28 December 2011

My selfmade presents

Today I gave away my last DIY present, so I can finally write a post about it! I couldn't do it earlier because I didn't want the people who were supposed to get them, see them here before and spoil their surprise .;)

I wrote about diy handmade Christmas presents here, so I actually decided to make myself some of them.

First, I ran to my grandmother and asked her to give me lace ribbons she kept for years and didn't know what to do with them. She was very happy to give it away and I was thrilled.  And my little cat Aysha was too, as you can see. ;)





I decided to make bookmarks using lace ribbons, ornamented with pendants, to give them a touch of antique glamour. For pendants I used beads from old necklaces and earrings.



For candle holders I used glass jars I wrapped in lace and ornamented with few white pearls (not the real ones, of course ;) and some other things I found amongst jewlery I stopped wearing..


Finally, my "products" were finished and I was happy with the result! I put bookmarks in small silky bags and very proudly glued label "handmade" on them. ;)























And here are the candle holders:





I was really surprised to see how these simple presents made people truly happy when they got it. Of course, everyone was trying, unseccessfully, to  wrap the bookmarks around their wrists, but they were relieved when I explaind these were not bracelets :))

Still, they LOVED it and I was really happy! It was unexpectedly beautiful Christmas. :)

6 comments:

  1. divni su ti svjećnjaci. vrlo romantični. djeluju vilinski! :)

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  2. ja sam dobila onaj najljepši crveni bookmark! i hvala ti na tome:)

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  3. a, ne ne, moj je najljepši bijeeeliii s dijamantom i teglica s zvijezdicom :) Još jednom hvala Lanči!

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  4. E, drage moje! Hvala vama na lijepim riječima! Kako već napomenuh, boje bookmarkova sam odabirala prema karakteru one kojoj su bili namijenjeni! A sad, dozvoljavam enormnu slobodu interpretacije ovih riječi! ;)

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  5. Ovo sam vidjela čim si objavila, ali nisam stigla komentirati. Oduševljena sam!
    A ovu ljepoticu ljubi koliko god možeš i molim te, skidaj to s onog popisa od maloprije! :)

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  6. Lako je kad baka ima tako divnih čipki, tako mi je drago da su u novoj uporabi, a vjerujem i njoj :) Ako joj nisi stigla pokazati darove, nadam se da je barem vidjela fotke...

    Dobra ti je ona odluka pod 10., mislim da će otići u kontraefekt hahaha

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