Articles by Mariangela Garau

We received a wonderful Nespresso machine for Christmas and since then we only drink Nespresso coffee. It is so much better than regular espresso. The only downside is that you can must buy it …

It seemed only yesterday that I was decorating my son’s bedroom with cars drawings, owls and all those cute things that young boys like. We already made some changes to his bedroom last year …

I love decorating jars and glass bottles. I have a lot of vases and lanterns, which I decorated with decoupage paper. For Valentine’s day I have a selection of jars and a bottle, which …

Lately I have been learning about making shapes in Photoshop, these basic patterns are the result of mixing shapes with the custom shape tool and the application of a few filters over the finished …

We are crazy about origami lately, though we are not experts we are starting to follow instructions correctly. These are our heart origami. To make these you need proper origami paper with different coloured sides. …

This little handbag is my latest upcycle project. It was the box for a present I received for Christmas containing beauty products, one of those that opens up into a flat piece of cardboard. I …

Today on one of my inspiration wanders on Pinterest for Chinese new year’s crafts I landed on a fantastic homeschooling blog. Nadine’s paper dolls and paper men, which are free to download, are a great …

I am very proud of this little elephant made entirely out of magazine pages. All you need is lots of glossy paper (though newspaper works just fine, but it is less colourful), vinyl …

To use up the last of the pinecones we picked during a Sunday afternoon stroll in the local pinewoods, we made a simple garland with varnished pinecones attached to a string with intermittent cardboard …

I have so many pinecones this year that I can just make lots of different decorations. Today I have a very simple yet effective decoration, which is fun to make with kids as it …

Last weekend I went to a crafts fair in Barcelona, Creativa Spain an event that brings together crafters from all trades. There are various events all over Europe, in Spain alone, as well as …

Last week I was inspired by the lovely Christmas Tin Can Lanterns I saw on Thinly Spread blog to make some of my own. I have been collecting tins for sometime so all I …