A slow Christmas project from the Friendly Forest
A slow Christmas project from the Friendly Forest. Simple foil embossing using borrowed templates, everyday tools, and no pressure to get it right.
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Save the date! We are almost ready to celebrate :-)
As we are slowly easing in into new normal (and hopefully this will feel like a distant dream soon) we thought it would be good to set the day for our grand re-opening. Are you ready to hear the date? Our Fair style reopening is going to be on 23rd-24th of October (now moved to…
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Rainbow bunting project
Since sharing about this exciting project we thought we would give you more information. For those who have not heard, here is where you can read how our idea came about. Essentially our idea is simple. We want to bring joy to the community and shift focus from being anxious, scared, or bored to a…
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Let’s get ready to celebrate!
Hey everybody! Hope you had a lovely Easter. I was very excited to hear the Queens speech this year: yes indeed, Easter has not been canceled! A lot of people have been telling me that it is such as shame that our cafe is closed right now. Yes, I know we only opened recently, but…
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IKEA Moppe advent calendar
This year Christmas is looking a little different to us a family. With the cafe launch in January we are not able to visit any of our family (Joni parents are in Devon and mine are in Lithuania). This means for the first time it is only going to be just four of us at…
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How to install a gallery wall in five easy steps
One of my last years goal was to fill the walls with art, and thanks to my watercolour challenge I kinda did! Except the wall space above our fireplace stayed empty for a while. I planned a wall gallery here with family pics and I have been putting this task off for a while. Why?…
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Our new kitchen reveal
If you knew how long it took us to build this kitchen then you would understand how excited I am right now when it is finally finished! We started this project two years ago, just few months before Tomas was born.Originally this was a study or a front room (pic bellow). We have our office…
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Origami advent calendar
So here it is, our advent calendar for this year :). Very very simple to make and I have already received many compliments from friends! I simply used some pattern designs that I created for watercolour challenge few months ago and it brighten up our living room already. Yey!Each package contain origami idea which is…
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Foraged winter wreath + make your own willow wreath base
So it turns out this kind of wreath (pic above) is called a foraged wreath. I am so surprised! You see I have been using tree branches and dried plants for deco for years and never considered it as a positive thing to do. When I was little my grandad told me off for breaking…
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Macrame inspired crochet wall art + free crochet pattern
Do you remember when I made watercolour and embroidery wall art? I did say I was not 100% sure if it went with our bedroom interior and I think I was right (although there is no right and wrong when it comes to deco they say). This artwork never grew on me and it was…