I confess – I can feel an attraction even to a piece torn from the corner of a plain sheet of paper. I have many of them – different colours, different textures, different ideas how to use them. That’s why…
It is time to make my 2018 planner cover page. If you ask me, there are three big groups of people in the planners’ society. The first group just want to be sure that everything will be planned, scheduled and…
Do you want to make a marigold paper flower and to have your own long lasting small sun at home? “Their warm orange balls look like small suns”, my Grandmother said often. And yes, I always have the feeling they…
“Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.” Thich Nhat…
For seven days Bangkok smells of water and street dust [drop_cap]Yes, I know, it is difficult to explain how dust smells, especially when you can’t see it on the perfectly cleaned streets. But maybe you know this feeling – the…
Maybe, because I was born in that part of Europe, when if you want to have a bougainvillea, you have only a flower pot with a plant, keeping always an eye on it, fighting with the late spring or early autumn cold, feeding the soil, and even then you have to accept that one day your beloved plant will die. With no explanation and with no reason. I even wrote in my other blog about the passion and sadness to have a bougainvillea
Recycling flowers? What a strange idea! You know – my blog is for paper crafts. A big part of it is how to recycle paper. But how do you feel about the idea to “recycle” real flowers? Yes, recycling sounds…
With every new Christmas I become more and more sad about all the thousands of trees, thrown in these big piles with people walking around with fussy looks on their faces, saying: “This is not beautiful!”, “Look at this one…
Flower bookmark collection for book lovers My first flower bookmark is ready! Long day work, sore fingers, but finally – big excitement! This native paper flower bookmark is a great present for someone who loves reading. It is also a…
About the Ranunculus bookmarks The Ranunculus bookmarks are inspired by the Ranunculus – such a beautiful flower with so many variations – more than 600! Members of the genus include the buttercups, spearworts, and water crowfoots. Do you know the The Persian…
Why Frida? Yes, Frida Kahlo is very modern these days, good job Salma Hayek! But this woman is more amazing than the movie shows. In the years when “ethnic” was something not very cool, she used exactly that style to…
or Flowers for Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson is amazing, even though always a little bit sad. But maybe exactly this undertone makes me love her poems so much. To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One…