It is not a secret that paper plants are really having a big moment over the whole world. Years ago, observing how a public space landscape designer was mixing real and artificial plants in one of the biggest shops in my city, I was shocked! Really?! Isn’t this cheating?! “No, it is not cheating”, was… Continue reading
A long, long time ago, when I was working in the morning TV show, my strongest memory from the writers’ desk is of a very sad Orchid with absolutely no flowers, looking like a dry brown stick in a pot. I don’t actually remember this Orchid ever having flowers. Sure, it was flowering, maybe when… Continue reading
2020 was a unusual year. I can’t say it was bad for me. Actually, it was pretty good. I learned a lot of lessons, and all the people I love are healthy and alive. I also spent a lot of time with my husband, because of the lockdowns. Also, by tracking my healthy routines, I… Continue reading
Paper gives us very tactile and cerebral experiences at the same time. Thinking about paper throughout the span of history, we can imagine all the crafts and information, all the great discoveries written and saved on paper. And it is amazing how so many materials and uses are always changing, but paper and paper crafts… Continue reading
It is already the second part of November and Christmas is coming. So, maybe this is the time to remember, that it’s not the pile of presents under the Christmas tree that is important, but the time spent together. And so, you’ll have an excuse to spend more time together, I am offering you an… Continue reading
I am paper lover. So, as you can imagine, I love to read books on paper. I love to read and read a lot. The smell of a new book – the specific alchemic relationship between the chemicals in the paper and in the inks makes me so excited! Sometimes – yes, I confess –… Continue reading
This project is not about a great idea that you have never seen before. It is about the little things, which make Life big. Why boat observation tracker and why you? Actually, you can choose any kind of activity to track. The idea is to find something you love to do, better with a person… Continue reading
It’s Quarantine capsule craft time! My husband and I are still stuck in our European home with no idea when we will travel again and when we will see the rest of our family… But as my Grandmother liked to say: “Often with the bad things something good comes too” or “When a door is… Continue reading
You know, I am a notebook and planner lover. But I don’t like planners, which come complete with tables, and numbers on the pages, and especially – God forbid! – with the days and dates already set! I prefer pure white pages, which inspire me to write, to draw, to make plans in the way… Continue reading
These days I am visiting Facebook less and less. Excluding all the wonderful craft pages, people and groups, most of the folks there are just complaining. Complaining about being locked at home. Complaining about the official’s ideas of how to deal with the situation. Complaining about how difficult their life is now. Complaining how they… Continue reading
In these sad days I am offering you a cute and easy “last minute” creative idea for a lot of family fun during Easter. You know, laughter makes the celebration, not the food and the drinks. So why not try these Easter paper stories… Draw or print some egg pictures and cut them around the… Continue reading
These days, being under lockdown, a lot of us feel like don’t have enough materials to craft and to embellish the moments of this forced home stay. But actually e, the paper crafters, have great opportunity not only to rescue our Easter crafts, but also to change the entire way we are thinking about our… Continue reading