If my sister Irene {who is the type of person who can’t tell the difference between a tube of acrylic paint and watercolor} called me yesterday asking for instructions on how to spray paint a couple of things in her home, then, for sure, the world has turned around! My sister has an eye for… Continue Reading
It was last April when I promised myself that it would be years before I decorate Easter eggs again. You see, over the last decade, I’ve decorated so, so, so many Easter eggs in all kinds of styles and colors. I have enough eggs to hang on Easter trees, to fill bowls on coffee tables,… Continue Reading
It has become a tradition for me to decorate Easter eggs in a different way each year and I truly enjoy finding new ideas every single time. To make this dozen blue and white Chinoiserie eggs, I used a not so modern technique, but I hope that you’ll agree with me that they turned out looking amazingly elegant… Continue Reading
These fabric pumpkins are nothing like you’ve seen before! They’re made with decoupage fabric motifs so they look as if they’re hand-painted! If you’re in the mood to make a few, follow along, I’ll show you how, it’s all very easy ~ I promise! What makes these pumpkins special from any other decoupage fabric technique that… Continue Reading
It’s not very often that I start a project and leave it unfinished. In fact, there may be only three or four uncompleted projects that haunt me (and my garage) and maybe a few more that I’ve totally given up on. Today’s project is one of them. It was more than two years ago when I first saw this… Continue Reading
If anyone is looking for the spookiest street in town, that’s ours! Not because of its fancy Halloween decorations but because our neighborhood gets extremely dark and deserted at night. Most homes are secluded and behind fences/bushes and there are absolutely no street lights (that’s Hillsborough!). Homes are only on one side of our street… Continue Reading
I hope you enjoyed my step by step tutorials on how to make my paper napkin covered Easter eggs (Part I) and my favorite way of displaying them (Part II). Besides creating, the other best part is sharing. I made a few extra of these lovely and delicate Easter eggs to give as a present… Continue Reading
If you were on this blog yesterday, you certainly saw how I made my cute Easter eggs covered in paper napkin. I forgot to mention, though, that I first used the paper napkin technique when we lived in Germany to decorate wooden boxes, terra cotta pots etc. ; it’s widely spread in this central part… Continue Reading
These fine and delicate Easter eggs are covered entirely with paper napkins and are extremely easy to make! I already have a dozen or so that I made a couple of years ago and I’m making some more this year to give as a present, and, of course, to show you. On today’s post you’ll… Continue Reading
Who doesn’t like opening a perfectly wrapped gift? Reading a meaningful note, untying rich ribbons, unfolding crisp paper, looking through colorful tissue paper that reveal something that has been carefully chosen with love? For me, wrapping is part of the three-step process of offering a present: choosing, wrapping, giving, all of which are equally important… Continue Reading
