These flower buds are easy to make and they’re great for decorating – hair accessories, dresses, cushions…or in my case – a handbag.
Basketlike handbag
For this summer I made a handbag that looks like those fashion baskets that people like to take to the beach.
Hazelnut spread (also paleo)
If there’s something I don’t want my kids to eat it’s those nut-chocolate spreads that have minimum nuts in them but plenty of sugar and aromas. fortunately, my children don’t eat it very often but it’s still their favorite crep ingredient, so I decided to make it at home and healthier.
Faux Mohawk
I really enjoy making faux mohawk hairstyles because they can be worn to formal events as well as to school, work etc. and they’re actually easy to make. And as you can see in the photos, it doesn’t take very long because a 6-year-old can sit through the process. To be able to do this …
How I grow ginger
There’s never enough ginger – in summer it’s great for lemonades, to make popsickles or just to put in your water, in winter we use it to make tea and it’s also indispensable when I want to make my favorite Indian meal – butter chicken. I’m so glad that the ginger is doing well on …
Elderberry-ginger popsicles
The weather this may behaved like it was November and I’m glad the warm June has finally come and with it the time for homemade ice-cream and popsicles. Our elderberry went out of bloom but I managed to cut the last inflorescence to make these refreshing Elderberry-ginger popsicles.
Beadweaving – the Flower Ring
Beadweaving What is beadweaving? It is a weaving technique used to create anything from jewelry to animals and boxes using beads, adding them one by one. This technique is very time-demanding and mastering it requires practice, time and patience. The real and fair price of the beadwoven jewelry easily equals that of jewelry made from …
Cottage cheese and black currant pie
My mom makes the most delicious jams. And if there’s one that turned out really perfect last year it’s the black currant jam. I wanted to make a pie that would be like the Linzer cookies that are supposed to have currant jam in them (actually red currant jam but the black currant jam is …
Matchbox suitcase
Lately I’ve made the exploding box for my husband and I decided to stay creative when it came to his birthday. I made him this matchbox suitcase as an alternative to a birthday card.
Paper tape bracelet
The spring is here and it’s time for some colors!
Pencil stand for kids
Do you also fail horribly when you try to convince your kids to have their room tidy and organized? No worries, most of us do. However, I am never going to stop trying and every now and then I come up with an idea to make things better. This time me and the girls were …
Handbag from old jeans
I really enjoy upcycling. You take something that would otherwise be considered for throwing away and you make it into something useful. When my husband decided to throw away his old pair of jeans, I prevented this horrible act of waste:) and because they were not completely torn, I decided to make handbags for our …
Natural remedy for head lice
It´s a fact that head lice are all around. Especially when you have small kids who go to school, there’s a high probability that you’ll have to deal with lice at some point. There lice sign is almost always present on the board in my daughter’s school and I take the prevention very seriously. Whenever …
Exploding Box
Me and my husband don’t celebrate our wedding anniversaries big, however, I wanted to give him something personal this year. It took a me a while to get any idea at all but in the end I remembered that a while ago I saw a box that kind of exploded into several layers. My exploding …
Spring cards
Spring is coming and I’m coming with a tip for some handmade spring cards (handmade by me) that you can use as birthday cards or just to make someone smile. Available for purchase here (and hopefully also soon in my eshop in English). And now I’ll let the photos speak:
Squash Card
In the last post I showed you how to make two simple paper decorations that I used in a bigger project (which I’ll show you very soon) and this time I bring you a tutorial on the squash card which is a card that might look simple but only until you open it.
Boot socks for any foot
This one goes especially for you ladies who – like me – have constantly cold feed. Not metaphorically speaking, I mean actual cold feed that make your usual socks feel like ice. With these superwarm supersocks the problem will be no more and moreover, I’ll show you how to create a pattern for any foot …
Two folded paper decorations
I would like to dedicate this post to two paper decorations that you can use for your projects – the square envelope and paper box.
Review: Simple handbag tutorial
It’s been a while since I wrote a review so here is one. Some time ago I stumbled upon a tutorial on simple handbag that I really recommend to anyone who is new to the handbag making.
Lotion Bars
The last part of the mini-series of winter cosmetics are these awesome lotion bars. Don’t forget to try my Winter Lip Balm and Whipped Body Butter.