Diy sewing box

Hello everyone!
Hope you're doing fine!
Well, this must have been the longest absence from my blog due to reasons I will write in a following post but I have to admit things have been pretty good and joyful for me lately (But as  I said I will tell you about it sometime soon in the near future).
In this post I would like to share with you a diy sewing box project I did a few weeks ago.
It wasn't  a very difficult one, provided of course you do know some things about decoupage (it seems that my decoupage lessons paid off after all!).
So here it is...
Αll you need is:
An old cardboard or wooden box
A small paintbrush
Some sewing themed patterns (I found mine from Google and then printed them)

Decoupage medium
A piece of blotting paper (I used one little piece from the decoration of a flower bouquet)
Glue
A pair of scissors in order to make a couple of holes
A piece of wire (I used a plastic covered one)
A piece of ribbon
A fancy extra shinning/pearl/strass button for decoration (or any other button for that matter)

Now let's move on with the procedure:
First of all, take the box and start the decoupage technique( you know the drill- you put some decoupage medium onto the box with the brush then stick the piece of paper and then put some more decoupage medium onto to the piece of paper).
Do this in every area you would like it to be decorated with sewing patterns.
I for example decorated the top of the lid and the side of the box.

Then after the papers are dried turn around the lid and take a strip of blotting paper and glue the sides of it to the inside of the lid (This was the place I put all my safety pins actually as you can see in the picture).
After that use the piece of wire to support the pair of scissors and make a hole so that you tighten the wire in front of the lid (This is where I put a) a piece of black ribbon so that I could 'hide' the knot of the wire and b) the fancy button for the same reason).

Well, that's about it...
Now stuff the sewing box with every thread, needle, button,safety pin etc. that you possess.
Little boxes and bottles will be most helpful at this point.

Hope you found the project interesting.
I enjoyed so much doing it and I think you will too...
Cause after all sewing mends the soul! :)

  

Hello everyone!
Hope you're doing fine!
Well, this must have been the longest absence from my blog due to reasons I will write in a following post but I have to admit things have been pretty good and joyful for me lately (But as  I said I will tell you about it sometime soon in the near future).
In this post I would like to share with you a diy sewing box project I did a few weeks ago.
It wasn't  a very difficult one, provided of course you do know some things about decoupage (it seems that my decoupage lessons paid off after all!).
So here it is...
Αll you need is:
An old cardboard or wooden box
A small paintbrush
Some sewing themed patterns (I found mine from Google and then printed them)

Decoupage medium
A piece of blotting paper (I used one little piece from the decoration of a flower bouquet)
Glue
A pair of scissors in order to make a couple of holes
A piece of wire (I used a plastic covered one)
A piece of ribbon
A fancy extra shinning/pearl/strass button for decoration (or any other button for that matter)

Now let's move on with the procedure:
First of all, take the box and start the decoupage technique( you know the drill- you put some decoupage medium onto the box with the brush then stick the piece of paper and then put some more decoupage medium onto to the piece of paper).
Do this in every area you would like it to be decorated with sewing patterns.
I for example decorated the top of the lid and the side of the box.

Then after the papers are dried turn around the lid and take a strip of blotting paper and glue the sides of it to the inside of the lid (This was the place I put all my safety pins actually as you can see in the picture).
After that use the piece of wire to support the pair of scissors and make a hole so that you tighten the wire in front of the lid (This is where I put a) a piece of black ribbon so that I could 'hide' the knot of the wire and b) the fancy button for the same reason).

Well, that's about it...
Now stuff the sewing box with every thread, needle, button,safety pin etc. that you possess.
Little boxes and bottles will be most helpful at this point.

Hope you found the project interesting.
I enjoyed so much doing it and I think you will too...
Cause after all sewing mends the soul! :)

  

Hello everyone!
Hope you're doing fine!
Well, this must have been the longest absence from my blog due to reasons I will write in a following post but I have to admit things have been pretty good and joyful for me lately (But as  I said I will tell you about it sometime soon in the near future).
In this post I would like to share with you a diy sewing box project I did a few weeks ago.
It wasn't  a very difficult one, provided of course you do know some things about decoupage (it seems that my decoupage lessons paid off after all!).
So here it is...
Αll you need is:
An old cardboard or wooden box
A small paintbrush
Some sewing themed patterns (I found mine from Google and then printed them)

Decoupage medium
A piece of blotting paper (I used one little piece from the decoration of a flower bouquet)
Glue
A pair of scissors in order to make a couple of holes
A piece of wire (I used a plastic covered one)
A piece of ribbon
A fancy extra shinning/pearl/strass button for decoration (or any other button for that matter)

Now let's move on with the procedure:
First of all, take the box and start the decoupage technique( you know the drill- you put some decoupage medium onto the box with the brush then stick the piece of paper and then put some more decoupage medium onto to the piece of paper).
Do this in every area you would like it to be decorated with sewing patterns.
I for example decorated the top of the lid and the side of the box.

