Vintage cupboard to cheer me up

This cupboard I put in my kitchen proofs that old furniture could and should be refurbished to improve our space and bring something original in our home. And this is how the adventure started This old cupboard belons to my family for decades - in good condition, but ugly. Decided to make something new. First, of...

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Digital storytelling for crafters

Crafters and Bloggers love photos and videos, but how to make them? What software to use, how it works, is it expensive? And how to combine photos, video, music, speach? I recently attended amazing course on Coursera, I woudl recommend to anyone. If you miss this opportunity in October, visit the site Digital Storytelling where...

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No sugar oven-baked plum jam recipe

I know there are number of jam recipes on the net, but sawing so much sugar added in the most of them, I decided to share this very simple jam recipe with NO sugar at all. Recipe:  - 3 kg of plums - rum or vanilla sugar to add - optional - small portion of salt Steps: 1. Wash plums and remove stalks and...

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Create your own jam labels or tags using MS Word

There are thousands of label examples on the net, but i usually have my own idea, or the label I like the most can't be customized. One afternoon I tried to create label by myself, using MS Word (2010). It wasn't very easy ("&#%!@?!" for Microsoft), but neither so difficult. I prepared tutorial how to do it, just to remind you...

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Homemade Sage Syrup

Sage (or Salvia Officinnalis)  is one of the most healing plants, well known and used since the ancient times. This recipe is so simple and the result is amazing - tasteful, refreshing and healing   sage syrup. Ingredients: 30 dag of sage leaves ( I have huge sage in my garden and used it for the recipe) 2 kg sugar 7 - 10...

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Cheerful Summer Bag

Finally finished this cheerful summmer bag. Birds you can see are brooches so I will be able to wear them in the winter, too, to make my day. Tut for brooches find in this post. Just to give you a short input how I made it:  Original fabric is upholstery fabric I bought in Ikea.  Decided to painted...

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Felted birds brooch - multipurpose

Birds are singing all day long in my garden and i can't help it but make few felted birds brooches to put them on my purse or wear them as brooches. Read this tutorial below to see how it is easy to make them. Tutorial how to make felted birds brooch Material Besides felt and fabric scraps, I used small buttons for eyes, double-sided...

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DIY Hermes paper bags to download

Hemes bags - dreams, dreams. But, if you can't buy the leather bag, you can make paper one. Hermes offered the pattern of their famous Kelly bag. They removed the pattern from their site, but download it here. Fortunatelly, the Jige clasp is still available on their site - here is the link to pdf file. Just...

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Macerate sage (and other plants)

I have small garden around my house, mostly flowers and smaller bushes. One part is reserved for vegetables. Have to say, not very successful -still didn't win the war against snails who are devouring everything green. Among few plants resistant to snails is sage (Salvia Officinalis) and I am proud to say the sage bush in my garden is...

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