Why I´m not a good blogger
Hi guys!
When I started with blogging, I really wanted to be a good blogger ( as everybody wants to be right? :) , so I started to read some blogs about how to became a good one. I was sure it´s not easy, but I still wanted to try.
Last days I was thinking about my blog, because as you can see I didn´t post anything for more than a month and I truly realized, that I can´t be good blogger. I just don´t meet the criteria of being a good one. I´m not good at making pictures, writing tutorials and especially regularly posting.
I love my job, I love working with flowers, I love to be creative and all the learning around it, but I just hate to spend so much time in front of computer with text correction or editing pictures. It´s such a waste of time. I rather go to my grandmother´s garden or to forest or to shop to buy some nice creative stuff to work with.
Blogging feels like some kind of job and I already know that it isn´t my job :) Not for now :)
Still I will write some new posts, sometimes I hope :) but If you liked my posts, you can still follow me on facebook, I will share my new knowledge and my new creations.
Looking forward for your comments and wish you all the best in New Year! And don´t forget to be creative!
P.s.: Here is my last creation- baby´s breath half- wreath, I hope you like it ;)
---> https://www.facebook.com/Magnolia-Creative-1408505379416646/
When I started with blogging, I really wanted to be a good blogger ( as everybody wants to be right? :) , so I started to read some blogs about how to became a good one. I was sure it´s not easy, but I still wanted to try.
Last days I was thinking about my blog, because as you can see I didn´t post anything for more than a month and I truly realized, that I can´t be good blogger. I just don´t meet the criteria of being a good one. I´m not good at making pictures, writing tutorials and especially regularly posting.
I love my job, I love working with flowers, I love to be creative and all the learning around it, but I just hate to spend so much time in front of computer with text correction or editing pictures. It´s such a waste of time. I rather go to my grandmother´s garden or to forest or to shop to buy some nice creative stuff to work with.
Blogging feels like some kind of job and I already know that it isn´t my job :) Not for now :)
Still I will write some new posts, sometimes I hope :) but If you liked my posts, you can still follow me on facebook, I will share my new knowledge and my new creations.
Looking forward for your comments and wish you all the best in New Year! And don´t forget to be creative!
P.s.: Here is my last creation- baby´s breath half- wreath, I hope you like it ;)
---> https://www.facebook.com/Magnolia-Creative-1408505379416646/
Christmas pop-up store
Hi guys!
I have to write you about my last Sunday, because it was very special.
I was asked to join for Christmas pop-up store. I have to say, the first thing I had to do was to google what pop-up store is :D yes, I´ve never heard about it, but I liked the idea very much.
Well, I started to work on my decorations and my place looked again like Santas´s workshop. It was a lot of fun, but because I never tried to sell my stuff, I wasn´t sure if people will like it, so I didn´t want to make too many.
Before "the big day" I was little bit stressed, I wasn´t sure about the things I´ve made, but when I entered the store on Sunday, I was immediately in Christmas mood and didn´t care anymore about the sale. The smell of cinnamon and oranges and Frank Sinatra singing Let it snow!, it was just terrific.
The lady, which hosted the store was amazingly organised, we actually didn´t have to take care about anything.
It was just great day! I met other craft ladies from facebook group Creative people in Belgium and the store was big success. We really enjoyed it together! A proportion of proceeds went to help refugees in Brussel, so thanks to everybody we did a good thing.
If you missed this one, don´t worry, there will be another one before Christmas, just follow my fb page for more informations.
You can look forward for lovely handmade stuff like organic cosmetic, healthy food, some Greek specialties, handmade bags and pillows and some new decorations from me.
Enjoy your time before Christmas and be creative!
I have to write you about my last Sunday, because it was very special.
I was asked to join for Christmas pop-up store. I have to say, the first thing I had to do was to google what pop-up store is :D yes, I´ve never heard about it, but I liked the idea very much.
Well, I started to work on my decorations and my place looked again like Santas´s workshop. It was a lot of fun, but because I never tried to sell my stuff, I wasn´t sure if people will like it, so I didn´t want to make too many.
Before "the big day" I was little bit stressed, I wasn´t sure about the things I´ve made, but when I entered the store on Sunday, I was immediately in Christmas mood and didn´t care anymore about the sale. The smell of cinnamon and oranges and Frank Sinatra singing Let it snow!, it was just terrific.
