Book Clutch DIY

By Viki Tiamat

The other day I saw this neat book clutch on Pinterest and since I am a book binder myself,I immediately  wanted one too :)
And since I decided to make one for myself, I thought you might want to make one for yourself as well ,so while making my own I took pics of stages for you to see how it's done ;)


To make a Book Clutch you obviously will need a book.
One with hard cover which you won't mind destroying ...
I don't have books like that,so I made my own cover 

To make a cover you'll need -

• Book Board
• Book Cloth or other heavy material
• Glue (I use Elmer's glue)
• Brush to apply your glue with
• X-Acto knife 

Cut two same size boards and one narrow board for book's spine.
The size of the boards will establish the overall size of your book clutch.
The spine will be the depth of your clutch
My book is a tad smaller than A5 sheet
 

Apply glue on your chosen cloth and on one side of all boards and wrap the boards with it

Leave about 3-4mm margin between the cover boards and the spine to allow opening 

 Set to dry. Then decorate as you wish

I hand screen printed mine :)

Now when your cover is ready and set, prepare the materials for the clutch

You'll need-

• Zipper (long enough to cover three sides of your cover )
  
• 2 end sheets cut to size of the cover
   I'm using the FAB Canvas Corp. French Script Printed Canvas sheets
  
• 1 spine sheet cut two times larger than the spine width and same size as the spine height
  
• 2 tongues to cover zipper's ends
  These beauties are too from CC Brands and are named Tile Printed Canvas
  
• 2 front and 2 lining pieces for the sides of the zipper cut the width of the zipper and the length of the zipper + the two tongues
  I'm using both "Tile Printed Canvas and Chevron Printed Canvas sheets for these
  
• sewing machine (optional)
• glue gun

Begin by setting zipper's tongues and sides- 

First sew (or if you can't sew,hot glue ) the tongues to both ends of the zipper and after attach the sides  . Do so by sandwiching the zipper between two side layers ( front and lining)  and sewing or glue in along the zipper teeth.   When done,you should have a fully enclosed zipper that looks good both from front and the reverse 

Take your enclosed zipper and with a hot glue gun glue it into the book cover

Start gluing from the middle of the spine and proceed to one of the covers
Notice how the tongue of the zipper is glued parallel to the spine ,while the rest is glues horizontally, beginning where the actual zipper teeth start !!!

When you reach the end follow the same instructions as above to set the second bottom tongue (again gluing it parallel to the spine!!! )

 After the first half a clutch glued in,open the zipper and do the exact same procedure to the other side of the cover

When all is glued in proceed to treat the inside of the clutch.

Begin by gluing in the spine sheet-

Fold the top and bottom raw edges in (glue them with glue gun) and lay a layer of Elmer's glue on top

Place the sheet on top of the spine and neaten it smooth

Repeat the same steps for the end sheets -this time folding all four raw edges in ,hot gun gluing the ends and finally adhering it all with Elmer's glue to the inside covers of your now finished book clutch :)

Take a minute to admire your work

Neat project right ?! 

See'ya soon with more DIY ideas

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Documented Life Project, week 9 Collage something you recycled.

By Viki Tiamat

February 22, 2014 -Week Nine
 Challenge - Collage something you recycled

OMGosh...Am I LOVING this Documented Life challenge or am I LOVING this challenge :)

Yep, loving it!!!!

This week was just at my alley !!!! One of the things I do best is upcycling ...

And this challenge couldn't come in a better time either-

I'm just returning from a HUGE lifestyle and DIY event that took place in Tel Aviv ,teaching Swimsuit  Designing & Drafting masterclass at,and if I wouldn't collect lots of cool memorabilia ,it would  have been a total failure from my behave ...

But don't worry,I did and this challenge was just perfect for smaching it all on a page of my journal 

So,while staying in Tel Aviv for the event weekend,me and the hubs came across this AWESOME restaurant called "Pua" .

It's a really great place to eat in !!! The food was delish and the ambiance is amazing!!
All the furniture in the place is collected from the flea market and everything in it is up for sale-how cool is that?! So if you by chance passing Jaffa's flea market, the restaurant is located in an alley of the market itself .

And the cherry on top is that they will wrap your take out in a super cool doggie bag!!!!

They upcycle old newspaper from India ,to make a paper bag for your leftovers !!!

