DIY Bunny Egg Cups made from Mini Planters

Easter got me again! 

 

Although it really isn't my favorite holiday, it appears I have become more and more obsessed with painting eggs. (If anyone needs some inspiration for this year's Easter table, you'll definitely find some here.) There is just something about that teeny weeny canvas that seems to intrigue me. Finding motifs that work on this small, rounded space. And oh how I love making things that just kind of take care of themselves when no longer needed; so I don't have to go looking for storage space. You know what I mean?

 

Basically it means that I'm not good at letting go.

 

But this year I thought, Motte, we need to do something about your Easter egg madness. 

 

So I decided to trick myself by keeping the eggs all plain and decorating the egg cups instead.  

 

Which also means that I will have to store these egg cups somewhere, but oh well. We can't fight all demons at once. 

 

Wicked Halloween Prop | DIY Papier-mâché Spell Book

I specifically remember my first encounter with a book prop. I was in my early teens and working on a movie project with my closest friends. We were in need of a vintage-looking fairytale book. The film would open with a storyteller setting the scene; reading those oh-so-well-known first words to young and old:

“Once upon a time”

The camera would then zoom into the first pages of the book and dive right into our magical fairytale world, the first scene of our story. We were very ambitious back then. We had already had experience with several theatre projects, short films and lengthier movies too, so we were now hoping to master the fine art of a green screen to create the necessary effect of plunging into another world.

For that purpose we had even glued a square of green card board paper into the first pages of the book!

Yes, as you can imagine, that did not work very well. We are still no masters of animation, nor conquerors of the green screen – but the book looked great!

Nailed it | DIY TORTURED CANDLES

October has begun. Fall is upon us. Orange is everywhere.

While images of crumbling leaves, pumpkin patches and warm apple cider on the stove top do pop into my head most daily, I can’t help but feel more excited about the darker things coming up this month.

I certainly drool over the thought of pumpkin-pecan-maple-syrup pie (oh boy!), but that is going to have to wait just a little while longer. I have hundreds of teeny plastic spiders to arrange on all door knobs of the apartment. Bats are waiting to roam free. I need to find a supplier for custom-made cauldrons and practice some of my favorite spells. Where did I put my trusty broom stick?
Halloween is such a treat. It’s kooky and spooky and altogether ooky.

Mother’s Day Gift | DIY SUN CATCHER

Summer is on its way, the sun is out, it is hot, make it stop.

Ha, just kidding!

I’ve been looking forward to the warmer months and the one thing I like the most – apart from dipping my face into ice cream like every day – is the sun flooding my apartment. It’s almost as if I hadn’t noticed how dark the place can get until the sun beams coming glistening in, bouncing from wall to wall, immersing my personal space into a sea of light and sparkle. The latter only on the rare occasion that I mopped the floors. So basically never.

What’s on today? | DIY LETTER BOARD

Today I am sharing with you a slightly older craft of mine which I have resurrected: The reader board.

Letter boards have been all the rage for a little while now, mostly as a smaller version with little stick-on letters, or as a petite light box.

I however am sticking to my larger design which I made a few years ago, mimicking old movie theatre signs. Bringing old Hollywood back into my living room, you know.

Mr. DeMille, I am ready for my close-up!