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
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 style greeting card is very easy! The better news is you can’t make a mistake… Continue reading
You know, real scrapbooking is a great fun. The entire process where you are creating your elements, making and reshaping ideas to fit new projects, which weren’t even part of what you were planning before… Cleaning my working desk to answer my new ideas of a craft space, I found a lot of elements and… Continue reading
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 meteorites and from the Moon. Amazing! Actually, it is still one of my favourite places…. Continue reading
You know that I am very much about minimizing materials in the craft space, especially in the paper crafter’s craft space. Less materials equals less mess and more creativity. And also – less money spent. It is not necessary to buy something, if you can make it yourself, is it? I really enjoy making my… Continue reading
Have you ever heard the saying that, “We are all nothing, but pretty and unique cactus plants”? The first time I heard this – in my teenage years – I was shocked and disagreed. Now – in my …beep!… years, I absolutely understand this “theory” and agree wholeheartedly. My Cactus philosophy Maybe the feeling of… Continue reading
If you are reading my blog, you already know about my fear of flying. And you know my husband and I have to fly a lot. Oh, really a lot! But the fear of flying is only one side of the coin. The second side is my handmade business, which I am running even while… Continue reading
Very often I am talking about the “real” scrapbooking. About creating your project from “nothing”. From scrap, from all these small pieces of paper which are so easy to throw in the rubbish bin while cleaning your work space. In this same vein, I will show you another project – how easy it is to… Continue reading
You know my passion for scrapbooking. It is like an everyday miracle – to take something which is ready for the rubbish bin and to give it a second life. And to send a message with this act: Think before you buy! Think about the planet! Why not make your own craft materials? You already have… Continue reading
Yesterday my new paper flower cutting dies were delivered and it was absolutely impossible to resist and not try them immediately. First I cut some shapes with my beautiful Sizzix Big shot machine. And here is the tip! Very often, when using paper or felt dies, some unexpected elements will appear on and around your… Continue reading
Total scrapbooking is something like Total war, but in a very nice, creative way. You know I am a huge fan of real scrapbooking – when you use all the paper (and other materials) “things” around you and create greeting cards, notebooks or art. Actually, for me, this creative way is real art. And if… Continue reading
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 at home I have whole boxes of big sheets, small sheets, cut pieces, pieces of… Continue reading