Thursday 25 April 2013

Waiting for more spring days....

At last some beautiful sunny spring days arrived.
Chances to....redecorate, reorganise.....
...receive mail and send some....(this thank you card came from Nancy in the States some time ago!Thanks!)
...take pictures of favourite things in combination like sea glass and flowers....
....spot beautiful places in the city like this part of the city wall on Yedi Kule...
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Wednesday 24 April 2013

Handicraft course


For two months in February and March I attended a free handicraft course at our local library. A colleague from school and I joined in and it was great fun. What I liked most was that we learnt how with simple methods and few things you can make lots of beautiful art and craft pieces.
Our teacher Maria Chatzi was very creative and pleasant and we really had fun.
In the first lesson we learnt how to make pom poms and bows from various things even from a paper napkin or a supermarket plastic bag.
I missed the second lesson where they learnt how to make flowers but I was shown on the next lesson and I put my flowers on a bracelet made of  a simple round carton paper and a torn T-shirt.

Then we made necklaces using things our teacher brought us. The fun part was that we could choose the items to put on our necklaces from a table and so each necklace was different.I also added the buttons.
I got the butterfly and the lace from my colleague.
And made this crochet heart.
And my friend Frieda gave me this flower to add.

In total it was a cooperative necklace.
On the next lesson we made brooches. Again I chose something simple and as I was wearing my red jacket that day I made something to match that.
Then we learnt how to decorate our flip flops and sandals. As I only had one old pair from the beach house I added few things on it but hopefully will buy and decorate a new pair.
On our last lesson before Easter we learnt how to make wreaths but my choise of colours ended up too girly Spring but not too Easter like. I really enjoyed the course and hopefully will attend more in future.

Monday 22 April 2013

How I love the sea front of my city

Rain or shine....
...the Thessaloniki sea front looks beautiful....
...easy to reach...for us who live nearby it is only five minutes' walk away and it has a lot to offer....
...ample space to walk,jog, ride your bike, walk your dog, let your children play, fish...
...amazing views...
If you are a dog then you find lots of furry friends to play with....(unless they are all gone!)
 ...if you are a human you can even have the chance to watch street artists performing....
 ...you can make soap bubbles....
 ...and take all kinds of pictures....

 ...if you are a toddler you can play with fearless puppies....
 ...you can watch wonderful sunsets....

...you can attend various entertainement activities like painting....
 ...look at photographic exhibitions....
 ...eat a snack....
 ...visit the lily pond....
 ...and see the koi fish....
 ...the turtles....
 ....the frogs....

 ....and try to catch the ...frogs?....
 ...and see beauty in all its forms...
 ...and colours....
 ...and shapes....
 and admire the sea and the sky....
....and have coffee...
...and meet friends....
and.....love this city once again....
(This blogpost is written after a wonderful sunny weekend spent at the sea front and in the hope that the rest of the sea front which is being renovated will be given to the public before summer!)

Sunday 21 April 2013

Trying to crochet

I have admired many a time crocheted things. When I was a kid my grandma taught me to do counted cross stitch and a bit of knitting but I was negative with crochet and I never learnt it. I am so sorry I didn't learn it then. It is so difficult for me to self teach myself now. Anyway I found at a book bazaar this book and bought it for just 2 euros and decided to teach my self to do crochet.I don't know how to read symbols so I just follow my instinct. 



We also did a bit of crochet at the jewelry course so I got some hints there too and of course looked at various tutorials on the Internet.

Margie at Resurrection Fern blog and Lucy at Attic24 blog have always been my inspiration for crocheting too. So I gave it a try. Adorned my sea glass with some little baskets and flowers.







Adorned a 3 euro hat.

And learnt how to make hearts.
Hopefully I will teach myself more in summer.