…compilation of tutorials
Actually I wanted to present fillings for the advent calendar this week, but this Lemon Tea Sugar Scrub which is described as ‘smelling really yummy’ won’t presumably not fit into the boxes ;-)
But you can put at least a gift coupon into the advent calendar.
It is absolutely on my somewhen-I-will-make-it-list ;-)
Links:
At craftster: Lemon Tea Sugar Scrub
More entries about cosmetics at the craftster Bath & Beauty forum
Here at unikatissima: Boxes not only for the advent calendar
Something else for an advent calendar: Edible Snowflakes.
You only take ready-made tortillas and cut snowflakes.
Brilliant!
Links:
Edible Snowflakes
Cutting snowflakes:
Google search result for ‘paper snowflake instructions’
Google image search result for ‘paper snowflake instructions’
Google search result for ‘anleitung papier schneeflocke’
Google image search result for ‘anleitung papier schneeflocke’
Yesterday I presented boxes, today I have something you can put into: edible stucco.
To make it you buy molds for making stucco from plaster and fill them with sweet stuff.
On the photo they present a marzipan stucco element, but I’m sure that it works as well with chocolate.
As a matter of course the mold has to be unused and therefore neat and clean.
Links:
Edible Stucco (German)
Here at unikatissima: Boxes not only for the advent calendar
I’m beginning to think about making an advent calendar.
This time I’d like to wrap some self-made pralines which is the reason that I searched for recipes.
Wow! Again there exist gazillions of links, you can find some links below.
On the photo you see a ‘Coconut Kiss’, the recipe can be found at craftster. It seems to be simple and delicious, I put it on my list ;-)
Links:
At craftster (these are the links I’m interested in, there are much more!):
Traditional brazilian sweets part II: “Coconut kiss” – “Beijinho de coco”
Fudgie-Crispie Ball Things
Sugar-spiced walnuts recipe
truffles!
Onkel Heinz Pralinenmacher (German)
Google search result for ‘praline recipe’ (viz. mostly recipes in English)
Google search result for ‘praline rezept’ (viz. mostly recipes in German)
Once again an idea I love: origami cranes as salad croutons (or the other way round? ;-))
Anyhow.
But I guess its too time consuming for me. ;-)
Links:
At Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories:
Edible Origami. Crane croutons for your salad.
And for the making of ‘totally normal’ paper origami cranes:
Google search result for ‘origami crane’
Google image search result for ‘origami crane’
I already presented the Rice Glue, here is an instruction for making flour glue.
It seems that it can be used very good for paper or cardboard and if you increase the amount of the ingredients (and add a little turpentine) it seems that you even get wallpaper glue.
What I really appreciate is, that those glues are non-toxic, that I don’t have to buy stuff to make them and that the making doesn’t seem to be too tedious.
Links:
Flour Glue
Here at unikatissima: Rice Glue
The Gummi Candy Lamp at craftster is sooo great!
I find it looks really stunning!
Let’s see where I will use this technique eventually ;-)
Links:
At craftster: Art "glass" lampshade–out of Fruit Roll-ups and gummi candy!
Via Siebensachen (German) I found Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories: Wow! :)
One of my preferred entries are the edible googly eyes.
Some fine day my family will be totally oggling at their plate ;-)))
Links:
At Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories: Edible Googly Eyes
Via one of my most preferred check-this-out blogs art for housewives I found a website with homemade paint recipes.
I liked best that they are made with stuff from household and tempera paint or food colouring.
On the photo you see some of the ingredients I already gathered, but unfortunately I don’t have no tempera paint nor food colouring at home.
Still to purchase :)
Links:
Homemade Paint Recipes
via art for housewives
Once I heard that you can make your own plastic – I’ve been interested immediately ;-))
Further research showed the word ‘Galathite’ and a website with wonderful galathite jewelry.
Needless to say that I wanted to know how to make this myself and I found several tutorials (see links below).
The bottom line is to extract the casein from low fat(!), warm milk by dint of vinegar, to shape it and then let dry.
On the photo you see a button (my first try). I wouldn’t use it, because it can break a little too easily. If I had made it thicker, I think that it could be used.
I sanded and polished it which was very easy. It has a beautiful soft shine (which I couldn’t show unfortunately on the photo).
I didn’t really care about quantities while trying it but even so I’m satisfied with the result. It was also very fast: after about 15 Min. the button moulding blank was ready and could begin to dry.
Best to try it yourself ;-)
Links:
Galalithe: a French tutorial, that I show here, because I like the photos of the work steps best