That been said,of course I kept the bag and this would be the base of my week 9 layout

   And I even didn't took it apart ,instead I just folded it as it was originally before the food came in ,and the fold became my pocket 

To decorate the front I left the original take-out sticker the restaurant put on the doggie bag,cause I actually LOVED the graphic design of the little vintage girl 

Not to leave the girlie alone and sad as is,I gave her some robot friends :)

The right one is a work of art by Tal Tenne Czaczkes -a great Israeli artist, a really nice and vibrant lady in person and one of the teachers from the masterclasses of the Craft Delly event.

The bottom lady robot was a clothes tag from Castro Kids I kept,cause it's so frickn cute

If you look on the bottom half of my layout,you'll find the promotional postcard from the Delly event itself (the black one) and on the right side ,another beautiful promo Art postcard from a fellow artist and teacher who had teach a masterclass at the event ,named Hagit Azoulay Rosanes -a super talented artist as you may see

The "Made in Tel Aviv" thingy in the middle of the layout,is a receipt  from a super cool shop in the "Hatachana" compound in Tel Aviv (where the Craft Delly event took place) in which lots of designed memorabilia about Tel Aviv and it's glory been sold

Finally I added some bits of washi and Ta Da, my recycled layout is complete :)

as seen in my Art Journal

Since I loved the concept of this week's challenge so much ,I decided to capture the process of "making of " and make a video for you ,my crafty peeps.
So here it is-hope you'll like it :)

*It's my very first time to edit a video,so bare with me and my coughing and forgetting to mute the sound at times :D 

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Add colour to your FLOORS

In my last post I've talked about simple ways to add colour to your walls,today I want to talk about adding colour to your floors!

We all know the most easy way of adding colour to  our floors-putting a carpen on .
This is no doubt the most popular way -you buy a rag in the colour of your scheme ,place it on it's place, and when you get bored of it,just buy a new one and -ta da a new fresh look
 
But don't you agree with me, that this is the coward's way of introducing colour when there so many other alternative options these days...!
I want to show you a couple of new ways of adding colour to the ground you step on and I'll start with colourful tiles...
O.K, so we all had or saw these horrible 70's tiles around some of the old houses at one point or another...These were a total eyes confusing, brain shockers and let's be honest, plain ugly.
 But what if I'll tell you, you can use these same shockers in a totally FAB and sophisticated way, by just laying them as an area rug in your living space

    A cool example will be this amazing vintage tiles here -
This is actually a photography of vintage hand painted tiles from an old house in Tel Aviv,Yaffo
I  LOVE the look of  the old tiles peaking out under a layer of concrete  which obviously ones completely covered this beauty

מתוך תערוכה "דאדא בלטה" From the "Dada Balata " Exhebision 
צילולמים מאת האמן חוני המעגל photographs by the artist ,Honi Hamaagal

And how about this modern take on the vintage tiles-

A Gorgeous sample of decorative tiles area rug

מתוך הבלוג של רוחמה שרון  taken from Ruhama Sharon blog

Now days you can even print your own designs on the tile-that is an amazing option for the artist in you,to decorate your floors with your own art right !

This brings me to the second media one can choose to design his/her boring floors -PAINT on them by yourself!!!

Be aware these images are NOT for cowards :D

(and yes,I know you can paint on your own plain rug,but it wouldn't be the same :P )

There are loads of samples on the web and Pinterest   for painted floorboard , I want to show you my own creation rather than showing you others :)
Though I do have a HUGE stunning handwoven  rug in my own bedroom ,I don't take pride in it as much as I do of my hand painted rug in my studio  

And to make sure you do believe this is a floor drawing ,here is a proof beneath :)

my wedding shoes ,which I worn only ones and since for almost 9 years are on the shelf , look great on the rug  

And my last sample for cool and unusual floors does come from Pinterest and it's called "Paper Floor"  and there is even a DIY tutorial

Domestic Imperfections Paper Floor DIY 

So here you go, don't be boring ,make bold decisions and next time your guest come to visit, WOW them with your creative floor!!!

If you want to see how I drew my studio carpet, follow me with  Google+ and you'll never miss a post

By Viki Tiamat 

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מעדניית הסדנאות-אירוע שכלו על טהרת היצירה

 לפני קצת יותר מחודש ,יצרה איתי קשר  בחורה כשרונית ,יזמית וגורו "עשה זאת בעצמך" המוכרת בשמי ישראל כדנה ישראלי וביחד התחלנו מסע מרתק של פיתוח סדנה מיוחדת לקראת אירוע מעדניית הסדנאות 2

חודש שלם התלבטנו וחיפשנו רעיונות מקוריים שאוכל להעביר בסדנה משלי ,בסגנון המיוחד שלי, משהו שהוא "אני" ושאוכל ללמד את בנות ארצינו היצירתיות לעשות -מוצר מגניב ומקורי, אחד כזה שתרם נראה במדינתינו הקטנטונת

