Baby girl Estere

This little baby girl is my first little model this summer and it didn't seem like she enjoyed our photo shoot and weather (we had to finish earlier because of rain). But still we got some nice pictures and hopefully my next photo shooting will be longer with better weather

 :)

Baby bump

A few months has already passed since I had a great chance to take a maternity photos of my sister-in-law. Now she is already a mum to a baby boy and I want to share some photos with you!

How to find a pin's origin?

Am I the only one who sometimes feels in love with some pin on Pinterest so much that there is a huge urge to check out the blog or web site it came from? I believe it's not something rare as we all know how many great tips and tricks and just inspiration could be found in one simple site! However, sometimes it's not so easy because a pin has a direct link which opens only one particular photo, not the whole page it comes from. Here I have one simple tip, how to get to the page of your new favorite DIY project!
Note, this works only using Chrome browser!

So here is one pin  (on the right) with a beautiful photo of nice packing idea I wanted to look at more. 

I find it really disturbing when clicking on a pin (as in this example with packing idea) it opens a direct link of the picture which gives you no idea which page it could be from (I am talking about this).
So, when that happens, right click on the picture and choose Search Google for this image.

There will be a new tab opened for Google to search this picture. Just go through the list of pages where Google has found a particular image and I am sure you will find that template/pattern/life hack you really wanted to see!

It may not be so easy for popular images, but isn't it worth a try?

By the way, the pin I used as an example, is from this beautiful blog:  www.lily.fi

And feel free to take a look at my Pinterest page HERE  !  :)

We heart mail: Part 5

Haven't shared any nice letter for a while, so let's start a new week with something wonderful! Like this colorful letter I received from my We♥Mail partner Catherine from France!

This little package included everything needed to make me smile so take a look what was inside!

Cosmos seeds will bring you to the moon and back or ...  will bring some really nice flowers to your garden! 

French stamps for my philatelist's heart - very big and very beautiful stamps! Love them!

Two cute crocheted brooches. As I have grey wool coat, I know that these flowers will be attached on it to.

Catherine wrote her letter on postcards - colorful multiview card, poster type art postcard and wonderful (looks and feels like vintage?) black and white postcard with castle in the fog. Roses in background are on handmade envelope.

And last but not least with flower theme - flowers which I can iron on fabric!

Sometimes snail mails turns into little package with a lot of very cute and nice things,but not always I am sure how to use them or where to put in my extremly small apartment. So let me tell you that this letter was briliant because nothing was spare - I love postcards and stamps and they are on their way to my collection (read about it more HERE) and seeds I will use for sure, just like iron-on and brooch flowers.

Thank you Catherine very much! I love your package!  :)

To all my readers I wish to write at least one letter to some friend or just random person and make it so good that it will really bring a lot of happiness to others (and yourself)!

Have a great week!

Washi tape holders of wooden slice

 While ago I got a branch of irregular, natural wooden slices. Only a few weeks ago I made a beautiful washi tape holders of them and I like the result so much that I decided to share with you. All you need are wooden slices; wooden skewers (I used chopsticks) and drill (size should fit a stick you are using).

Irregular, rustic wooden slices I used had even bark left on them

Different kind of trees makes different patterns. Big slices for big rolls of washi,
small - for smaller ones

Drill in the middle of wooden slice. For extra fixation, you can add a pile of glue.
Than thicker slice, than deeper should be the hole.

Show off all your stash of washi tapes! I thought I have only few of them around my desk,
but by using these holders I realized - I have not so less of them! 

 

Aren't they cute?

 I created a Pinterest board to collect different ideas about washi tape based crafts - Washi tape.
I would love to see how do you storage your washi tapes. Feel free to share a picture or link!

Fairy tale themed letter

Do you remember those little animal thread holders I shared a while ago? I would like to show you you an entire letter I sent to my friend from We ♥ Mail.





Letter's theme was Fairy tale, so I tried to stick with animals, cute drawings and prints. Below you can see some pictures from process and a short review of letter with my partner's comments is here.

This is elephant. I like it very much. If you do like it too, step by this page, where you can find template for big and little elephant. Print out yours and decorate your house with colorful elephants too!

When I am reading I like to have a beautiful bookmark  around me. That makes reading more special. I hope my partner Hila will have very special feeling when using this metallic bookmark with owl, feather and red stone I made specially for her. 

Lately I enjoy making these little labels so much! I should create some tutorial about them! Isn't it a cute way how to show that package contains handmade goodies - with this kind of stickers?

Like other times, I made paper for letter by making some watercolor painting. I don't like to use those store bought paper supplies, so I make my own...

Since my childhood I have always adored drawing by local artist and children book author - Margarita Staraste. When I started to think about letter I had to write, I realized - I need to make envelope with drawings from some of my favorite books. So I found a very damaged book in local charity shop with only few pages left. I would like to believe this envelope is a good ending for this beautiful book from 1968(!). 

If you are interested in letter swapping, let me know. I always love to send letters to creative people :)
And... a little reminder about my goal for postcard collecting - full list of received postcards is here.

Hope to see you back soon! :)

How to make cute thread holders

A few weeks ago I made something new - thread holders made of paper. I found this idea in Pinterest and a picture that led me to the Little White Whale blog (there you will see how Gloria originally made her cats).

Let me add some notes from me, how I made my cute animals.
I used:
• thick kraftpaper,
• scissors to cut out a shape,
• Sharpie to draw a face,
• watercolors to paint a face,
• colorful threads or strings.

Like Gloria suggests, you can use cardboard or other thick paper in size of a business card. At first I drew the face and ears, then I cut the right shape. Each animal got his own color of thread and the same color I tried to include in face painting. Depending on the paper you use, animals can hold different threads or yarn.
Below you can see my animal set.

 If you have made something similar, I would love to see your result! 

By the way, I will tell you more about the fairy-tale in the last picture soon!