Godt nytår

Rigtigt godt nytår til alle som i årets løb har besøgt min blog, og mange tak for alle de søde kommentarer.
Jeg er ikke helt tilfreds med nytårs æskerne; men jeg har gjort det så godt jeg kunne.

Happy New Year

Happy new year to all who visits my blog, and many thanks for all the nice comments during the year.
I am not too fond of my new year boxes, but I was not able to make them better.

Juletræ

Det var et juletræ, som jeg nær ikke havde fået på grund af sneen. Ellers er vi så småt ved at vende tilbage til næsten normale tilstande her på Bornholm. Folk som strandede i Rønne på grund af sneen juleaften, er transporteret ud til deres bestemmelsessteder.

Christmas tree

This is the Christmas tree, I allmost never got, because of the snow. The island has nealy returned to normal, people who stranded in Roenne Christmas evening, has arrived to there destinations last evening.

Glædelig jul fra snedriverne

Bornholm er lukket, sneplovene kan ikke komme igennem. Billederne viser kun moderate mængder af sne, Svaneke ligger ved kysten, så der kommer ikke så meget her.

Merry Christmas from the snow

Bornholm is closed down, the plows can not get through. The photos only shows a little, because my town is situated at the coast, we do not get the most of the snow.

Juletræspyntning i gang

Min svigerdatter og jeg er i gang med at pynte træet. Vi er ved at forsvinde i sne.

Decoration of the tree in progress

My daughter in law and I are decorating the tree. We are afraid that we will disappear in a pile of snow.

Kræmmerhuse med nisser

Cone ornaments with "nisser"

Æble af papir

Det er lidt for sjov: Jeg lavede et græskar for et par måneder siden, jeg ville lige prøve om dt kunne blive til et æble til juletræet. Det er ret besværligt.

Paper apple

It is just for the fun of it: I made a paper pumpkin some months ago, now I just tried to make an apple with the same template. It is difficult to make.

Jeg har fået en gave med posten

På en rædselsfuld dag, kom der en pakke fra Pam og Diane, det reddede fuldstændigt min dag.
Kalabasdukken er lavet af Pam. Hun har internettets hyggeligste juleblog, fyldt med dejlige billeder og gode ideer:
http://gingerbreadsnowflakes.com/
De helt vidunderlige stofrosetter er lavet af Diane. Diane har en af de kendte blogs i USA, der er utroligt mange gode ideer og instruktioner i den kreative genre.
http://www.craftypod.com/
Diane har skrevet en bog om hvordan man laver stof rosetter, den kan man købe her:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kanzashi-Bloom-Fold-Sew-Projects/dp/0823084817/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1292580875&sr=8-1

I have recieved a present

On a awful day, the post brought a parcel for me. Then the day was much brighter.
It was from Pam and her daughter Diane.
The matrioshka doll is made by Pam. She has the worlds nicest blog especially her blogging about christmas is wonderful. It has so many good ideas and tutorials.
http://gingerbreadsnowflakes.com/
The ornament is made by Diane. She has the very famous blog Craftypod. A blog with so many tutorials and so much inspiration, that you can spend hours.
http://www.craftypod.com/
Diane has made a book about how to make these kanzashi ornaments.
In Europe you can buy it here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kanzashi-Bloom-Fold-Sew-Projects/dp/0823084817/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1292580875&sr=8-1
In USA you can buy it here:
http://www.amazon.com/Kanzashi-Bloom-Fold-Sew-Projects/dp/0823084817/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1292535811&sr=8-1

Snefnug hjerter fra Paper Matrix

Jeg var simpelthen nødt til at lave hjerterne fra Paper Matrix, de er så dejlige!
De kan findes her:
http://papermatrix.wordpress.com/

Snowflake hearts from Paper Matrix

I simply had to make these hearts from Paper Matrix, aren't they lovely?
Template can be found here:
http://papermatrix.wordpress.com/

I morgen udkommer der en fantastisk bog om flettede fugle

Jeg må rødmende indrømme, at min første inspiration til underlige flettede hjerter kommer fra denne forfatter. Jeg så hans første bog: Jule fugle flet i en boghandel, men havde ikke råd til den på det tidspunkt. Derfor forsøgte jeg at lave noget i den stil; men nok ikke med helt samme raffinement. Undskyld Lars Holmsted!
Nu udkommer der en nr. 2 i morgen, den er helt sikkert værd at købe, da nr. 1 er helt fantastisk.
Her er linket:
http://www.mellemgaard.dk/product.asp?product=205

A wonderful book with woven birds

I have to admit: My first inspiration for making strange woven hearts comes from this author. I saw his first book about woven birds in a book store, but did not have the money for it at that time. Then I tried to make something like it in my own way, they can not compete the elegans of what he made. Sorry Lars Holmsted!
Now it is possible to buy book number two, and as number one is fantastic, I will fully recommend it.
here is the link:
http://www.mellemgaard.dk/product.asp?product=205
The technique is a little different from ordinary woven hearts: the two halves are put into one another, and woven from inside out.

Svaner til juletræet

De er lavet lidt i huj og hast, og måske lidt derefter.
Man limer to spejlvendte svaner sammen. Vingerne formes med en lineal i Sform, den nederste del, skal formes, så den folder ud fra kroppen, og den øverste del skal vende ind igen, derefter limes de på.

Swan ornaments

They are made in a hurry.
You glue the two sides of the swan together. The wings are shaped with a ruler in a kind of S shape, the lower part of the wings are shaped, away from the body, and the upper part of the wings are shaped the opposite way.

Papir med kristtorn

Jeg har influenza, derfor en pause. Influenza er ikke en tilstand som ligefrem befordrer kreativiteten.
Derfor har jeg prøvet at experimentere lidt: Disse blade og bær, har jeg på et tidspunkt skannet, derefter har jeg tracet og redigeret filen til vektorformat, og nu har jeg prøvet at "strikke det sammen til et papir.
Det er forresten ret interessant at skanne blomster og grene, det kræver en kasse til at sætte over skanneren, kassen skal være hvid indvendig.

Paper with holly

I have the flu, that is the rason that I have been quiet. And one does not get kreative with a flu.
Now I have tried to experiment a little: Theese leaves an berrys is scanned on a flatbead scanner, then they are traced to vector format, and now I have mowed thhem around a little, to make a paper.
By the way: It is rather interesting to trace flowers and other things, you then have to use a box over the glassplate and the box has to be white inside.

To julekort, som kan printes ud

De klippes ud, og foldes på midten

Two printable Christmas carts

They are to cut out and fold in the middle

Juleæsker

Det er en ændring af noget julepapir, som jeg lavede for to år siden.

Christmas boxes

It is a change of some paper I made two years ago.