So many babies just arrived or on the way...so sweet! So I take this chance to use the old flannel duvet cover: it is actually almost new, but it was definitely too warmfor our bed. It had the honour of becoming a set of washable breastpads and baby wipes... it's a great experience I had myself as on old set of bed sheets ad a few pijamas (all made of flannel) were my first attempt, during the second pregnancy. I am still using the wipes and the breastpads just passed to my friend that is suffering as much as I did during the first few weeks of breastfeeding. Hold on Lucy, after a little time breastfeeding became a sweet and lovely time to spend with the little ones... So here is the little gift for Ilaria that just have to wait a few more days. I hope I'll be able to make some for the shop soon!
mercoledì 10 settembre 2014
Babies on the way....
So many babies just arrived or on the way...so sweet! So I take this chance to use the old flannel duvet cover: it is actually almost new, but it was definitely too warmfor our bed. It had the honour of becoming a set of washable breastpads and baby wipes... it's a great experience I had myself as on old set of bed sheets ad a few pijamas (all made of flannel) were my first attempt, during the second pregnancy. I am still using the wipes and the breastpads just passed to my friend that is suffering as much as I did during the first few weeks of breastfeeding. Hold on Lucy, after a little time breastfeeding became a sweet and lovely time to spend with the little ones... So here is the little gift for Ilaria that just have to wait a few more days. I hope I'll be able to make some for the shop soon!
Etichette:
babies,
bambini,
breast pads,
coppette assorbilatte lavabili,
cucito,
cucito creativo,
gift,
lavabili,
mamme,
neonati,
regalo,
reusable,
salviette,
sewing,
whashcloth
martedì 2 settembre 2014
...I try and try...every once in a while. Time to organize buttons. Cool the idea of glass jars, colorful and fun to look at, but not really space saving. Mmmm, definitely I should avoid buying a thousand new small plastic boxes, so? First attempt: since we started having "the girls" in the garden making eggs, friends and neighbours kept for us many egg boxes, why not using them?
Provato ma...vista la quantità di bottoni ce ne sarebbero volute mille, e un armadio intero per contenerle...Tryed but considering how many buttons I have, I would have needed a thousand egg boxes, and a giant cupboard to store them...
Quindi ecco arrivare "l'idea IKEA": le immancabili e multiuso buste richiudibili e una scatola trasparente comprata nell'ultima spedizione!So here comes the "IKEA idea": the useful (and very much used) ikea re-sealable bags and a box I bought last time I was there!
Moooolto meglio! E quanto spazio guadagnato! Con giusto due eccezioni: i bottoni marroni restano nel barattolone di salsa al formaggio per i nachos che mi sono portata dall'ultima gita USA e che ho "dovuto" finire apposta per i bottoni marroni e, ovviamente, la scatola verde molto vintage in cui il nonno Giacomo con le sue manone aveva messo tutti i bottoncini bianchi-panna... troppo affetto e troppi ricordi per cambiare! PS Dimenticavo: anche UNA scatola per tutti gli SPECIALI, grandi e colorati.
Much much better! And so much space left! With just two exception: brown buttons cannot go anywhere else but in this jar of cheese sauce for nachos I brought back last time I was in the States and I HAD TO finish just in order to put all my brown buttons there and, obviously, the vintage green box that grampa filled up himself with all the white-cream buttons...too many memories and too much love to chage! PS I almost forgot: ONE box for all the SPECIALS, big and colorful.
Etichette:
bottoni,
buttons,
craft room,
ikea,
jars,
nani & matette,
organizzazione,
tidy,
upcycle
lunedì 28 aprile 2014
La piccola Ninni, la protagonista e animatrice della pagina Facebook e presto del sito LA CASA DI NINNI
sta sfruttando questo tempo di attesa presentandoci ad uno ad uno gli artisti-artigiani che parteciperanno al progetto, in modo simpatico e originale... e questa volta è toccato a me!!!!
Our little Ninni is the owner of LA CASA DI NINNI (a Facebook page for now and soon her own site) is using this time to introduce one by one all the artists-artisans involved in the project; all done in a funny and original way. This time it was my turn!!!!!
Our little Ninni is the owner of LA CASA DI NINNI (a Facebook page for now and soon her own site) is using this time to introduce one by one all the artists-artisans involved in the project; all done in a funny and original way. This time it was my turn!!!!!
sabato 22 marzo 2014
Ninni e la sua festa

ecco, qualcosa si muove:-) dopo la festa per il suo quarto compleanno la piccola Ninni si prepara all'apertura della sua casetta piena di cose meravigliose con un concorso che già mette in palio 6 simpatici oggetti handmade. Tutti a misura di bimbo!
