FFF - Picturesque Friday

The best way to learn photography is to take pictures. That's why I'm joining Steffi on her blog ohhhmhhh.de for the "Question-Photo-Friday" (Frage-Foto-Freitag) and answer her question with the following photographs:

Something exciting?



Something new?



Something beautiful?



Something flowery?



Something very dear to you on you desk?



I hope I'll manage to so this every week from now on. Got to bring my camera every day and take loads of pictures!

Once Upon a Time - Apartment Therapy

I've been watching the ABC fantasy drama "Once Upon a Time" recently. I'm terrible at explaining plots, so here's the wikipedia entry.
This series definitely got me hooked. The problem with starting to watch a series when you're sick and browsing for stuff to watch ist that once you're hooked and then not sick anymore there's no time to watch it anymore. The man's not impressed, so I have to wait for the weekend or "game night" to watch my shows.

Anyways, one thing that's really inspiring on the show is the character Snow White's apartment. It's so beautiful and I wish I had her kitchen!
You see a lot of brick walls, vintage furniture, rustic charm, industrial influences in lifestyle & living blogs/magazines, but Snow White's place has got it all.

I found a blog with a bunch of pictures on this Fan Site.

You can also see a small part of her place in this video. I watched it on mute in case of Spoilers!

We'll probably move soon, so I'll be watching out for the perfect apartment to decorate inspired by Snow White in Once Upon a Time.

All things LEGO & an Accessories Collection

Last weekend the man and I took our long awaited trip to Legoland in Günzburg, Bavaria. We had bought the tickets about 3 weeks in advance because it was so much cheaper. Of course if you book a date you have to go not matter what the weather is like. So we went on a 2 hour trainride in freezing temperature and snow on easter sunday.
Thanks to the weather the park was not very busy, but also half of the rides were closed due to the snow... Luckily most of the opened during the day when the snowing stopped. I swear I even saw a second of sun.

Well, I won't bore you with further explanations, here some pictures:









They had a whole area just for Star Wars Legos. The force is strong in this one!


Is this the Droid you're looking for?

















Lego City Berlin! <3







Yap, that was Legoland. They say it's the most kid friendly Amusement Park in Germany, but I can tell you, there is a lot of fun to be had at Legoland for the kid at heart grown-up as well.

I was wearing a hair clip made from LEGOs that day and got complimented on it. A lady asked if I bought it at he park, but no, I had made it myself. It was the red one in the following picture.
This reminded me of doing something like a LEGO accessories collection.

Here we go:











This collection will be part of my "One Year of Blogging" Give Away soon! So watch out!

PS: Check out all these funky geeky crafts at the Nerd'n'Geek Linkparty <3

T-Shirt Printing Extravaganza

The man needed new shirts. And what happens when shirt are plain ans boring? We paint them, with stencils! Like so:

Ken wore this shirt to work already and got a lot of "The S is backwards!". Oh really? Hadn't noticed. That why it's not a Superman Shirt, but a Bizarro Shirt. Bizarro is the "perfect imperfect duplicate of Superman". The stencil is made from the superman logo, cut out on sticky foil from the other side, so it's a backwards S.



Next we got an Incredible Hulk Shirt. Found the stencil here.



Incredibly strong and oh so angry... not.



And here's a pretty mermaid on the thrifted Paris Shirt.



The black outlining was for placing the stencil exactly on the coffee stains, so hey would be covered up with paint. Of course the striped shirt from Paris had coffee spots! Hopefully the chalk outlines come off in the wash.



And here's my try to create some bleach stencil art on a shirt with the paper from the back of the sticky foil.



Nailed it! Oh, what a pretty obese mermaid. Could be worse though, at least you can still see what it's supposed to be.



Using stencils and painting clothes is a lot of fun. And you get to show off the results every day, if you want. It's always fun to say: "I made that myself".

PS: Check out all these funky geeky crafts at the Nerd'n'Geek Linkparty <3

A long time ago in a Galaxy far far away...

It's easter, you probably have a few days off school/work, so why not do some crafting? I made the Galaxy Shoes for my man last weekend and wanted to share the making with you.
There are a bunch off tutorials out there, personally I always check Pinterest.com. But in the end, there is no real "this is how you have to do it".
But see for yourself:

I used various cloth colours, an old toothbrush, a dish sponge and a paper plate for the paint.



The first thing I did though was to spray the black fake converse with a bit of bleach the evening before. This creates a cool effect without having to use paint.



Bleach usually turns black cloth a shade of orange/red. The use of a spray bottle creates a cool "star mist". Don't forget to put painter's tape on the sole and sides of the shoe, so it doesn't get paint all over.



Next I used different shades of blue and just dabbed it on the shoes. Just make sure you blend out the edges of the painted bit, so you don't have any defined lines.



Repeat this step with all the colours you want your galaxy to have.



I added a little swirl on this side, by painting the swirl and then dabbing the sponge on it, so it fades out a little.



To get the millions of stars on there, you take white and/or silver paint, mix it with some water and use the toothbruch to get it all over those shoes.



Now you wait to let it dry for a couple of hours. Once they are dry, remove the tape, get the shoe laces back in and ta daaa:



You got some awesome Galaxy Shoes!



It really is a fun project and if you like the design, try it out!

PS: Check out all these funky geeky crafts at the Nerd'n'Geek Linkparty <3

The Walking Dead Swap on Craftster Part II

Yay, after a long wait (probably mainly because of the lovely german bureaucracy) I got my package from my Australian swap partner.

Check this out:

I think she was reading my mind with the bag. It's so perfect and I actually need a new bag!



Rotten Brains inside. Because, get it, dead inside :D



A lovely locket...



... with comic Michonne and her poor boyfriend & friend. So cool!



Pills to safe me from zombiefication. I think she should get those mass produced. Major market for a cure I think!



The Ricktator on canvas. I'm pretty sure this will go on the wall. I'm just not sure which one yet.



And look at this awesome Angel Wing Shirt. It fits perfectly and I can't wait for spring/summer so I can show it off outside!



Group Shot:



It was an awesome first swap for me and I think with the right theme, I'll definitely do another one soon!