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Another week is ending and we are heading to the first weekend of June which is already full with friends's gatherings, school shows and some diy plans. These are a few of the things I liked this week, you 'll find a couple of crafting tutorials if you feel like dedicating a few hours to make something this weekend:

Handmade sake cups by sewZinski 

What I made yesterday

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Yesterday I felt like making something. Something easy and relaxing while watching tv. And I made this stack of beaded bracelets. Nothing sophisticated, the simplest of bracelets one can make. They become special though when they are combined all together. I used lava beads, crystal beads, dyed coral beads and greek ceramic beads and paid some extra attention to the color combination.

Tip: Combine something shiny and glittery with mat, earthy materials in order to make the combination stand out.

Ceramics love

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Hello friends! Many days have passed since my last post. This is partly due to the fact that a big part of my time is spent on this and partly to the season of distraction has just started. Not that I am a person known for its self discipline but how can you resist to friends' requests for a walk on the beach (we live near the sea)? Can you say no to friends asking if the might visit you for coffee and catching up in the garden under the olive tree? No, you can't and you don't want to. So I have to decide that probably the next three months will not be as productive as I would like them to be. Of course the most counter productive factor of the season will be added soon: schools will close in a few days. 

Today I want to share with you my love for ceramics. I took pottery lessons for 2 years in my 20's and loved it. In fact I was seriously considering to do it proffesionally but finally decided that it was too tough and dirty for me. I really respect and admire ceramists. There is a lot of experimentation and work behind every beautiful piece of pottery. Here are a few of them I have discovered:

 

Shan Anabelle Valla 

Outdoor decor ideas

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Hello dear readers! It's still rainy here but soon we will be spending more time outside than inside the house. Today I am sharing with you some of my favorite ideas to decorate a balcony or a garden, whether you love natural, subtle colors, or want  a more colorful and bold outdoor space.

Giveaway winners and flowers

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The Wandering Workshop's giveaway ended on Saturday but as you see it took me a couple (o.k.maybe three days) to draw the winners: congratulations to Fishes make Wishes and Akamatra! Thanks to all who participated and of course many thanks to Athena and Jose of The Wandering Workshop with the amazing handmade, eco-friendly toys!

I will leave you with some pictures of the roses in my vase to convince you and myself it is May, although it has been raining for the past three days. My garden has not a single spot of color, no flowers at all, just greens, grass, bushes, trees. That's why  friends and neighgours are for, to bring us flowers from their gardens, like this magnificent roses bouquet.

Just a bit of Easter decoration

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My plans for some Easter crafting had to be canceled because my schedule (yes, sometimes I have one) went out of the window as both my sons, after a perfectly healthy winter, decided to get ill as soon as the Easter holidays began and the temperature hit 30 degrees Celcium. Nothing serious, thank God, but you get the picture. So any Easter decor had to be done quickly and with whatever I had ready to be used. A few ornaments here and there, mostly eggs and that's all. I am leaving all the inspiration for next year.

If you haven't read yet about the current giveaway go here.
 

The Wandering Workshop giveaway

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Hello everyone! We have a new giveaway starting today! The Wandering Workshop, with the beautifuly designed eco-friendly toys (you can read more about it here), is offering two handmade wooden spinning tops to two of you. A classic toy designed in a new way. 

The giveaway is open internationaly and ends on Saturday, May 11th at noon, Eastern European Summer Time. Use the widget below to earn up to 3 entries. No anonymous comments please, because they can't be taken into account.

a Rafflecopter giveaway 

   

Good luck!

 

Cool handmade jewelry

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Hello everyone, as you know I love jewelry, not so much the trendy kind (not that I don't enjoy wearing that too) but unique, imaginative, original, handmade pieces. Here's what I discovered lately:

Giveaway winners

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Last time I had a giveaway I used Rafflecopter, today I felt like doing it the old traditional way, in order to decide what I like more for the giveaways to come. So I wrote down all the names of the participants on little papers, once, twice or three times depending on how many social media each one of them followed me on. I put the papers in a bowl and my kids chose three of them.

So as you see the winners are Μάθε, Γιούλα, and Lyriel. Please contact me by email to give me your address. Thank you all for taking part in this, we will soon have another giveaway.

Repurposed frame

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I decided to decorate my table a bit because for months all you could find on it was papers, toys and and a laptop. So I collected a few things to make a small decorative composition but couldn't decided where to put it on. I should make something.