Place-mats Weaving

     As today was a very yucky rainy day outdoors, it was the perfect day to sit on a big weaving loom and make something pretty for my household. Many of you know that I am an avid coca-cola collector and that my house is somewhat decorated around that, especially color wise with the red, white and black. So it will come as no surprise that these place mats are also in those colors.

     The weaving loom does not belong to me, but my friend Gena is so nice to share it with her friends to learn and/or to make their own projects. I also did not do the hard work of actually stringing this weaving loom. That would probably take me a month of Sunday's to learn. Just to show you a view of the setup:

     All I can say is wowwww........that's a lot of string. Thanks Gena for doing all the hard work for me.

     I am planning on making four place mats, but today I managed to only do one. It does take a bit of time to work on it. Admittedly I was also busy talking to my friend at the same time, which slows me down some, but without would be a lot less fun. Just another excuse to have another little get together with said friend and what could be better than that?

     That's how it looks at the beginning

Work in progress

A little close up

One last view

     Now all the place mats stay on the frame until all 4 are made and maybe also a dishtowel to go with it. Than they will be taken of the frame, hemmed and washed before brightening up my house. Looking forward to seeing them on my table all finished. Will share with you when they are all done.

     Thanks for stopping by today to share in my little weaving adventure. Until soon I wish you a wonderful weekend !

     

Coca-Cola......An Addiction

Everybody that knows me, knows I have an addiction to everything COCA-COLA. I collect everything I can get my hands on. And boy, are there a lot of things out there. Some I can only dream about, as the price tag is just out of my league. But a girl got to dream, right? My addiction has gone as far as decorating my house around the coca-cola colors. Everything I make for myself is made with the thought in mind:" Does it fit in with it?". I always loved the color RED, so it was no big jump from there. Now everything centers around red, white and black in my house.

This is just some of my collection

Recently I restored this old bookcase. It looked pretty ruff before, 

with dog chew marks and broken pieces. Than I painted it red, of course.

After that I added a runner, which my friend Daniela gave me 

for christmas. Isn't it pretty?

Here is the Kitchen I would really, really LOVE. Maybe someday!

This is a shelf I been thinking about building for myself. Just adore it.

To finish it off, here are a few coca-cola crafts I found on Pinterest.

Some very crafty people and something I might have to try.

Love that place! Don't you?

So I was wondering now: What kind of personal addiction do you have?

Until next time my friends!