I screwed up. In the first month of the new year I did all the things I was saying I will NOT do this year. For example, I said I will not collect designer catalogues with beautiful photos and will immediately send them to the paper recycling bin. Immediately! But the problem is the same… Continue reading
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 live better. And if someone is telling you that a crafter’s life needs some clutter,… Continue reading
Christmas is my favourite time of the year. Despite the cold. It there is a big thick white blanket of snow it’s even better. Despite the snowflakes being so cold when landing on my nose or inside my neck of my pullover… I always start my Christmas preparations in the first days of September. I… Continue reading
I am a passionate reader, passionate crafter and passionate journaler. Most of my ideas for a better life, for home changes or even for studying new things come while I am reading books or magazines. No matter what I’m reading – a crime novel, love story, nonfiction or a cook book. Always an idea, usually… Continue reading
Like many of you I am obsessed with bullet journaling. Now, when I’m a bit older, they remind me of my teenagers years, when I was equally obsessed with writing my diaries. I find myself entering the same “promises”, tasks, decorations, but also with a lot of emotional sharing. Black and white Of course, the… Continue reading
Do you like gift tags? I love them. Big or small, simple or elaborately even overly decorated… Actually there is no such thing as an “overly decorated gift tag”. It is amazing how, in so little space, you can create and say so many “words”. The best thing with gift tags is that you can… Continue reading
Weeks ago I wrote an article about the Watercolour marker technique and later, another one about the Capsule craft collection. Being a crafter, literally buried under piles of craft materials, I decided to change my entire work attitude. First, I realized that it is not necessary for craft materials to be expensive to be good… Continue reading
We all know about the philosophy of the Capsule wardrobe – a great idea from the “past”, when clothes were made with very good quality, named and modified by the London boutique owner Suzie Faux. In the past, people, even the rich ones, didn’t buy so many clothes as we do now. I remember my… Continue reading