Showing posts with label Sherlock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sherlock. Show all posts

Jan 24, 2021

DIY Dinosaur Necklace & Jurassic Park Shoot feat. Luloveshandmade

 
Let's just ignore the fact, that this post is also a couple of years in the making as well as the Star Wars Art Print Post from a month ago. We won't ignore the fact that my dear Lu from Luloveshandmade already made 2 posts about our trip to Jurassic Park. Check those out HERE and HERE! She also posted about a permanent Dino Park near Berlin. All of the Dino Park photos are by her, except for the last one.
So one late summer day in 2018 Lu and I went to a temporary dinosaur exhibit in Berlin. The most awesome part? You could climb on the Dinosaurs. So fun! Of course I had to bring my most recent diy, this awesome dinosaur skeleton necklace made from shrink plastic. 
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Wir ignorieren mal den Fakt, dass dieser Post auch schon ein paar Jahre auf seine Veröffentlichung wartren musste, genau wie der Star Wars Kunstdruck Post von vor einem Monat. Wir ignorieren aber nicht, dass meine Liebste Lu von Luloveshandmade bereits 2 Posts zu unserem Trip nach Jurassic Park verfasst hat. Schaut mal HIER und HIER! Zusdätzlich gibt es bei ihr auch einen Post zu einem permanenten Dino Park nahe Berlin. Alle Dino Park Fotos außer dem letzten sind von ihr.
Es begab sich also an einem Spätfrühlingstag im Jahre 2018, dass Lu und ich diese temporäre Dino Ausstellung besuchten. Der beste Teil daran? Man konnte auf die Dinos raufklettern. So viel Spaß!
Natürlich musste ich passend dazu mein letztes DIY mitnehmen, diese großartige Dino Skelett Kette aus Shrink Plastik.
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And here's how I made it: ~ Und so habe ich diese gebastelt:





It begins, as most good stories do, with a take out dinner, Sushi, to be specific. And most Sushi take out comes in plastic boxes marked with No 6 plastic. This is very important! Only plastic no 6 will work as shrink plastic. So I printed out a picture of a dinosaur skeleton and cut it into pieces where I would want my necklace to be connected with rings. I cut those parts out with a scalpel and also made a direwolf, Tina from Bobs Burgers and Sherlock to make pins or magnets.
The skeleton parts then got holes for the necklace rings, it's important to do this before melting the plastic.​
Then heat your oven to 325°F (ca.170°C), and place your plastic in the center of a baking sheet. Once the oven is preheated, place the baking sheet on the top rack. After a bit, the plastic will curl, shrink, and then flatten out. Which is when you want to remove the baking sheet immediately.
I put a heavy book on my shrinky dinks while cooling down, because the black plastic is a bit more complicated than the seethrough one, but it worked out.
Then attach rings, chain & lock and we have a necklace. 
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Es begann, wie viele gute Geschichten, mit einem Take Out Abendessen, Sushi im Speziellen. Und die meisten Sushi Take Outs kommen in einer Plastik Box marktiert mit einer Nr.6. Das ist sehr wichtig, denn nur Nr.6 Plastik kann als Shrink Plastik verwendet werden. Das Dinosaurier Skellett habe ich mir ausgedruckt und so zerteilt, wie ich es an der Kette später mit Ringen verbinden wollte. Die Teile habe ich dann mit einem Skalpell ausgeschnitten, dazu noch einen Schattenwolf, Tina von Bobs Burgers und Sherlock um Pins und Magneten zu basteln.
Die Skelett Teile habe ich dann noch mit Löchern versehen, es ist wichtig, dies vor dem "schrumpfen" im Ofen zu tun.
Den Ofen heizt man auf 170°C (ca. 325°F) hoch und platziert die Plasstik Teile in der Mitte eines Backblechs. Dieses Backblech kommt nach dem Vorheizen auf die höchste Ebene. Nach kurzer Zeit wird sich das Plastik verformen, schrumpfen und dann wieder flach liegen. Direkt danach wird das Blech aus dem Ofewn entfernt. Ich habe auf meine Plastikteile zum abkühlen eine schweres Buch gelegt, weil das schwarze Plastik eine wenig widerspenstiger als das durchsichtige ist, aber es hat trotzdem funktioniert.
Dann nur noch Ringe, Kette & Verschluss befestigen und wir haben eine Kette.
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Bute now to the good part, our Dino Park Adventure Shoot ~ Aben nun zum spannendsten Teil, unserem Dino Park Abenteuer Shoot







A bunch of thanks to Lu from Luloveshandmade for the amazing pictures and a blast of a time!
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Herzlichen Dank nochmal an Lu von Luloveshandmade für die fantastischen Fotos und einen wundervollen Tag!


May 8, 2017

Happy Birthday ~ 5 Years of Bazooka Crafts! + GotG *Give-Away*

I can't believe it been 5 years now since I started my very own DIY blog! So much has happened since then and I'm very proud that through all that change I was still able to take the time to keep this blog alive. Doing that with a full-time job is not always easy, but I somehow didn't lose my motivation after all this time.

