journals, planners, trackers

Junk Journaling and Collaging for Book Lovers

Open vintage encyclopedia showing a butterfly illustration page, with colorful and black-and-white cut-out images scattered on a table beside yellow-handled scissors.

Please, don’t destroy old books! Do this instead… Sadly, destroying old books has somehow become a trend in the scrapbooking and junk journaling community. In various Facebook groups and YouTube videos, I watch with deep sadness as beautiful pages –…

Shiny Mushrooms Grown from Scraps

colourful handmade mushroom stickers with shiny layer and glitter

Turn Your Paper Scraps into Enchanted Forest Mushrooms – I’ll Show You How This is a low-pressure, no-fancy-tools-needed project where you can mix colours, layer cutouts, and finally use up those oddly shaped paper leftovers we all hoard (and pretend…

Washi decorated envelope pocket notebook

Do you agree that the envelopes always give us the feeling of a secret? Something unexpected? Something more than the usual? Something still hidden even in open envelopes? Maybe another message has been forgotten there and is waiting for us…

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…

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…

Pocket bookmark – why and how

big triangle pocket bookmarks, decorated with scrapbook paper lace and flowers

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…

Retro tickets – it’s easy to make them

phoney retro ticket embellishments with stamps in red, green and black - 100% handmade

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…

Happy little cactus garden

cactus paper embellishments in green and brown

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,…