Happy new year!

A new year is coming...

















...new hopes, dreams, expectations....

















...desires, projects....

















...new adventures, new challenges...


















...thanks to the old year for everything it took, for friendship, love and health...
a new and bright new year for you all!

Recycled box

I always need storage boxes to keep a lot of little things...



















...this is my recycling time...

















...an old photos, buttons and laces and a new little place to keep my little nothing!

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas time!

Sweet Christmas!

I made some marzipan chocolates...I just adore dark chocolate...

















...I'm addicted...

















...different moulds for different shapes...

















...home-printed wrapping papers...

















...cardstock cones and labels...































...for you all a sweet Christmas!

Buon Natale!

Christmas gifts

More and more candles as Xmas gifts for my girlfriends...

















...I tried to find personalized labels for each of them...


















...for who is fond of fashion...

















...for the one who loves photography...for who works in an insurance company...

















...simple wrappings in b&w...

















...personalized labels and hand made cards...

And you? Are you ready for Christmas?

Let is snow!

No Christmas without snow...well today we have had our own snow!
































...my garden dressed in white...

















...the well...

















...my frozen roses...

















...they remind me that despite the weather, nature is still alive...

















...another survivor!
Have a great week end!

Christmas ornaments

Every year we make two Xmas tree at home...even if my children are grown up, they want a big and traditional one...

















...so I make a little one just for me...changing the ornaments according to the inspiration of the moment...

















...this year I chose and printed holy images on white linen...

















...for a black and white Christmas tree!

Candles tutorial

Some of you asked me how I decorated the candles of my previous post...so I decided to show you my tutorial...sorry for the bad quality of the images...my camera didn't work very well!

















You need a candle, an image printed on vellum paper, oven paper, hair dryer...



















...place your image on the candle...

















...firmly wrap the candle with the oven paper...

















...heat with the hair dryer till the image is melted with the wax...

















..wait till the candle become cold and then gently remove the oven paper.
Done! It's easy, isn't it???
Hope to see your beautiful candles! They're a nice and cheap Christmas gift and you can personalize them with any kind of images and texts!

Candles...

Hello everyone! As you probably see I left the blogworld for a while...there is not a special reason, may be some little reasons which distract my attention and now it's difficult to come back!
Anyway I missed you all!
















...I made some candles in blck and white...

















...I'm going to make some more ones for my friends' Xmas gifts...

















...despite the rainy weather, the roses of my garden are still generous with me and they still give my some blossoms...

Thanks for your patience and have a wonderful week end!

Autumn garden...

I like having flowers in the garden also during the Winter...

















...even if the cold days don't let me stay outdoor as often as I'd like...

















...I like enjoying them from my windows...

















...waiting for the awakening of nature!

I had a little accident...nothing serious, but my hand is banded now and it's difficult for me to write... anyway I wish you all a very nice week!

Cloches...

Last finds at the flea market...

















...I'm in love with cloches in every kind of materials...

















...they are very eclectic and very decorative...

















...everything looks nicer under them...

















...but I confess you....these are not properly cloches...they are calf muzzles...a different use for me!

Off-season gifts...

No pumpkins for this Halloween post...

















...these are the gifts I received from my garden in this sunny day...

















...some new branches of lavender...

















...a white rose blossom...

















...the illusion of being in Summer!

Have a wonderful week end!

Back from the garden shop

Back from the garden shop in a sunny day...
















...colorful pansies...

















...heather...
















































...violet, lilac, white and pink for new outdoor and indoor arrangements!