The lady, which hosted the store was amazingly organised, we actually didn´t have to take care about anything.
If you missed this one, don´t worry, there will be another one before Christmas, just follow my fb page for more informations.
You can look forward for lovely handmade stuff like organic cosmetic, healthy food, some Greek specialties, handmade bags and pillows and some new decorations from me.
Enjoy your time before Christmas and be creative! Making Christmas!
Hi Guys!
So, I finally made my first handmade soap!
I was thinking for a long time what to make for Christmas for my friends and family and while watching youtube I´ve found some soap recipes and got quite crazy about soap making for a while. It´s like baking (bit more dangerous) and I love baking a lot!
I started to check webpages with soap techniques, recipes, supplies and I´ve finally decided how I´ll do my first batch.
If you are also thinking about your own soap making, you should try it. It´s a lot of fun and waiting for the result is exciting :D
If you don´t know where to start I have for you some perfect pages and also the recipe and technique, which I´ve used. You´ll find all the instructions under the picture.
First I wanted to try this easy beginner recipe http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/cold-process-soap/back-to-basics-simple-gentle-cold-process-soap/ but I wanted my soap to be white and I couldn´t get any palm oil in stores, where I live (later I realized, it´s also very unecological to use it). I had to do some new research and in the end I decided to make lard soap, which is one of traditional soap recipes.
This page http://www.humblebeeandme.com/why-i-use-lard-or-tallow-in-my-soap-and-why-you-should-too/ definitely convinced me, that lard is the right thing to use.
I really wanted to start with something easy so I just used coconut oil, lard, lye and distilled water. Here you can find 5 different lard soap recipes http://www.skinandsoulcompany.com/lard_soap_recipe.html
I´ve used the first one, but to make it little bit interesting I added 20 drops of rose essential oil and little bit of crushed cinnamon for christmas feeling :) You can see also nice layer of dried cornflowers (these you can buy on ebay or in some pharmacies), which I´ve just spread on the top after pouring into molds.
Here are the instructions for cold process soap http://www.skinandsoulcompany.com/cold_process_soap_making.html which I´ve followed.
You really have to follow them very strictly, that´s a big difference between baking and soap making, if you don´t do the steps right, there is a big chance that you will ruin your work.
Even my soap didn´t turn out perfectly, it´s little bit crumbly. Thanks to google, there is answer almost for every question. I think I had to pour my soap mixture too liquid into the mold, it should look more like pudding than creamy sauce :) (I mixed it by hand and I was already bit tired :D I had to change for mixer anyway) It will take more time to cure, but it should be usable.
Anyway, I´ve already ordered dried rose petals from ebay and I´ll try again.
What I also made is body scrub, it just lookes yummy on soap queen, but again I wanted to do it very simple and use all the ingredients I already had at home.
Here is what I´ve used:
- 100g coconut oil
- 150g sea salt (medium grain, I use this in kitchen)
- 10 drops of rose essential oil
- little bit of crushed cinnamon
- cornflowers
All you have to do is just to melt the coconut oil, mix everything together and pour into jar, while it´s still liquid. If you want to give this as a present, you don´t need a lot of time, it takes just few minutes, so you can prepare it few days before giving away.
I hope you enjoy my post, have fun by your own soap/scrub making and if you have some questions leave a comment.
p.s.: this is what I was listening all the time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKAxikZmY-0 happy to make Christmas :D
Nice weekend to everyone!
So, I finally made my first handmade soap!
I was thinking for a long time what to make for Christmas for my friends and family and while watching youtube I´ve found some soap recipes and got quite crazy about soap making for a while. It´s like baking (bit more dangerous) and I love baking a lot!
I started to check webpages with soap techniques, recipes, supplies and I´ve finally decided how I´ll do my first batch.
If you are also thinking about your own soap making, you should try it. It´s a lot of fun and waiting for the result is exciting :D
If you don´t know where to start I have for you some perfect pages and also the recipe and technique, which I´ve used. You´ll find all the instructions under the picture.
