Welcome to Atelier LJ,

Our blog sharing craft projects like jewellery, beading, sewing, dolls, toys, puppets, masks, hats, glass decoration, needle arts, paper crafts, creative ideas for kids, etc.

Thematic Series

Creating Crocheted Jewellery
Playing Make Believe
Coming soon: "My Improvised Poufs" and "Cloth Toys"

Demos and Tutorials

Crochet Basics
Macrame Basics
Coming soon: "Sewing Basics"

Archive for the ‘Ideas’ Category

Crie os seus próprios castiçais para ocasiões muito especiais!

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

No início deste Verão, casou-se uma das nossas sobrinhas. Foi um dia muito especial para nós. A menina que com tanto carinho víramos crescer, deu o seu grande voo. Fizémos questão de contribuir um pouco para a decoração da boda. E quisémos que esse contributo fosse especial e tivesse o nosso toque pessoal. Não se tratou de participar com nada de muito dispendioso ou luxuoso, mas sim com algo muito simples, delicado e belo que transmitisse um pouco das nossas emoções naquela ocasião tão especial.

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Uma simples ideia Reutilizarte para criar bolas de Natal: uma bola esmeralda, uma jóia na árvore!

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Mais uma bola realizada para o Natal do ano passado. É a segunda desta nossa descrição. A colocação da respectiva argola para pendurar foi descrita no post anterior. Esta é cor de esmeralda e é uma pequena jóia na nossa árvore de Natal. Foi pintada com (more…)




Another variation on “Wirefalls” necklace : once again a simple finishing idea for a different style

Monday, June 11th, 2007

Yes, we know! It’s the “Wirefalls” necklace again! This time we’ve kept all the chains tied together as we had originally done on the tutorial post, but instead of using an organza ribbon, we’ve made some macramé knots with leather thong as showed on the photos. It completely changes the necklace style and look, don’t you think?

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“Wirefalls” necklace – version 2 : a variation using a simple finishing idea

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Here’s another version of “Wirefalls” necklace. The making process is exactly the same we’ve described on previous post, but (more…)


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Wire crocheted chains : “Wirefalls” necklace

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Introduction

As promised on previous posts from our “Creating Crocheted Jewellery” series, today we are finally showing our first example of a necklace created from simple and basic crochet chain stitch. It is merely illustrative. We are certainly not inviting you to merely copy this suggestion. We hope more than that. We expect this example will inspire you to create your own style. As you’ll see on next post, very simple, but different finishing details can change completely the look, style and interpretation of this precise necklace. So, as we said before, don’t be afraid to be creative and try new and different things, until you feel your necklace truly represents you and your lifestyle.

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Recycle your heart

Friday, February 9th, 2007

The Craftzine card contest for Valentine’s Day

Yesterday, here on the blog we posted these photos of the Valentine’s Day card we’ve made to participate on the Craftzine contest: “Recycle Your Heart”. The basic rule was to make a Valentine card using recycled materials.

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