The very scrapbook pineapple project

I know, for every crafter, and especially for the paper crafters, it is very difficult to throw out pieces of craft material. They all look so useful, so wonderful! Even when piling up in our work spaces and making distracting…

The Christmas reason

Christmas gingerbread cookies in a snowflake shape, decorated in white, pink, red and gold

It is sad that at the end of every December we keep forgetting the real reason for the Christmas holidays. Somehow, lost in the impassionate or sometimes passionate shopping vortex, we keep forgetting to be thankful for what we have.…

Easy Christmas pocketed gift tags

ready Christmas pocketed gift tags

Do you like gift tags? I love them. But if you read my blog, you already know this. They are great, especially for Christmas and especially if you have a big family and a lot of friends and want to…

Scrapbook and lace lemonade

You know these old wise words: “If Life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. Almost two months ago I bought а clock paper die online. I was hoping to use it for my New Year greeting card designs. Yesterday the little…

Frugal craft Christmas wreath

Cotton flower Christmas wreath

I don’t really like the word “frugal”. Especially for “craft” and “Christmas”. I much prefer words such as “smart”, “thoughtful”, “discerning”, because these better describe  why we are indeed trying to reduce the stuff in our lives and also, to…

Hippie style greeting card – why not?

finished hippie style greeting card

Oh, so many birthdays of wonderful people that I love a lot in October, so I am still in a celebrating, colourful mood. And also, the Indian Ocean is bright turquoise blue, but that’s another story… To create a Hippie…