First I wanted to try this easy beginner recipe http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/cold-process-soap/back-to-basics-simple-gentle-cold-process-soap/ but I wanted my soap to be white and I couldn´t get any palm oil in stores, where I live (later I realized, it´s also very unecological to use it). I had to do some new research and in the end I decided to make lard soap, which is one of traditional soap recipes. This page http://www.humblebeeandme.com/why-i-use-lard-or-tallow-in-my-soap-and-why-you-should-too/ definitely convinced me, that lard is the right thing to use.
I really wanted to start with something easy so I just used coconut oil, lard, lye and distilled water. Here you can find 5 different lard soap recipes http://www.skinandsoulcompany.com/lard_soap_recipe.html
I´ve used the first one, but to make it little bit interesting I added 20 drops of rose essential oil and little bit of crushed cinnamon for christmas feeling :) You can see also nice layer of dried cornflowers (these you can buy on ebay or in some pharmacies), which I´ve just spread on the top after pouring into molds.
Here are the instructions for cold process soap http://www.skinandsoulcompany.com/cold_process_soap_making.html which I´ve followed.
You really have to follow them very strictly, that´s a big difference between baking and soap making, if you don´t do the steps right, there is a big chance that you will ruin your work.
Even my soap didn´t turn out perfectly, it´s little bit crumbly. Thanks to google, there is answer almost for every question. I think I had to pour my soap mixture too liquid into the mold, it should look more like pudding than creamy sauce :) (I mixed it by hand and I was already bit tired :D I had to change for mixer anyway) It will take more time to cure, but it should be usable.
Anyway, I´ve already ordered dried rose petals from ebay and I´ll try again.
What I also made is body scrub, it just lookes yummy on soap queen, but again I wanted to do it very simple and use all the ingredients I already had at home.
Here is what I´ve used:
- 100g coconut oil
- 150g sea salt (medium grain, I use this in kitchen)
- 10 drops of rose essential oil
- little bit of crushed cinnamon
- cornflowers
All you have to do is just to melt the coconut oil, mix everything together and pour into jar, while it´s still liquid. If you want to give this as a present, you don´t need a lot of time, it takes just few minutes, so you can prepare it few days before giving away.
I hope you enjoy my post, have fun by your own soap/scrub making and if you have some questions leave a comment.
p.s.: this is what I was listening all the time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKAxikZmY-0 happy to make Christmas :D
Nice weekend to everyone!
Amsterdam´s calling!
We (me and my boyfriend :) couldn´t go to Amsterdam better time! Fall in Amsterdam is amazing!
We spent there just two days, even month wouldn´t be enough to enjoy the atmosphere.
I have to say, my first impression was absolutely terrible, because there were hundreds of people walking the streets, but then I just realized, it´s not just me who wants to see this city :D
It took us bit of time to get out from the shopping streets and enjoy the real Amsterdam. One of my first stops was nothing else than Bloemenmarkt in the city centre. My boyfriend is very patient, but you should see his face, when I wanted to go there on Sunday again :D Of course we did, I had to buy some bulbs for my grandma!
It wasn´t good time to see selling cut flowers, so I was little bit disappointed, but also amazed of so many varieties of tulip bulbs, which you could buy for a nice price. The market on my pictures looks quite sad :D but in real it was very alive and crowded
In such a big cities, you won´t see everything, if you just visit the place for weekend or you don´t want to spent few hours waiting in queue. However we really enjoyed our time there! It´s one of the most beautiful cities I´ve been and I hope I´ll visit it again. Next time in spring, can´t wait to see all the blooming bulbs!
Seasonal planting
I´m doing an internship for landscape architect and we are doing a lot of replanting right now. Because I´ve moved to smaller place, I don´t have balcony anymore, so at least I could design my two boxes. I used nice winter, little bit christmassy colours, I hope you like this combination. There is the right time for seasonal changing of plants, so let´s do this!
Difficulty: **
Material:
- soil
- plants- calluna, erica, sedum, gaultheria, calocephalus
- garden trowel
- gloves
+ material for new planting:
- boxes
- pebbles
Steps:
1. pulling out plants- use the trowel to pull out the old plants, get rid of most of the old soil
2. designing plants- first put the plants into the box with pots and find the design you like most
3. planting- make a hole with the trowel or hand, pull out the plants from the pots and insert them in the holes, for filling use new soil and push it towards the plants
If planting into new boxes, first make sure that your box has holes at the bottom, so the water can easily go out. Put piece of geotextile on the bottom and partly on the sides of the box, make a layer of pebbles 5-7cm and layer of soil and continue with step 2
Are you also replanting seasonally? Share your ideas! Nice week to everyone.