אז חשבנו וחשבו ולבסוף לאחר שדנה ראתה את הכובעי חיות שאני מעצבת לחנות שלי באטסי , לא היו לה עוד

 התלבטויות-היא רצתה לראות באחת הסדנאות במעדנייה את הכובעים שלי
אז פיתחנו סדנה שתפורה לתקופה בה אנחנו נמצאים-קצת לפני פורים והחלטנו ללכת על תחפושות

 והנה חודש אחרי, הרעיון נשא פרי- הפרוטוטייפים מוכנים  ואני חייבת לומר שהמוצרים יצאו כל כך מדליקים שאני ממש מתרגשת

Me and my Deer Hat אני וכובע האייל שלי

Photography by Dana Israeli  צילום:דנה ישראלי 

לפני שבוע יצאנו ליום צילומים לצלם את התוצרים במתחם התחנה שבתל אביב,יפו -
מקום קסום ומיוחד שבו גם יתנהלו הסדנאות

חויית הצילומים היא תמיד כיפית בשבילי וזו לא הייתה אחרת-מפגש עם 14 מוכשרות בתחום היצירה וכל אחת היא אשה מיוחדת במינה גם בלי קשר לכישוריה-מה יכול להיות לא כיף בזה

אז קצת פטפטנו והצטלמנו ובעיקר נהננו ולי היה כיף כיפליים , כי שילבי הצטרפה אלי ליום הצילומים וצילמנו עליה את התוצרים שלי

Designed Owl  Hat and Matching Cape  תחפושת ינשוף בגרסה נשית עם פופיון 

Designed Owl Hat little dudes style תחפושת ינשוף בגרסה גברית

  photography by Dana Israeli צילום:דנה ישראלי

והנה גם הבמבי על הדוגמנים המהממים
והדבר הכי מטורף הוא,שאתן אפילו לא צריכות לדעת לתפור כדי להכין את התחפושות האלה
כי במיוחד בשבילכן,פיתחתי שיטה ללא תפירה בכלל

צילום:דנה ישראלי

אז זהו ההכנות בשיאן, ההרשמה לסדנאות נפתחה ואני מה זה מקווה לראות את כולכן יוצרות איתי
כי אין דבר יותר מגניב מתחפושת מקורית לפורים שהיא גם נעשתה בעבודת יד על ידכן

לינק ישיר לסדנת אייל

לינק ישיר לסדנת תחפושת ינשוף

נתראה בקרוב

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Petaloo and Graphic 45 Blog Hop

Today I have a special treat for you-we are at XYRON teamed up with Petallo and Graphic45 for an AWESOME blog hop.

Petaloo has these GORGEOUS  paper blooms that immediately gave me an idea of what I want to do for this hop...
For Petaloo,I'm gonna show you how you can easily make a stunning   Blossoming Headband with very little ingredients but one that will upgrade your outfit and take it to another level

 Seaside Blossom Headband

With Graphic45 ,I decided to go for Pinspired  home decor and show you how to make this cool 3D Paper Star that can also serve as a light fixture 

BUT ,lets begin with the Blossoming Headband :)

To make one you'll need -

• a Headband base (I had a skinny doubled metal headband )
• Petaloo Darjeeling - Dahlias x 10 Sm. - Seaside (SKU: 1467-405UPC Code: UPC: 751036475721) /Darjeeling Daisies x 4 Lg. Seaside (ITEM: 1469-405 UPC Code: UPC: 751036475899)
• Crochet Lace Fancy Trim 2.25 yds Blues ( ITEM: 1482-103)
• XYRON 1.5" create-a-sticker
• XYRON 3/16" High Take glue dots
• A small piece of felt in coordinating colour 
• Thread and needle

 Begin by measuring the crochet lace trim-it should be slightly larger than your headband so the edges can overlap a little bit

 Stick your trim/s to your 1.5" XYRON sticker maker to apply a back to back adhesive on them

 Adhere the trim to your headband

 Overlap trim edges to make a nice all around crochet headband

 Nice already isn't it :)

 Now cut your piece of felt to an egg-like shape-this will be the base to your corsage

 Apply XYRON high tack glue dots to the back of each bloom

 Voila -you already have a stunning cluster 

 Now sew the  corsage base to the headband  with a quick stitch and your done

ENJOY!

For the Graphic45 Paper Star Lantern ,please hop on to the next post :)

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