Let's go on a time travel and back to the beginning of this blog:

My first blog banner was as diy as it can get! I cut out the letters from papers and magazine, glued them on a piece of graph paper and took a picture of it. Did a little of photo editing and slapped it on my blog, for 3 whole years!

My next banner was designed by my dear friend Sophie, you can check out her art on her Twitter account.

My last and final banner is also by Sophie and I really love it! It's definitely a huge step up from my first design and I love the way she made her first design even better to fit me and my blog's personality!

Let's get into the posts! In five years I have published 183 posts, that's an average of 36 posts a year... pretty impressive for a hobby blogger, I think. Check out some of my favorite and most popular posts:

~ The first ever post was our first Kitchen Buffet back in Munich. This was actually a pre-blog project that I took pictures of not knowing that I would publish them someday. It was really fun and our first big craft project in the apartment where my now husband and I lived together for the first time.
~ Not long after our first kitchen buffet I bought another one. Vintage furniture was really cheap to buy in Munich and I couldn't resist! This one was meant to show my love for the Walking Dead comics, as I decoupaged the doors with said comics.
I still have both of the Buffets, The first one's bottom is home to all of our kitchen appliances (top is in the basement) and the Walking Dead Buffet holds all of my craft supplies.

My first craft swap on Craftster was also Walking Dead related. Above you can see all the stuff I made for my swap partner. I also posted about the things I got.

Speaking of craft swaps, here's my second one:

It was a Harry Potter swap and I am very proud of the crafts I made. The ones I received in return were also not too shabby ;)

You might recognize these Galaxy Shoes from my blog banner, although I never wore them in real live as I made them for my then future husband.

The Death Star Clock is one of my most popular posts on the blog. Which makes it a pity that the picture I took for this post were pretty horrible. Oh well... the clock ended up at my future husbands workplace and never found its way home again. May the Force be with it!

Speaking of the future husband. This was his first and last post , which is sad, because it's called Part I, but there was never sequel...
        
~You know you're a hipster nerd when your love for Science Fiction is a plaid sweater. Still like to wear my Star Wars vs Star Trek sweater.
~ Definitely one of my Highlight in the past 5 years; The Hobbit - Desolation of Smaug Premiere! I was in the audience to watch all the Stars come down the red carpet and actually won a ticket for the premiere :D

Speaking of winning:

I won an upcycling contest with my Crochet VHS-Tape Clutch. Got to go to Hamburg for an Upcycling workshop, hotel and trainride included.

Oh yeah, there were some more workshops:

For example my first workshop at the Dawanda Snuggery. I had been following Lu from Luloveshandmade for a while ba then and always admired the workshops she looked after back then. We made cute nail art, the Mr & Mrs Krowns sign was made for my upcoming wedding.

And then there were the Long Nights of DIY:

I'm happy to say that I participated in every Long Night of DIY so far. The two first ones were at the Dawanda Snuggery in 2013 and 2014. The next one in 2015 was already much bigger than the first events and to top it all I had my very own DIY worksshop at the event in 2016.

There's been posts about the holidays:

During the 12 days of Halloween I really hit my blogging limits. The plan was to post every day for 12 days until Halloween... yeah, that's not quite what happened. I did make it to the 12th post though!

We have never had a traditional christmas tree. Instead we made our own tradition by making alternative Christmas trees. I really liked our Pixel Christmas Tree, which I made for our first Christmas at our own home. The TP Christmas Tree was a little smaller, perfect as a christmas center piece. Pssstt... it's made of toilet paper rolls!

Smooth transition to the iron throne (you know, cause tp.. porcelain throne... ah, nevermind)

~ Got to visit the Game of Thrones Exhibitin Berlin. Do you know a better way to celebrate your anniversary? Me neither! And it was totally worth it to see the husband in a suit on the Iron Throne.
~ I also visited the Harry Potter Studio Tourin London. What a wonderful place! I definitely want to go back someday.
I also made videos for both of these posts. Dabbled in video editing for a bit, but it's way too much work to do both, I'd rather choose blogging over videos.

And finally one of my favorite posts from last year: Sherlock Tea Bag Cookies
Made these for a viewing party of the victorian special episode, one of my faves!

Alright, if you made it to the end of this post there's a reward! I get to Give Away a bunch of Posters of the new Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Also, there will be one Grand Prize winner who will receive a Funko Baby Groot and a fake Cassette Player. Isn't that awesome? I might even throw in a couple of other Goodies.
There are 3 ways you can enter this Give Away:
1. Via Instagram - Follow the instructions on this Instagram Post
2. Via Facebook - Follow the instructions of the Pinned Post on my Facebook page
3. Via comment on this post! Follow my blog and let me know in the comments what kind of posts you would like to see in the (hopefully) next five years. Leave your email adress so I can get back to you in case you win!
Alright, that's it! Last day to enter is Saturday, the 13th of May. Winners will be announced on Sunday, the 14th of May! Anyone in Europe can enter.
Good Luck!

        
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