Creating new things

CREATING SOMETHING NEWin the now!

Do you find it incredibly difficult to simply switch off the negative mind chatterbox?

No problem, a little creativity will help you to forget the world around you. Creativity and mindfulness have a lot in common, you might even think they go hand in hand through our lives. While creativity provides more peace in our minds and acts like a kind of meditation, mindfulness is the breeding ground for creative works and ideas. For example, we cannot paint what we have not consciously seen and cannot express what we have not consciously felt. At EXCELSIOR, we, like many of you, combine cycling with a sense of freedom. How about capturing this feeling creatively, e.g. in the form of a cool thread and nail art version of a bike? Try it yourself and get a piece of freedom into your own home.

Bike thread and nail art / DIY instructions

What you need:

· Wood panel (alternatively: old wooden board or wooden disc) · Template · · Adhesive tape · Nails (e.g. 1.2 x 20 mm) · Hammer · Threads in different colours · Scissors · Artificial or dried flowers

Instructions:

1 First you need a template. You can either draw it yourself or simply look on the Internet for a suitable motif and print it out.

2 Place the template on your wooden background in the way you want the picture to be positioned later. If necessary, fix the template in place using some adhesive tape. 3 Using the hammer, now hammer in nail by nail, along the black lines at equal intervals.

4 Once you have hammered in all nails, you can tear out the template.

5 Now, it's time to introduce some colour. Attach the thread to a nail at any point with a knot and thread it crosswise around the nails.

6 When you are finished with one colour, knot the end to a nail again and cut off the excess thread with the scissors. Repeat this until the whole picture has colour.

7 Finally, the bike is decorated with a few flowers. Just put some artificial or dried flowers into the bike basket and your thread and nail artwork is complete!