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Γεια σε όλους

Αυτό το μήνα είπα να μην σας δείξω πάλι upcycling και  home decor, γιατί στο τέλος θα με κυνηγάνε οι άντρες σας με τόσα βαψίματα.

Σας έφτιαξα, λοιπόν, ένα μίνι άλμπουμ με τσεπούλες. Είναι πολύ όμορφο δωράκι (να προετοιμαζόμαστε σιγά σιγά - γιορτές πλησιάζουν), αφού στις τσεπούλες του μπορείτε να βάλετε φωτογραφίες, σοκολάτες, γραφική ύλη ή ακόμα και tags για ένα fellow crafter. Επίσης είναι πολύ πρακτικό και όμορφο για να φυλάξετε εισιτήρια παραστάσεων, τα διάφορα που μαζεύουμε σε κάποιο ταξίδι ή ακόμα το βραχιολάκι και τα υπόλοιπα αναμνηστικά από το μαιευτήριο της κόρης σας.

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Μυρτώ

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Always & Forever

A wedding journal in a more romantic style than usual. Sometimes I think, I almost  love pink!!!!!

Watercolor Journals

Εδώ και καιρό, ήθελα να φτιάξω art journals, σε μέγεθος που να χωράει σε τσάντα, αλλά να είναι σύμφωνα με τις δικές μου προδιαγραφές. Να έχει πάρα πολύ καλό χαρτί, πολλές σελίδες , αλλά και να ανοίγει flat και να έχει εξώφυλλο που να εμπνέει.
Αυτή η σειρά είναι 19 x 15 cm, με 100 σελίδες χαρτί Fabriano 300 gsm, ειδικά σχεδιασμένο για wet media( ακουαρέλα, gouache, ακρυλικό, μελάνι κλπ) και έχει ειδικές ενισχύσεις στη ράχη ώστε να ανοίγει flat αλλά να μην αδυνατίζει από τα νερά, και φοβόμαστε τα washes!!!
Νομίζω ότι θα είναι η χαρά του mixed media artist , του art journaler και γενικά όποιου θέλει να δημιουργεί με την καρδιά του, χωρίς να φοβάται μην χαλάσει το βιβλίο του.

Σήμερα θα σας δείξω ένα δωράκι που έφτιαξα, για μια φίλη της κόρης μου που γίνεται 9 χρονών. Είναι ένα "βιβλίο" που μέσα κρύβει σπιράλ τετράδιο, χαρτάκια σημειώσεων και στυλό. Το κοριτσάκι το λένε Τζίνα, εξ ου και το G του εξωφύλλου. 

Τι λέτε θα της αρέσει? Ρωτάω γιατί διστάζω να κάνω χειροποίητα δώρα που θα χρησιμοποιήσουν μικρά παιδιά, γιατί έχουν μάθει στην αφθονία, στο φθηνό κινέζικο που αντικαθίσταται εύκολα, με αποτέλεσμα να μην εκτιμάν τίποτα.

Θυμάμαι εγώ σαν κοριτσάκι, περίμενα με αγωνία τις γιορτές και τα δώρα που ερχόντουσαν. Παρόλο που στο σπίτι μου είχαμε μια σχετική ευχέρεια, ποτέ δεν είχαμε τα δεκάδες παιχνίδια των σημερινών παιδιών. Και ακόμα και τα μικρά σημειωματάρια ή τα αυτοκόλλητα ήταν θησαυροί πολύτιμοι, φυλαγμένοι με προσοχή.

Σήμερα βλέπω την κόρη μου με τις φίλες της που έχουν τα πάντα, με τι ευκολία πετάνε κάτι στα σκουπίδια μόνο για να μην το συγυρίσουν!

Τες πα, ώρες ώρες ακούγομαι σαν τη γιαγιά μου, που μας έλεγε τα ίδια κάποτε. Εγώ το δώρο το έφτιαξα, το ευχαριστήθηκα και εύχομαι να αρέσει και στη μικρή και να ασχοληθεί λίγο μαζί του!

Today I have a "mixed- media" post.

I made a small notebook for a comission

a diaper cake for a baby boy




and an art journaling page



And all these while cooking for the celebrations tomorrow and battling with the flu.
Not bad, sometimes I feel like having an unknown pool of strength. (Hmmm perhaps he has a name- DH thanks)

I think that the last fortnight I make nothing but books. And as soon as I finish the last, someone calls and needs " urgently" another book. Journals, notebooks, sketchbooks,recipe books - name it and I am sure I have one in my portfolio! I don' t complain cause I love making books, but Christmas is almost around the corner and I haven't even started Shimmelle's journal , no art journaling, nothing!

