How left-hand writing overcame my fear
Believe it or not, but left-hand writing can help you overcome your fear. Do you know, when I was younger, actually just a few years ago, I loved to fly. Airplanes were my favourite place, I loved the power of…
Everlasting crepe paper daffodils
I will never forget how, а few years ago, in a TV studio, I was making paper flowers, maybe even crepe paper daffodils, and a cameraman came next to me and said, “They are so beautiful, I can’t believe they are fake!”.…
Every season crocus
Do you have flowers you love and enjoy every time? I have. And one of them are crocuses. And I don’t like cut flowers. They are sad, will die soon and with this will also die the message they are…
ANZAC paper poppy flower wreath
For me, as a European, Australia was always a very special place, an inspiration for the human soul, a distant place with great oceans, endless beaches and miracle flowers. But the first thing which grabbed my heart and made me…
Autumn candle holder
Autumn candle holder in March? Why? It must be spring now in Europe – 19th of March, but if you look through your window, you will see late autumn or early winter. The colours are grey, brown, and white and…
Scrapbooking addiction – Emirates flyers Anniversary greeting card to my husband
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…
2018 planner cover page
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…
How to make Marigold paper flower
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…
How the Habit Tracker changed my life
“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…
Seven days in Bangkok – where the Love is hot
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…
Bougainvillea – a home made flower
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 Nature’s gifts – sweet pea shrub
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…