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Craft: How to make Flower Hoop Earrings

The other day, I reviewed some ideas in my craft journal and developed craft projects with flowers. And I remembered having had this idea coming across all those prettily arranged flower hoops on Pinterest. I imagined how gorgeous they would look as earrings. So, I put them aside as a craft project for another tim…

Craft: How to Make Tassel Earrings

I spent so much time during the last year browsing for crafting ideas. I saw a picture of a Joe Malone perfume bottle with a tip-dyed tassel. This was when inspiration struck. I had seen ombre tassel earrings before. But this picture made me want to wear them. But not only that. I tried to make them. I want to share m…

Craft to Beat the January Blues

3 Crafty Tips to make January a bit easier on you  Now that the festive season is over, we still face two-thirds of Winter to get through. By comparison, January seems like the anti-climactic end of Winter. The lights are gone. Our social lives are, basically, non-existent. Everything that makes Winter magical and hap…

3 Life Lessons I Learned From Crafting

Crafting can be a messy time-intensive affair. In the best-case scenario, you end up with a beautiful item you love and are proud of. Worst case scenario, well, I think we all know. Yet, I don’t believe that all the tears and work and time we pour into our project, even if it ends up a craft fail, go without its imp…

Working with Epoxy Resin: My Experience as a beginner

Epoxy Resin, for the longest time, had this mysterious veil for me. I was intrigued to test it. Yet, I was afraid to for fear of mixing it wrongly or creating irreparable damage. Eventually, I ventured out to try casting Epoxy Resin. Mostly because my feed was flooded with all sorts of things people created with it.  …

Craft: Roadmap Wallart

I rent. So, there are only so many pictures I can hang. More important than, that I absolutely love the art that is hanging on my walls. This project now was on my mind for quite some time. I left Germany a couple of years ago now, and I still miss it. I have an empty wall in my craft room that I wanted to display som…

Polymer Clay: Tipps for Beginners

It was when I started planning another jewellery craft that I got into working with polymer clay. I am nowhere near mastering to form botanical forms such as leaves, blossoms, and flowers, making my flower hoop earrings. For the time being, I will find other solutions to creating them; stay tuned for this craft. Non…

How to make bath bombs easy and quick

Ok. So, whenever I am in a WHSmiths be it for cards or the post office, I am always dram to the craft magazine area. Of course, one time I came home with an entire stack of craft magazines. Some about beading others about how to make DIY beauty products. One idea was making bath bombs.   There is a multitude or recipe…

How to Make Earrings. Easy and Quick

First time I started crafting beyond sticking glue together I made jewellery. It, of course, started with stringing beads and adding clasps and jump rings on the ends. Over time my techniques developed and became more elaborate. I enjoyed making earrings. They are my favourite piece of jewellery. I have many more of…

Why Should You Start Crafting Now?

With the start of the pandemic, what was starting to be a major trend anyway got even bigger. I am not talking about Selfcare. Although, I would argue, there is a strong case for crafting to be a form of self-care. Have you started a craft, yet? Which one? There are multiple reasons to start crafting. Granted, i…

How to Make a Hanging Gallery Wall

I live in a rental property. The number of pictures I can hang is limited (No gallery wall in my flat). So, I needed to find a different solution to hang my family photos. Wall space was off the limits. I thought of different ways of displaying them. They were too small to put them on the floor.   Putting them on th…