Tag: handmade

Soap Workshop in the Kitchen

Dear friends, today I’ll show you how to make soap in the kitchen.
You can make your soap as complicated or as simple as you like. The advantage of making your own soap is that you can make it with the ingredients that you choose and the fragrances Read More

Perlen Harmony Oase by Olga Haserodt

The artist, born in the Russian city of Astrachan, has been living with her family in Germany for more than 10 years now. During her childhood, her mother and her grandmothers taught her to create handmade things by herself. Read More

”Frunzulițe” de baie – cremă de baie preparată acasă

Crema de baie este primul meu produs cosmetic preparat acasă. Am luat rețeta din cartea lui Jinaika Jakuszeit ”Cosmetice preparate acasă”, de la Editura Casa. Găsiți recenzia cărții pe Revista Atelierul dacă doriți.  Read More

Cuddly Toys History

A stuffed toy is a toy sewn from a textile, and stuffed with a soft material. In North American English they are variously referred to as plush toys, plushies, snuggies, stuffies, snuggled animals or stuffed animals while in British English they are soft toys or cuddly toys. Read More

History of Lenci Dolls

Lenci dolls are pressed felt dolls with painted features, manufactured in Turin by Enrico and Elena (Lenci) Scavini from 1919 until 1944. They are now collectables.
The bodies and the clothing of Lenci boy and girl dolls are made of pressed woolen felt. The bodies were machine stitched up the back and across the shoulders then hand stitched between the legs. This allowed them to wear low Read More

History of Amigurumi

Amigurumi (編みぐるみ?, lit. crocheted or knitted stuffed toy) is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small, usually cute stuffed animals and anthropomorphic creatures. The word is derived from a combination of the Japanese words ami, meaning crocheted or knitted Read More

Cafe MAELU

Dear friends, as you maybe noticed in few of my posts on instagram, I am in love with MAELU pastry. I discovered this place two years ago when I was taking a walk on Theatinerstrasse in München, and I could not take my eyes off, of beautiful cakes and cookies I saw in the pastry window.  Read More

Drawing has the power to delight

Drawing is one of humanity’s greatest accomplishments. It is like playing music, where something very special is created out of  the interplay between hearing, hand movements, the mind, and something else – the element that some call soul or heart, and others talent.  Read More

Potpourri Wreath

Hello, do you know what’s great about potpourri? Everything! This mixture of dried, naturally fragrant plant material smells good and looks good. When you don’t want anymore to keep the potpourri in a vase, and you are looking for a good idea… this is what you can do!  A wonderful, good smelling wreath! Read More