Hookahs

Hello dear readers,

First of all let me thank you all for your kind wishes and words of comfort which warmed my heart.
There is little change in my husband's condition.  He still has to wear that awful stability device for at least two more weeks  and is unable to stand up and walk.  After his discharge from  hospital, we moved him into a nice home where he gets 24 hours daily care.  I visit him daily for a few hours.
I don't know when or if we'll be able to bring him back home but now at least he's safe and more adjusted to the situation.

Although I've been several weeks away from this blog, things seem to have happened by themselves. over a hundred entries a day and one astonishing surprise.  My blog has been selected as one of the top 100.  I know all of you deserve this badge.  I feel humble when I see the incredible work you do and I'd love to share this award with all of you.

Here is what I managed to create these last few days.

Hookahs (Made from beads, gold acrylic paint, long sewing pins, metal parts of cloth-padded buttons and pigtail elastic bands).

Unable to go to the beach this year but with a large stock of seashells, I made more seashell decorated wooden boxes.

I wish you all  happy summer days and blessings.

The situation at my home

Dear readers,

Things have gone from bad to worst here.  My husband, who only recently regained his health, had a bad fall and  broke a vertebra in the lower spine. He has to wear a special, very uncomfortable, stability device. For the time being he is unable to walk and is hospitalized.  My daughters and I take turns in staying with him during day time. At night he's given painkillers which enable him to sleep.

Although I have scarcely time to blog, I miss crafting and I miss you, my dear friends on the blogs.
I have received birthday greetings and gifts which brightened  my days.

Gifts from Fabiola

Thank you dear Faby for these lovely pieces.  I love the tiny hair dryer and the lovely cloth case you made for it.  I also admire the plate on the stand which you made for it.



Gifts from May

Thank you dear May.  The photo doesn't give full credit to your stunning knitting, especially the finish which is simply perfect.

Have a wonderful summer and blessings.

Reading time

Hello dear readers,

I was a very lucky winner of Rebecca's Easter giveaway.  Two beautifully made bunny books.

I used Rebecca's three original photos.

Thank you so much dear Rebecca.  I love your books!

I know it's long past Easter time,  but the books arrived only a few days ago and I was unable to resist making a little scene using my newly won treasures.  (Pipe cleaners bunnies,  eggshells picture, stitched rug and flowers as well as corner room, created by me.)

I wish you all a lovely Sunday with blessings.

Little chests

Hello dear readers,

Family health issues take more of my time lately and keep me away from my blog.  I sadly had to stop my volunteer work with the handicapped ladies at the center but hope to return in the near future. It has been a very rewarding time and almost all the stuff created by these  great ladies was sold out.
Here are some tiny pipe cleaners animals I taught them on the last day we worked together.  We had great fun doing them.

When using craft sticks for making small furniture pieces we almost always throw away the rounded ends.  I kept some of these parts in various sizes hoping to find a way to use them.  I came up with
an idea of little chests made of egg carton covered craft sticks.

I wish you all a blessed weekend.

Egg carton flower pots

Hello dear readers,


I need flower pots, as many as possible.  Found this wonderful  tutorial for making flower pots out of card stock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZQHxtIAVhY.
I wanted to try it but didn't have the card paper nor the mosaic cement.  Instead,  I had  at hand plenty egg cartons left over from the holidays so I tried, with a few changes, to make pots using this material.  With a few changes from the original tutorial, here is how I made my flower pots:

Materials used:
Egg cartons
Tacky glue
scissors
Foam piece or eraser
pen handle (for rolling)
Sand paper
Acrylic paints

This is how they look after adding the top bands and trimming the bases.  Now comes the sanding part.  I sanded them allover, sides bases and tops.  Now they are ready to be painted.

After sanding the edges get smooth and it's hardly noticeable where they were glued together.

From  now I shall hopefully never be without planting pots.

Wish you all lovely days of sunshine and blessings.

"Under the Dome" gifts

Hello dear readers,

It's called holidays or vacations so why is it that always when they end I find myself needing a good rest?

Here are a few more "under the dome" gifts that I chose to make this time.


The two little grazing  giraffes are tiny plastic beads.  I added the tails, made the tree and fence.

There was no time to make more scenes,  I'll keep my ideas for later on.  Instead I  made
small flower arrangements in beautiful glass beads that I found in a store specializing in beads, and placed them under the domes.
They look nice and dust protected.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend with blessings.

Don't touch my carrots

Hello dear readers,

For the ten small dome show cases, posted about in my previous post,  I wanted at least one with an Easter scene.  By the way, I found out that the cases actually serve for cupcakes and other sweets. (Has to be a very small cupcake.)

I made the little tree, the bunny and the carrots.  I think I'll make another one to keep for myself.

This is my Easter bunny guarding his carrots.  He's enjoying his meal, in fact he is a chubby, jolly fellow who loves to eat.

Eight more cases to fill....... Next week to give them away.  Most of them will show flower arrangements.

A warm welcome to all my new followers.  Thank you for your comments.

I wish all my dear readers lovely days of spring and blessings