the upcycled christmas necklace

You must feel betrayed, my friends!
You probably came to this blog thinking I did nice and cute refashions, and all of a sudden I've gone  full hulk-mode and only do projects that involve power tools, muscle and a lot of rubble, and I'm sure you're sometimes wondering.. "Can't she just do a nice skirt instead of a bathroom?" (No, cuz you can't take a bath inside a skirt, baby)

But today, as my lil' christmas present to you, I'll make it up!
And will do so by making the cutest, frilliest upcycled christmas necklace ever, entirely maken out of thrifted, broken and unwanted old pieces of jewelry.

a hand-printed skirt

A while ago, I found a second hand grey skirt that was still in awesome condition. By the look of it, it probably had once belonged to a secretary. A quite boring secretary, that is. But since I have a bit of a soft spot for boring skirts (upcycling is so much easier when something is ugly in the first place!), I took it home with me.

There I decided to give it a little print. There are many techniques of doing so. You can buy stamps, or cut them out of some vinyl or a potato ( yes you've done that in pre-school, I guarantee it) 

Since I didn't feel like cutting stamps out of a potato, I decided to try it in another way: by cutting a form out of a chammy.

A word of welcome.

Welcome to this blog!

As a kid, there were two things that I loved to do more than anything in the world: making things and going on adventures.

But as I grew older, I sort of got infected with adulthood. So, my days of school and adventures became days of work and household chores. And my favorite things to do in the world became ( at least, so it seemed...) Sleeping, nagging about work, looking on the internet at houses I couldn't afford anyway.. you know the sort of thing. Until, one day I was fed up with it. This kind of adulting, I decided, really sucked. I didn't want to spend my entire evenings watching tv or doing chores.

I wanted to make things again. And I wanted to see the world again as I did as a child: as a place that has all the potential to become an adventure.

This blog contains my stories of making things. To hopefully inspire you to start making things, or just so you can laugh at my efforts :)

But hey! Before I start I should of course introduce you to the main characters of this blog!

Joking aside, I sincerely hope you will enjoy this blog. Feel free to comment, contact or repost!

-Marije