How to make tabletop Martenici (Martenizi)

If you don’t know what Martenici is, you should probably take a look at my previous postings about the tradition, the story etc. Martenici 2009 http://artcraft.anniesartbook.com/2009/02/martenici-martenizi-2009_11.html Martenici 2008 http://artcraft.anniesartbook.com/2008/03/martenizi.html I first made Martenici for my kids in 2008, because thanks to the Bulgarian Post Services, the martenici my mom sent me arrived at the end…

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“Get well, Krum!”- Workshop

You probably have read my posting from yesterday that our dog Krum is in a hospital in critical condition. Last Friday my friend’s kids and my kids got together to do a little project called ” Get well, Krum!”. The kids were age 2, 3, 6, 9 and 10 years old. Unfortuantely I have pictures…

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Generation next

I am always happy to see my kids doing artsy stuff, but they’ve surprised me really nice with these 3 cards and I liked them so much, that I wanted to share them with you! my son, age 6 first my son, age 6 second card   my daughter, age 3 ( front) My daughter…

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2 cards for 2 sisters

I am sorry I’ll be very short today, but my dog is till not recovered from the surgery and all my time is devoted to him these couple of days. Thank you all for the good thoughts and support! I hope he is going to be better tomorrow, so I can manage to post couple…

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Butterflies and flowers

Yes, that is the Crazy challenge theme this week- butterflies and flowers! I didn’t feel like doing a card today, so I made a mandala called Butterflies and flowers. Here is what I came up with: And here it is a little bit closer It is difficult to see the details in this size picture,…

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A Valentine’s Day card for the love of my life!

It is difficult to make something that would show everything you feel about this person. It is even more difficult to put these feelings in words. But somehow once I got the idea about the structure of the card ( thanks Bleshtuchka for the awesome idea!)the design just happened. I started working on it and…

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A black belt love-bug for Valentine’s day!

Ok, so most of you know my kid takes Tae Kwon Do classes but for those who don’t know- he is really into all kinds of martial arts. He earned his 3rd belt for the past 2 months yesterday and I am so proud of him that I had to make him a Valentine’s day…

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Valentine’s day cards for school!

I have mentioned in my previous post about the Valentine’s Day cards that my son and I are making cards for the whole  class + his friends ( all in all 40+ cards) and it started as a good idea, but that many cards are not easy to make when you have only couple of…

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Valentine’s day mailbox from tissue box

You all probably have a list of the school projects that you’ve helped your kids with. Well, I’m just starting and many things that people who went through the school system in the US know by definition, I  haven’t heard of. So when my son came back home with a “ Valentine’s day mailbox” I…

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