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Ecco gli oggetti in palio, non sono carinissimi?
so, something is moving:-) After the party for her fourth birthday our little Ninni is getting ready to open her little house showing us all the wonderful things she collected, in the meantime she decided to offer 6 wonderful little things handmade for children just like her!
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Look at the gifts you could win, aren't they cute?
sabato 8 marzo 2014
Maid of honour
Si comincia:
- album FABRIANO coi fogli grandi, carta di qualità ma leggera abbastanza da rendere la rilegatura semplice una volta "riempite" le pagine. CE L'HO.
- una bella scatola riciclata, riempita con cartoncini, adesivi, immagini, tutto ovviamente senza acidi e lignina per durare per sempre, tutto in arrivo dalla mia mania per lo scrapbook scoppiata in America. Aggiungo anche una scatola nuova di pennarelli STABILO, per non lasciare niente al caso. PRONTA.
...e poi la parte difficile: quella di far girare la scatola tra amici e colleghi di sposo e sposa, libertà di espressione per tutti. E dopo poco più di un mese la raccolta delle pagine sorprende me per prima: colgo l'occasione per ringraziare tutti e complimentarmi: BRAVISSIMI. Chi ha attaccato foto di vecchie vacanze, lettere scritte in adoloscenza alla sposa, ricette, auguri, citazioni e poesie.... anche un mazzetto di fiori secchi!
Let's start:
- fabric shop in Arona, I see a wonderful and expensive fabric and the owner (a long time professional) tells me it's a double layer of silk, all crafted in Italy. BOUGHT.
- big drawing album from FABRIANO, paper of great quality but light and easy to bind once all pages have been "filled". GOT IT.
- a big recycled box filled with stickers, paper and cardstock, all acid and lignin free so that it will last forever. Everything comes from my scrapbook mania period, when I was in the States. I just add a brand new box of STABILO markers, to make sure everything is done in the right way. READY.
...and now the hardest part, making the box run among all bride's and groom's friends. And after a few weeks the collection of pages surprises me above all: GREAT WORK. All pages were filled with old letters from childhood, pictures of old vacations, recipes, postcards, poetry...even a bouquet of dried flowers!
All bound and delivered to the bride on the wedding evening. Result? Many tears, laughs and words I will never forget that worth more than a million compliments: "Mow, (as my friends call me) if I ever have to run out the house and leave evrything behind, that album would be the first thing I would grab and take with me!
Etichette:
gift,
handbound,
handmade,
journal,
maid of honour,
matrimonio,
my best friend's wedding,
nani & matette,
quaderni,
regalo,
rilegato,
scrapbook,
sketchbook,
testimone di nozze,
wedding
giovedì 27 febbraio 2014
REMAKE
Smontato e tagliato le pagine a metà, ora è davvero tascabile, e il bottone a forma di tappo a corona lo rende anche più allegro e spiritoso. Ecco, ora sono soddisfatta:-)
martedì 18 febbraio 2014
Primo tentativo di utilizzare la vecchia giacca scozzese...
E' tardi e sono stanca...ma almeno dopo tanto tempo senza "fare" ho portato a termine un tentativo: quando stavo per tagliare il tessuto della giacca ho avuto l'illuminazione...wooohooooo, ci sono una tasca e un'asola già fatte!!! Proviamo a sfruttarli! L'idea della tasca non è stata male, anche se una piccola parte è rimasta "coinvolta" nella rilegatura. Dell'asola non sono soddisfatta, è scomoda ed è davvero difficile infilare il bottone, ma visto che era per me, senza lo stress del perfezionismo, un piccolo sforzo posso anche farlo ;-)
Ho usato alcuni fogli già tagliati che avevo in giro e dei fogli squadrati Fabriano.
It's late and I am tired... but at least after so long without anything "made" I brought to the end this attempt: while I was ready to cut the fabric of the jacket I went woooohooooo, there is a buttonhole and a pocket already made, let's try to use them! The idea was ok with the pocket, even though a little part of it was "involved" in the binding. With the buttonhole it was not that easy and it's pretty hard to fit the button in it.... but I was making the first sketchbook for myself, so I had no stress of perfectionism ;-) I used some sheets I had around, already cut and some squared drawing paper.
Ho usato alcuni fogli già tagliati che avevo in giro e dei fogli squadrati Fabriano.
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