Harry Potter costume

MiniMojcek Nr.1 loves Harry potter books (and films) so this year he wanted to be Harry Potter. Since his wish is my command, Harry Potter he was.

I got a white shirt for a few Euros from H&M, but he still needed the cape and the tie. I made a very simplified tie from the burgundy fabric and painted gold stripes onto it.

 

The cape was done without a pattern and I just improvised with the hood. It does not lie completely flat on the shoulders but good enough for a costume. I of course lined the black cape with the burgundy Gryffindor fabric.

Oh, the white balance on this photo is a bit off balance :-)

Add a grey vest, glasses, an owl and the magic wand, a scar on the forehead and voila!

See you later... alligator!

This year MiniMojcek Nr.2 decided he wanted to be a cock/rooster. I didn't have time to make such an elaborate costume, besides, he was a parrot last year and this was just too similar. So I sent MrMojcek to talk him out of it and come up with something simpler.

He came back. The kid wanted to be a crocodile!

Sooo... off to H&M to buy some bright green leggings and long-sleeved T-shirt. I just made the head with the mouth and teeth:

and added the tail and the spikes on his back:

And then - he fell ill. So all the work was in vain.

Oh, well.

Homemade Angry bird - Blue tit

MiniMojcek Nr.1's best friend, albeit 8 years old, is a keen bird-watcher. He celebrated his birthday in the woods, watching birds with his friends.

Now, what could be more appropriate for the birthday present as an Angry bird? An angry blue tit, his favourite bird!

I fortunately had fleece in all the right colours at home but - I had no pattern and no sketch, just the photograph. Oh, did I mention I had no time?

 I just cut the fabrics... and hoped for the best.

It looks like a ninja-angry-bird :-)

I forgot to sew the eyes and the beak first so I had to handstitch them. Not perfect but good enough.

Two hours later the bird was finished.

  I'm actually quite happy :-)

Roman Holiday

My absence is excused:

MiniMojcek Nr. 1 and I took a few days off and went to Rome!

We saw everything on the beaten track. Which is enough for (his) first time in Rome.

The inscription in Vatican sums it up pretty well!

Frozen Chandeliers

In Queenstown, New Zealand, there is a poem on the quay wall running along the lake: Waipounamu: The Lakes District by David Eggleton. It's a wonderful poem and although way too long to remember it all, there are certain phrases that I often think of. Like "frozen chandeliers".

And today, everywhere I looked, I saw frozen chandeliers:

Beautiful and yet so so horrible...

Eye of the Tiger

As the title says - eye of the tiger:

Made of just 500 pieces:

Roar!

My best friend celebrated her n-th birthday and I needed a present. What could be more ...appropriate... than a leopard dress :-)

 

I think she liked it. We certainly did :-)