don't just let your rings and earrings laying around risking loosing them, with this lovely  jewelry keeper flower it's always tidy and you just have to lay it down!

I made this one as a Christmas gift for a friend that loves to use earrings and rings and has a very busy life! She loved it! ;)

I will leave you with my result and you can see the instructions here (they are in French, but step by step pictures will help you!)

Snow globes

I came across this snow globes project online and I just couldn't resist trying it! Unfortunately there were some tricks not mentioned... But I will tell you all about it!

This is what you need:

I chose a few glass jars from my recycling bin collection ;)

I selected the figures for each jar according to the size.

I used my hot glue gun to fix the figures to the lids, but then I realized they were loosing color, so I had to treat them with acrylic varnish that I had - makes them resistant to water! If I knew I would have start by doing that and then glue the figures to the lids! :D

I used the foil paper from a powder milk packaging (coffee ones also work fine) to make the snow cutting it in thin stripes and then little pieces. I have tried with decoration snow but it's definitely too heavy and you don't even see it fall - too quick!

Then I added just enough water in the jars that would allow the pieces to go in without spilling the water (and specially the snow!) and a few drops of bleach so the water doesn't go green!

Final touch - ribbons!!!

I especially like the right side one! ;)