Notebook cover rescue
I am a notebook lover. I can resist a big piece of my favourite cream cake, a big block of thick milky chocolate, but I can’t resist a good notebook. And “Good” notebook in my Universe means very simple inside…
capsule craft
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…
20 + 20 things to toss or donate from your craft space this January 2020
Believe it or not, clearing clutter from your workspace releases huge amounts of blocked creative energy. This is why it is the best creative project you can start in the New year. Make it your first project in January and…
The myths of bullet journaling and New Year resolutions
New year is coming! January is almost upon us and expecting magical new beginnings almost all of us will start writing New Year resolutions, lists of goals and a lot of money will be spent (or they are already spent)…
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…
Cotton flower and cardboard 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…
Old notebook makeover – it is so easy!
Travelling a lot with my husband, I picked up the crazy habit of buying notebooks from every airport where we have a stopover. The only things I am looking for, when choosing these notebooks, are for them to be beautiful…
Handmade bookmarks for little ones
Maybe I have already told you how difficult Math was for me at school. It was as though the teachers were talking me in a different language and I didn’t understand absolutely anything. I had no problems with learning my…
Cookie inspired Christmas paper embellishments
Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Yes, it is. But in the last decades the spirit of the holiday has disappeared behind the crazy shopping for food and presents. Do you really think your children need so…
Rock gem embellishments
As a little girl, one of my favourite places to go was the “Earth and Humans” Museum in the city I was born in. It was full of amazing stones and crystals from all over the planet and even from…
The Butterfly experiment
An article in the Tattered Nest Designs blog inspired me to experiment and to make my own Butterfly project. The amazing colours and the great idea absolutely captured me. At that moment I had to make a bunch of greeting…
The crafty detox
Why did we all become crafters? My story Did you ever hear these words: “Start working at what you love, and you will never be working”? After long years working as a TV “personality”, spending every day and many nights…