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Paper Lanterns Inspired by Stockholm

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Rebecca’s DIY blog is a treasure trove of creative and easy-to-follow tutorials, and her post on making candle wraps is no exception. The tutorial shows how she used photographs of Stockholm to create gorgeous candle wraps that add a touch of whimsy to any room.

While some drawing skills are required to make your own design, Rebecca suggests using cutouts from building coloring books as an alternative for those who don’t feel confident in their drawing abilities.

This makes the project not only fun for adults but also a great activity for older kids who are looking for a craft to do on a rainy day or during their free time. With a few simple materials, including paper, scissors, and glue, anyone can create these beautiful candle wraps that can be used to spruce up any candle in their home. So, whether you want to create candle wraps inspired by your own hometown or just looking for a fun and creative project to do, Rebecca’s tutorial is sure to inspire you to get started. Rebecca’s DIY shares how she made these beautiful candle wraps inspired by photographs of Stockholm. 

You need some drawing skills to be able to design these to suit your own hometown. But these could be made using cut outs from Building coloring in books too.  Such a fun little project for older kids too.

 

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It seems like there’s no end to the available options when it comes to cross stitch bookmarks, which is a good thing because they’re perennially popular to stitch as well. This time I thought I’d share some colorful cross stitch bookmarks to get you ready for the new school year or to make meeting your reading goals a little more fun. 

I love these retro floral designs from The Stitch Patterns. This set of four patterns is rated as very easy, and each bookmark measures 2.5 by 6 inches (or 6.35 by 15.25 cm) on 14 count fabric. 

These cute ones that look like mosaic tile would also be fun to stitch. This set includes five designs from EmbroSTyle Designs, and they call them folk art but they mostly look like old mosaics to me. Either way, the bookmarks are 25 by 101 stitches, and to stitch the full set uses 12 colors. 

If you’re looking for more of a challenge, you can stitch up a work of art with this set of 16 bookmarks designed to look like famous paintings. Stitch some sunflowers or a great wave or a starry night. Most of these are between 14 and 20 colors (the great wave is only 8) and the bookmarks are totally covered with stitching at a count of 35 by 100 stitches. Grab this set from Sunset and Sea Design.

Or how about some bookmarks inspired by books (or by movies inspired by books)? This set of Lord of the Rings bookmarks includes four landmarks from the books/movies. Each one is 35 by 115 stitches and uses between 8 and 17 colors. You can find them at byCountryMagicStitch.

These don’t quite all fit the description of being colorful bookmarks to cross stitch, but a few of them do, and speaking of book-themed bookmarks I had to share this set from Mama Geek inspired by Heartstopper. There are seven designs in all that should be quite familiar to readers (or viewers of the series). 

25 Christmas Bookmark Cross-stitch Patterns [Cross-Stitch]

25 Floral Bookmark Cross Stitch Patterns