These bombs, made from your pantry staples, will make your bath fragrant and relaxing. For 1 bath bomb: ½ cup baking soda ¼ cup lemon acid ¼ cup starch ¼ cup fine sea salt 1-2 tbsp olive or almond oil several drops of essential oil (e.g. lavender) food colouring 1 teaspoon water [...]
Make your coasters remind you of your favourite tunes or maps of the places you’ve visited. Design a unique decoration for your home or a beautiful, personalised gift. What you need: 6 10x10 cm ceramic tiles music scores (or maps) wood glue or Mod Podge Outdoor 6 10x10 cm cork sheets silicone [...]
When we were clearing grandfather’s old vineyard, I set a few vine trunks aside. They’ll be useful someday, I thought… And so they we... What you need: 1 wooden board, 5 cm thick, 45 x 45 cm (or more, depending on the girth of the trunks) several dry trunks (I used 7) wood [...]
Sock monkeys are considered the world's most adorable toys. Materials and Tools: 1 pair of socks (adult size, striped or with a pattern) 1 ribbon wadding fabric (to stuff the socks) embroidery floss 2 buttons or 2 plastic eyes thread and needle pins Turn the sock around and [...]
Briefly heated in a microwave oven, the pillow will help relieve the tension in your neck and shoulder muscles … You can also use it to warm a belly ache, or you can cool it in a freezer and use it as a cold pack. What you need: 1 62x16 cm piece of [...]
What you need: 1 straw wreath (30-35 cm in diameter) corks (70-80 pcs) 4 candle holders 4 candles holly (artificial) hot glue & gun Stick the candle holders into the straw wreath. Using the hot gun, glue the corks to the wreath and one another. Insert the holly into the “cracks” between the [...]
What you need: 1 60x30 cm piece of fabric with a pattern (I used a teflon-coated tablecloth) 1 60x30 cm piece of monochromatic cotton fabric Fold the fabric with a pattern in half, pattern-side in, to get a 30x30 cm square. Sew any two adjoining sides to get the bottom and one side [...]
As I was reading the fabulous book written by my friend Ivana Plechinger, entitled “Ono što ostaje uvijek ljubav je” ("What remains forever love is"), I suddenly wanted to make a blue bottle in which water, caressed by the sun, would be filled with energy. And with the added words of gratitude and encouragement [...]
Years ago I saw a photograph of a similar home theatre on the web. When my niece said she wished she had her own theatre, I remembered the photo and made her a similar theatre. It is easily installed on any doorframe. It only takes hammering 2 nails and hanging the theatre on them. [...]
What you need: 175 x 75 cm terrycloth 55 x 55 cm terrycloth 55 x 55 cm cotton fabric 2 strips of cotton fabric, 66 x 7 cm – for the handles Hem all sides of the larger terrycloth. This will be your beach towel. Place the smaller terrycloth and the cotton fabric one [...]