So, what am I going to show you today? Books!

These are 6 x 8 inches and are ment for everyday use. Their covers are somehow "flat" (not many 3D decorations) in order to be thrown in a woman's handbag without special handling. The inside pages are stamped and heat embossed as usual.

In the first one I embossed a metal plate with a Tim Holtz die and used alcohol inks to color it.

For the next two I had a free reign, and you know what happens when you give a free reign to the bookmaker... The covers are a mixed media project by themselves. Sprays, inks, pastes, embossing, collage and a touch of Inka-gold. Laquer and fixative to stabilise the color and that's it - two books I really enjoyed!



That's it for now, I will come back with more books in my next post (you thought you will get away-Ha!)

Today I want to show you a mini that my DD made at Zeffy's children crop. She was a bit scared of the whole concept - of new aquaintances, if she could follow the tutorial without messing up etc. But she came up with something that she can be proud of.

I will seize the chance to thank Zeffy again for her patience and for her good orgnisation skills that made a crop with 4 kids a happy experience!

And a card for two twin little girls that turned 1. Since I used the sketch from SSS I will submit it there.


See you soon with some last- minute gifts!

This is my table center piece. It is super easy to make and very very festive. It already sits over my sitting room table as you can see.

All you need is a florists' sponge, a bit of grenery (natural is better if you can find - smells better too!), a candle and several bits and pieces like cones, nuts, flowers and decorative balls. Stickles or any other glitter is highly appreciated.

You dig a shallow hole in the centre of the sponge and you "bury" your candle. You "nail" the grenery all around and when there is no empty space you place your embellies with bit of hot glue. Spread a lot of glitter and Voila- you are ready!

And one more 6x6 journal. It is a commission and I was informed that the recipient was very happy with it, so I can now present it . The inside pages are hand stamped and heat-embossed, but you have seen enough of my journal interiors already, to be worth posting photos.

Merry Christmas to all!

I have already told you that I will make all of this year's presents by myself. The gift season is open now as we are approching December (In Greece we have some major saint-days this month)

I have made several journals and this is what I will show you today. They are not of my usual "grungy" style as they are intended for other people. The one I will show you today is for a friend that has some health "adventures" and has to stay at home all alone for three weeks. She likes writing and drawing so I embellished only the half pages and left the rest blank to accomodate her sketches.

When I am tired and cannot think properly (usually after a bad work day and innumerous chores), I cannot create anything complicated. But I CAN create something- and this something is journals, notepads, sketchbooks etc. It is a standard process and I love making them.

Last month I had a terrible week at work, so I made a bunch of small journal books intended for christmas presents. Alas, I have not decorated them, but there is still time. You can wait for my relating post- I hope before Christmas.

Today I will show you a small journal I made, but with a different technique. I decided to make a totally recycled book and I thought - you will not believe it- to recycle bandages.

So, I made a book out of bandages using a lot of glue, my mists, craft wire and UTEE on top, to harden the cover.

I will submit it at SSS&S

Hello bloggers.

A quick post to present my journey journal from my last trip to Mani. We stayed for 5 days in a "tower-house" (the unique houses of Mani).

We had a wonderful time and I wanted to record it somehow. For those who read my blog, is common knowledge that I never complete my vacation journals when I try to compile them when I get back. During summer vacations, I used an art journal, but I wanted something more descriptive of the actual trip. So, I made a "smash" style journal before I left and had it ready to fill it with details during the trip.

It worked fine, I "journalled" easily, with minimum stuff (only one bag to my hubby's relief), and I returned with a detailed journey book.

Hello neighbours.

Just another book I made for a little boy that was baptized today. It was made as a gift, in order to document his first year ( photos, stories and comments, wishes and blessings etc)

The book is hard-covered. I used Winsor & Newton Smooth Cartridge paper (not so good for watercoloring of course but I like its feeling) and sprayed canvas, stitched together. The designer paper is from a candy I have won and the chipboard letters are from Sfragidomania .

The stamps are the new Bazoo and Woodland creatures and I used my Derwent Inktense pencils for the coloring - my favorite coloring medium ever.

Of course stickles and glossy accents are a must in these projects, so I used them liberally.

As a birthday gift my DH and DD bought from IKEA a set of shallow drawers perfect for a crafter with LOTS of stuff.

Yesterday I finished with one of them, and managed to have many different coloring mediums in a place where I can see them all! Amazing!

It is so convenient and easy-to-find, that I plan to use an other drawer for my sprays and one for my acrylics. I have already placed my wooden stamps in one and my punches in another - all of them were stored in boxes and I admit that there were times that I was bored to bring them out and I was forgetting about of them!