Mala Mare
Handmade with Love
Amsterdam Bloemenmarkt
22 February 2012
by Mala Mare
in Miscellaneous
Last week I was in the Netherlands. I love the Netherlands very much, there are many reasons for it – why and what, another time. I was on the south, in the Province of Limburg, visited friends in Rotterdam, then spent a few days wandering around Amsterdam. There are many places in the city that I [...]
Felt Wedding Bouquet
9 February 2012
by Mala Mare
in Accessories
Do you know do!ts, a magazine for handmade culture? If not yet, have a look at do!ts. I am delighted by the magazine!
Therefore I am happy and proud to say that my tutorial on making a wedding bouquet and boutonnieres is published in the most recent issue. Thank you, editors!
You can find the [...]
Snowy Bag
4 February 2012
A tote with flowers, but a snowy tote. Snowy because it is made of warm fabric, because its colours look like winter and snow, and snowy because just as I was finishing it, it started snowing for the first time this winter.
Why did I make a white bag? Because white fabric bag sounds quite [...]
About Owls
Owls live in my neighborhood. Sometimes I hear them, sometimes I catch a glimpse of them silently flying in the dusk. Most probably they are Tawny Owls, Strix aluco, but I yet have to see them properly. I’m reading about owls and here are several things I have learned so far about my neighbors, [...]
Improvised lightbox
22 January 2012
by Mala Mare
in Miscellaneous
A lightbox is useful-to-necessary piece of photo equipment. Simply described, it is a large box without the front side, while other sides are glowing light, resulting in the light inside the box being diffuse. Such light makes it possible to take photos without shadows, without flash burns, in [...]