Happy New Year Everyone!

Happy New Year! May it bring happiness and joy!

Memories of Summer: Day in the Forest

Seems that not that long ago the summer was here and we enjoyed all the goodness of it :) 

This was just one of those warm days, so we decided to go for a picnic in the forest. Still remember taste of wild raspberries and the smell of pine trees and grasses... :)

Easy Paper Doll and Her Clothes That Don't Fall Off! :)

When I was little I used to play with paper dolls a lot. I had all different kinds of them: princesses, little girls, school girl, etc. But they would only last for so long, because I would loose their clothes as they just would not stay on! Little fiddly foldy things to hold them up were useless.. 

One day, my mother taught me how to make doll clothes myself and in the way that they would not fall off! It was so easy and so creative, as I could dress them in anything I imagined! I loved it.

I was visiting my mother not long ago, when my mothers friend came over with her daughter. And as kids do, she got bored while the ladies were chatting. So I remembered this and we made a paper doll and a load of clothes for her :) Did she love it? Yes, she did :D We also made a house for her from a drawing pad with every page being a different room. I got no photos for that, but I'll try and make something similar some time in the future :)

IF YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER DEFINITELY TRY AND MAKE THESE TOGETHER ;)

Here's how the clothes are made :)

We made a paper doll from a cereal box - good hard cardboard

For the clothes, you start of with A4 paper folded in half.
 Trace  the doll's shape starting from shoulders
 and making up a shape of a garment that you imagine :)

Then move the doll away and finish drawing.

Cut it out without cutting the shoulders off
and make a slit at the back for the head.

Pull the head through 

And here's how she looks like all dressed up :)
(I left it white so that the new owner of the doll could colour it in)

Some more samples of clothing:

Making school uniform :)

And the whole collection :)

The whole collection :)

Secret Flowers From My Childhood :)

When we were kids my mother taught us this little crafty thing to do with a piece of broken glass :) And me and my sister would loooove to go ant pick some flowers to arrange under the glass and then cover it with soil. We would carefully spread some soil apart and reveal 

this little beauty - a bit like sleeping Snowhite in her glass box :)  

Here's one we made with my daughter not long ago :)

Halloween themed silhouette paintings :)

These paintings are very easy to make and look pretty impressive even if you are not the best painter in the world :) We used first three colours of rainbow for our background and then added black silhouette shapes that represent Halloween. Harry was really proud of his painting. I think we'll do them more often :)

Background ready :)

Finished work 

Interesting idea :)

As i understand you suppose to mold the egg while it is warm :)

Our Halloween decorations :)

This year like no other year we decided to do some spooky decorations outside for the Halloween night. And it was totally worth it! Every kid that walked in that night for their sweets, 

said it was spooky and great :) I think the most used word was 'awesome' :D 

Will try and do the same next year :)

Autumn day

October has been warm this year. Unusually  warm. And we enjoyed it every day. And few last days of it were just PERFECT! Here's our Mimi loving the fresh air :)