What is a Survachka and how to make one in the US?

Maybe a month ago I was trying to come up with ideas on how to present Bulgaria for the Cultural days in my little guy’s school. One thing I was sure nobody would have heard of is the so called Survachka. So I started googling what I can find as pictures etc to show the…

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Rudolf, the red nose ….woolly bear caterpillar!

When we moved to NY state one of these guys was waiting on the steps of our house: http://www.coldspringschool.org/Mill/wooly.html They are called Woolly Bears and are the cutest caterpillars you ever saw! I mean usually I am very ” insects=ugh-yuck” person, but even I had to admit that my kids are right and this is…

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Christmas ornaments galore!

Hi all, more than a week ago I made couple of ornaments that I didn’t manage to post earlier, so here they are. These two are very similar. I had a great idea for couple of ball ornaments but unfortunately I can’t work on it right now, so it will have to wait. This one…

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Cards with inspiration

I have no idea what is with the number 13 but it seams that I have inspiration for only 13 cards a day. If I make more than that…I’m pushing it, if I make less…well, it’s not enough. 🙂 So, here are the 13 cards I made this Sunday. 🙂 1. I enjoyed making these…

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10 Watercolor pieces

I recently discovered that I enjoy very much making watercolor paintings. I have always been intimidated( or even scared) of watercolor because I always thought that it is very difficult to handle and you can’t allow yourself room to fix something if you make a mistake. Although I have worked with watercolor previously I never…

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Festive packaging

I promised I’ll post the paper boxes, that I decorated and here they are! I am sorry my recent posts have been so short, but I am in the middle of creating so many things, I can barely keep up posting everything! I think I need somebody to help me out with this, because too…

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Chtistmas cards ( to be continued…)

I was so busy the past week that I didn’t manage to post the last batch of cards I made and the boxes I did for Christmas presents. 1. A gift tag 2. Black, red and white sparkling card 3. Green Christmas tree card 4. Another traditional colored Christmas card 5. Snowflake card 6. “The…

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13 more

A promise is a promise, so here are the rest of the 26 cards I made Sunday! 1. Christmas trees with a bear charm 2. I had a slightly different idea for this one, but it turned out OK 3. Green and blue, I guess most of my Christmas cards are going to be nontraditional…

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Do you want to win an amazing prize from Debbie?

Take a look at what Debbie offers as a prize at her blog! http://passionforcrafts.blogspot.com/2009/11/wow-200000-hits-blog-candy.html She is giving away this amazing blog candy to celebrate 200 000 hits of her blog! The only thing you have to do to win the prize is post her link on your blog and then post the link to that…

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