Did you have a box for your personal treasures? I had several and I kept precious things in them like my first cinema ticket, pebbles from our first trip to the beach and other things that remind me of my childhood today. My older daughter is in that age when she starts liking cute boxes …
These flower buds are easy to make and they’re great for decorating – hair accessories, dresses, cushions…or in my case – a handbag.
For this summer I made a handbag that looks like those fashion baskets that people like to take to the beach.
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 …
Scrunchies and hair clips are being consumed like bread in our household. When our girls get a new batch we miss half of it within a week and we find some of it in most unusual places. They care just a little bit better about hair accessories I make for them like head bands or …
Flower water or hydrolate is a flower product made with steam distillation. Different hydrolates are used in gastronomy or cosmetics, you can also use it just instead of a perfume (although its smell isn’t very intensive).
I’ve been wanting to learn this embroidery technique for some time now. Somehow there was no time, occasion or a convenient object to embroider so this idea stayed in my drawer. Then the best possible occasion came out of nowhere. I joined the project called Ježíškova vnoučata (Jesus grandkids – baby Jesus brings Christmas presents …
It’s a circle of life – at kindergarden you make all kind of things for your mom, from paper bracelets to imperfections from ceramics, in your teen years you don’t understand why your aunts have so much kids’ rubbish at the fireplace and when you have your own kids you hold the tears as you pin the masterpiece …
For every birthday of my girls I take on a project that eventually makes me sweat. When I started making children’s cakes the themes were meadow or ladybug. Later on I said my offspring can pick their own theme. Last year the pick was “cake with healts” which was easy but this year Lily’s taste …
As all the parents of the little Trolls fans know, all trolls have floral wristbands that light up at hug time. The wristband is a small detail to complete the Princess Poppy costume.