Fall wreath
Decorate your home with your own handmade fall wreath!
Difficulty: **
Difficulty: **
Material:
- - wreath base
- - glue gun
- - ribbon
- - scissors
- - decorations- potpourri, oak nuts, chestnuts, dried apples, wooden decorations- bird house and heart, plastic decorations- apples, pears, rose hips
I used for these wreaths vanilla and amber potpourri- which is mixture of dried fragrant plant materials. These wreaths will not just decorate your door or room, they also smell amazing. Don´t use too much of the fragrant material if you will have the wreath in a small room.
Steps:
Making wreath by gluing with help of glue gun is very easy, but it can take some time. You can follow these few tips to make it easier:
1. before you glue anything, first just put the piece on the wreath base without glue and try to find the right place for it
2. start with gluing bigger things, it´s much easier to fill the base with smaller pieces later
3. if you want to see some branches of the wreath, just put the material randomly on the wreath
3. however if you want to cover the whole base, you can start at one point and go around the whole circle, don´t forget to change the material you are using
4. as the last, be careful while using the glue gun, it can get pretty hot
I hope you enjoyed this easy tutorial! Have fun by making your own wreath! Pumpkin decoration
Fresh, lovely, fall decoration!
Material:
Steps:
2. put inside of the pumpkin soaked floral foam (it has to be soaked at least for 2-3 hours) and cut the edges of the foam
3. remove the leaves of every flower, cut and put the bigger flowers into the foam and create round shape, when you have all the bigger flowers in the foam, you can easily fill the arrangement with small flowers and leaves, don´t forget to water the foam after few days
I love these fresh soft colours! The arrangement still reminds me of fall, but it´s soften with the nice combination. It stayed so beautiful for more than a week, but don´t forget to add water.
If you also love to decorate pumpkins, share with us your ideas! Have a nice week!
If you also love to decorate pumpkins, share with us your ideas! Have a nice week!
The fall is here!
I always think, that the summer is just endless...and every year I realize, that actually I´m wrong...
Yes, the fall is definitely here! You can feel it, you can smell it and of course you can see it.
One
of the things everybody loves about fall are the amazing colours (and
that we still don´t have to wear winter clothes :D ) What fall brings
with itself is for us "flower- and deco-lovers" plenty of a staff,
which we can pick in the nature.
I´ve
put for you some of the things I usually find in the woods, parks or
gardens into one picture. You can use them for some table decorations, wreaths or even
bouquets. You can see here rose hips, pine cones, all kind of nuts- chestnuts, acorns, hazelnuts, walnuts, some decoration pumpkins, physalis, lunaria and colour leaves.
Is there anything else you are picking during fall? Don´t forget the comment and share your ideas. Have a wonderful fall!
Me and my blog
I´m Iveta and this is more about me and my blog.
As you could already see, I looove flowers and making decorations, which is also one of the reasons why I´m not doing intern by some civil engineering company, but working for landscape architect. I rather work manually than sitting in front of a computer, which actually should be my future work.
Maybe you´re asking why I´m wasting time by not doing what I´m studying, but this is what makes me really happy right now and I´m not going to change it :)
Everything what I´m doing is an experience and something what moves me forward in my life.
This blog is also some kind of experience, you wouldn´t believe how much time it took me just to change few template settings :D but I´ve already learned many things by doing it.
Floristry is something what I would love to do in my future life, but there is still a long way to be a good in that, what I like.
Some time ago I took a floristry course and worked as part-time in flower shop, but as time goes I´m forgetting everything what I´ve learned. Because I wanted to be more productive and creative and I don´t have enough time right now for some courses and unfortunately not enough money, I´ve decided to practice at home and working at least on one project a week. You wouldn´t say , but the flowers are cheaper here in Belgium than in Slovakia, so this is quite big advantage.
I´ll share my projects and things in my life flower and nature- related with you, so you can watch my improvement (hopefully :) I would be glad if my creation became your inspiration.
I hope you will enjoy my blogging and I´m looking forward to your comments!
p.s.: I´m sure you´ve already realized that I´m not native english speaker, so if you´ll find some mistakes in my posts, please let me know, I appreciate it :)
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