A bit late

Perhaps I am a bit too late to post these two craftworks I made for this past Christmas, but since I think they are cute I’ll give it a go nonetheless.

Here is some decorative packaging: the first one has been made with a stamp handcarved by me. It contained a little “survival kit” for blue days (a special teabag and some typical Italian sweets).

The second one is just a parcel with an unusual bow decoration and a hand printed tag also made by me.

You are Gold!

I have recently been asked to make a necklace for a lady who loves flashy accessories. I have a totally different style so it was a bit difficult to find a reasonable compromise. I also find  it difficult to mix and match the right stones, especially the big ones, but this time I think the result is quite nice.

I used some black chrystal and glass beads of different shapes and dimensions, some black and white tinted jade beads and few light blue oval agate beads. And, of course, plenty of gold toned spacers.

PS the stamped tag is also made by me…. (see a previous post here).

Whale

For my birthday I got some carving tools. Carving, but mostly linocut, is something I’d like to learn more of. At present I’m still practising with easy pattern/drawings…..

Stamp my name

My second craft of the year is this cute little stamp. 

I remember, as a child, I once made a stamp out of an eraser and that’s how I did this new one too. Basically because I don’t have the slightest idea of which is the proper raw material to use and where I can get it and also because, being an experiment, I didn’t want to spend much (only 1€ for 3 big erasers). 😁

Anyway, I wrote my name reversed on the eraser, carved it with a precision knife then glued the back on a scrap piece of wood molding.

I definitely have to refine my technique, but I think the result is cute anyway.