2014 - an overview

2014 was my second year of blogging at Vera Luna! What a fruitful year it was! Time for a recap. It was so much fun to look back at all the posts, and be remembered of all the items I made during this year. It was also good to realize that most of these clothes were well worn and loved by my kids.

Here's a selection, in random order...

Shades of blue

Clockwise, from top left: Whale patch; Zigzag tee; Frozen hat; Snowy trees

Spring

Top: birch shirt, bottom: Secret squirrel outfit

Stripes

Clockwise, from top-left: Scandinavian style; Sail Away; Simple stripes; Ahoy

Summer

Clockwise, from top left: Ole Guacamole; Puffin shorts; Pineapple tee; Space Race shirt

A tiny bit of pink

Left and bottom: Denim details; top right: Luuk hat

Autumn

Left: Tuxedo pants; Right: Owl sweater

Warm stuff

Top: Fall hoodie, bottom left: Winterland, bottom right: Aviatrix

Yes, it was a good year! Thanks for reading along. I wish you all the best for 2015!

Tutorial - string ornaments

When collecting paper for the recycle bin, I found some nice red cardboard, I was reminded of this tutorial, and decided to make some string ornaments together with my kids.

A quick and easy project, but the result is really nice. 

We hung our ornaments in the tree, but you could also use them as gift tags or other decoration.

Here's a small tutorial:

1. Cut out small circles from thin cardboard. Cut eight or sixteen slits into the circles.

2. Take some yarn (or twine as I did) and tape it to the backside.

3. Thread the string forward through the slit at the top and bring it down to the slit at the bottom. Then, bring the yarn up and forward through the slit next to the top one, and backward through the slit next to the bottom one. Continue in the same way, until you have completed two rounds.

4. Once completed, weave the yarn underneath one of the strings, make a loop and knot it.

5. You're done!