Valentines day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as…
Hello all!! We are taking a little break from the usual blog posts about craft tutorials and awesome new products, hope you don’t mind. You have all seen some of the swoon-worthy stuff in the 7 Gypsies line of papers and inks and bits and bobs, so you know they lend themselves well to creating…
On our most recent trip to CHA, we had the pleasure of being booth neighbors with Pion Design. We had never heard of Pion design, as it was their first time to show in the US, but we quickly made friends with this family-owned company from Sweden. As is usual at CHA, we tore down…
7Gypsies recently released an INCREDIBLE new line of 12×12 papers to go with their newest release, Gypsy Moments. Now when I say these papers are incredible, I truly mean it. For the first time in 7G history, the papers have been printed on 80# cardstock, and they’re STILL double sided. My favorite aspect to these…
Hello! It’s Riikka here to share some Christmas cards with you! These vintage styled cards are made with 7Gypsies “Santa’s Journey” line. I’m not a vintage style crafter, but these papers together with some Canvas Corp details, make it easy to make homey cards with a warm feeling! All of the cards follow…
Hello, it’s Riikka here! December is soon here and it’s time to start documenting that holiday month. The preparations, the atmosphere and the celebration itself. I’ve been doing a “December Daily” style album for several years now. The style and amount of text varies, but still every year I do one. Project Life style documenting…
Hello! Thanksgiving is coming and some preparations needs to be done! It’s always a pleasure to see family and friends and think about all the things one should be grateful and thankful for. Here in Finland we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving as such but it’s still lovely to invite family over for a dinner and spend…
We are loving the look and feel of waxed canvas tote bags lately. They feel so sturdy and have a unique weathered look that we are just crazy about. You can add leather accessories to them like this bag… …or you can create something uniquely vintage like this lunch tote. Regardless of what you make, we…
Hi there readers! When you go on a trip what makes it worth remembering and unique? Is it the food? Or the weather? The culture, the places of interest or the company? Or all those things together, the little moments that make all the difference? To me it’s just the latter – even though I…
What is a Gypsy Moment? There is a little Gypsy in every one of us, we wander, we travel, we dance, we say the wrong thing, we wear fun clothes, we do something we shouldn’t, we do a lot we should…Gypsy Moments are those special little things that happen while we live our unique and…