People say that the real crafter has no rubbish at home… So, after our new IKEA cupboards were installed in our kitchen, a huge pile of gorgeous cardboard was piled up in the corridor, I decided to behave like a real paper crafter. For almost a whole evening I was sitting on the floor with… Continue reading
Pre-Christmas days and Christmas are wonderful “family times” and the cold, sometimes even snowy, winter in the Northern hemisphere helps a lot to fulfil the whole Christmas fairy-tale. It is also a very “DIY time”. Especially for me. I love all the opportunities to create warmth at home and to explore new things. And I… Continue reading
All my friends and relatives know – I don’t like winter. The only period of the winter I actually like is the weeks around Christmas, with all the cookie baking and decorating, all the knitting and crocheting, all the wonderful meetings with my family, all the hot coffee and chocolate, all the laughter. And if… Continue reading
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 send everyone a nice personal message. For example, I don’t make big presents, but bake… Continue reading
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 many toys? I think they need more of the “old fashioned” emotional time with their… 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