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Sometimes less is more. That’s what I thought after I made my sparkling wooden pallet rack and after seeing a great natural tray by Funky Junk Interiors I made this tray candle holder. I think it would make a lovely Mother’s Day gift.

A while ago, in my favorite thriftstore (‘N Roondgaank Rijssen) I bought 10 wooden candle holders. They were painted brown with silver, only costet 0,10 € (0,13 $) each and they had different shapes and heights. Sometimes, when I had friends or family come over and they liked them a lot, I gave some away.  When I was back in Rijssen, I bought 10 more. I used these two for this little project:

I didn’t like them just standing on the table or dresser, though – something was missing. So I made

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What can you do with a left-over from an old pallet? Many things! One of them is making a simple yet pretty rack out of it.
After seeing this rack by Shanty2Chic I wanted to make an own version. This is what I came up with:

Although I’m pretty certain that you already guessed how I made it, I’ll show you a few making-of pictures with some explanation
First of all, I sanded and stained the wood. I secured three stencils (1,2,3) on the upper front with some tape.

With a small brush I put on some white craft glue that gets transparent when dry. Then, I sprinkled blue glitter on the glue and let it dry.

I had some brass hooks that I spray painted with chrome spray. The next step was screwing them onto the

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In my previous post I explained how to make normal printer paper translucent in just a few simple steps.
Today I’d like to show you an example of how to use those translucent papers: I made a cute luminary. Back in my Germany days, these luminaries were very popular and I had made some with nice vintage Christmas prints. For this tutorial I choose another theme, as Christmas is still far away.

Before I start the tutorial, though, I want to clarify that I never (ever!) would burn a flame in a child’s room or somewhere where a child could reach it! I just happened to print one of my latest illustrations that I made for N. To achieve a pretty photo, I used one of N.’s adorable teddy bears. After I shot it, I blew out the flame immediately. Children and fire is a big no-no!
A little secret: actually, I’m totally afraid of fire! After my husband caught fire because of an ethanol-explosion in our yard, back in

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A few years ago I learned a way to make paper translucent and I thought it would be nice to share the way it’s done.
This is an awesome solution when your printer can’t print on vellum for example (like mine) plus it’s so much cheaper as you only use normal paper.

With translucent, I don’t mean transparent, as that would mean you could see right through it, like clear or colored glass. Translucent means, it does let the light shine through but you aren’t able to recognize what’s behind it – like stained glass.

What you need:

• Normal, plain printer (copy) paper
• A printer (I used an inkjet printer but I guess that a laser printer would work too)
• Vegetable oil
• A brush
• Paper towels
• Scissors

Before you look at the photos please be aware that they were taken with my little Olympus p&s camera. My beloved DSLR stopped working last week (it has the famous ‘First Black Frame’ although mine has all black frames *cry*) so please forgive the bad quality and out-of-focus

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Today no DIY project! But a post about the 6th Ultimate Blog Party 2012 – a party for everyone that owns a blog. The Party is hosted by ’5 Minutes for Mom’.
The Ultimate Blog Party is the ultimate place to party and meet new friends, (but no babysitters, airplanes, or tickets necessary.)

To participate you need to tell a bit about yourself and your blog. Well…. so far I didn’t have an ‘About’ page so I take this opportunity to reveal some things about myself, my family and -ofcourse- about LoeLaLoep

If you are a regular visitor of my site (or even a member), then you know that my name is Heidi. Today, on Pinterest, I liked this quote that says ‘Yes, my name is in a song. No, you don’t need to start singing that song to me‘. I liked it, because people I meet often spontanious start singing the song from the movie ‘Heidi’ (after the Book by Johanna Spyri).

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