Tutorial: fabric flower earrings
What do you need to do to have one pair of those gorgeous fabric flower earrings? It’s not complicated, you can learn it all from this tutorial I made for you. After many experiments, I finally came up with a […]
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Tutorial: DIY satin chrysanthemum for handmade brooches and hair clips
Do you want to create a large and beautiful chrysanthemum, but you don’t know all the steps? I created this tutorial for you. Follow the steps from each photo to end up with a gorgeous flower that you can wear […]
Tutorial: complex petals for handmade fabric flowers
Learn how to create complex petals to use in innovative, lovely designs. Use your new skills to create your own flowers and insects. This tutorial is for you if: You recently started learning the tsumami kanzashi technique and like making […]
Tutorial: DIY silk peony flower for handmade headbands, brooches and hair clips
The spring has arrived quite a few weeks ago, but the peonies are just beginning to bloom. Make one and wear it in your hair with this easy tutorial. Peonies are gorgeous flowers and I’ve made quite a few over […]
Tutorial: silk and organza iris
In this photo tutorial, I will teach you how to create this beautiful iris flower out of upcycled (or new) fabrics. Enjoy and share! Skip to the steps. It’s spring, the sun shines warmly and the bees are buzzing around, […]
Tutorial: upcycled fabric cherry blossoms
The cherry blossom, that elegant symbol of spring, will surely become your best friend after you learn how to make one to your own liking. Try different fabrics, make more or less petals, play around with the design and experience […]
Quick white balance in GIMP 2.8 2
Do you create stuff and take photos of it, but don’t really know or care how photography works? Do you want to improve your photos really easily and can’t afford to buy proprietary software (or wouldn’t be able to use […]
Photo tutorial: satin dahlia – handmade fabric flower
Follow this tutorial to create cute tiny dahlias that you can wear in your hair, as a brooch or give as presents to your loved ones. The dahlia is a generous flower, enveloping you in its perfume, charming you with […]
Tutorial: cardboard necklace display stand
Today I want to help you solve an important problem. Where do you get affordable and beautiful necklace displays for your handmade creations? You make them, of course. Here’s the tutorial. Skip to the steps. You make jewelry. Sometimes very […]
Photo and video tutorial – Pointy kanzashi petals
The pointy petals are the easiest ones to make. They also require less precision, although they look great in chrysanthemums, gerberas and in more complex combinations, such as the lotus flowers. This tutorial will teach you the basic moves that […]
Tutorial: silk, satin or organza butterflies 5
This photo tutorial will teach you, step by step, how to upcycle natural or synthetic fabrics and transform them into pretty butterflies by using the tsumami kanzashi technique. If you are new to this technique, I recommend that you first […]
Photo & video tutorial – kanzashi rounded petals
In this tutorial I’ll teach you my own method of creating beautiful rounded tsumami kanzashi petals. Not the traditional technique, but one that will make your flowers stand out for sure. You’re new to the world of tsumami kanzashi and […]
The Garden and the Workshops
See what I learned from the workshops held in the last few months and apply these lessons to your own workshop. It’s all right to make mistakes, but isn’t it easier when you can learn from someone else’s mistakes? What […]
Product photography – tips for creatives
You work all day long creating jewelry or toys or any other thing and you have an online business. You would like your items to look in your pictures just like in those big online stores. What’s their secret? For […]