The inspiration for this paper project was some pictures of cute cotton toys with simple shapes, but a lot of charm. And because my brain is working almost always in “paper” mode, I decided to try to make them from paper. Here is the experiment, which (I could say) was very successful. I started with… Continue reading
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 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 clutter. In the last few years I started working very carefully to reduce my workspace… Continue reading
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 you will see and feel the huge change. No, do not organize without removing. Organizing… Continue reading
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 and girly and for the pages to open nicely, to be easy to draw tables… 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
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
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
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