Then after the papers are dried turn around the lid and take a strip of blotting paper and glue the sides of it to the inside of the lid (This was the place I put all my safety pins actually as you can see in the picture).
After that use the piece of wire to support the pair of scissors and make a hole so that you tighten the wire in front of the lid (This is where I put a) a piece of black ribbon so that I could 'hide' the knot of the wire and b) the fancy button for the same reason).

Well, that's about it...
Now stuff the sewing box with every thread, needle, button,safety pin etc. that you possess.
Little boxes and bottles will be most helpful at this point.

Hope you found the project interesting.
I enjoyed so much doing it and I think you will too...
Cause after all sewing mends the soul! :)

  

Hello everyone!
Hope you're doing fine!
Well, this must have been the longest absence from my blog due to reasons I will write in a following post but I have to admit things have been pretty good and joyful for me lately (But as  I said I will tell you about it sometime soon in the near future).
In this post I would like to share with you a diy sewing box project I did a few weeks ago.
It wasn't  a very difficult one, provided of course you do know some things about decoupage (it seems that my decoupage lessons paid off after all!).
So here it is...
Αll you need is:
An old cardboard or wooden box
A small paintbrush
Some sewing themed patterns (I found mine from Google and then printed them)

Decoupage medium
A piece of blotting paper (I used one little piece from the decoration of a flower bouquet)
Glue
A pair of scissors in order to make a couple of holes
A piece of wire (I used a plastic covered one)
A piece of ribbon
A fancy extra shinning/pearl/strass button for decoration (or any other button for that matter)

Now let's move on with the procedure:
First of all, take the box and start the decoupage technique( you know the drill- you put some decoupage medium onto the box with the brush then stick the piece of paper and then put some more decoupage medium onto to the piece of paper).
Do this in every area you would like it to be decorated with sewing patterns.
I for example decorated the top of the lid and the side of the box.

Then after the papers are dried turn around the lid and take a strip of blotting paper and glue the sides of it to the inside of the lid (This was the place I put all my safety pins actually as you can see in the picture).
After that use the piece of wire to support the pair of scissors and make a hole so that you tighten the wire in front of the lid (This is where I put a) a piece of black ribbon so that I could 'hide' the knot of the wire and b) the fancy button for the same reason).

Well, that's about it...
Now stuff the sewing box with every thread, needle, button,safety pin etc. that you possess.
Little boxes and bottles will be most helpful at this point.

Hope you found the project interesting.
I enjoyed so much doing it and I think you will too...
Cause after all sewing mends the soul! :)

  

An interview and a giveaway!

Hi everyone!
About a week ago I had the pleasure to see my jewelry creations presented in one of the coolest blogs I happen to follow: Efzin creations.
The owner of the blog, Zina (who apart from being a successful blogger is a very talented jewelry maker herself -by the way you can check out her lovely creations here) offered to post in her blog a mini interview of mine.
I must confess that the whole presentation was really exciting for me.
In fact, I was really touched by her soo kind words and of all the positive comments that her followers have made about me.
It was really moving!!
At the end of the interview there is a giveaway where one my creations will be offered to one lucky winner.
The procedure is pretty simple: All you have to do  use the Rafflecopter and earn more entries.
The competition ends in 3 days so you still have time!
The winner will be announced on the 27th of October.
You can see the post and the competition here.
P.S.1 I would once more like to thank Zina for giving me the chance to promote my jewelry through her blog.Thank you girl!!
P.S. 2 Good luck to all of you!

Hi everyone!
About a week ago I had the pleasure to see my jewelry creations presented in one of the coolest blogs I happen to follow: Efzin creations.
The owner of the blog, Zina (who apart from being a successful blogger is a very talented jewelry maker herself -by the way you can check out her lovely creations here) offered to post in her blog a mini interview of mine.
I must confess that the whole presentation was really exciting for me.
In fact, I was really touched by her soo kind words and of all the positive comments that her followers have made about me.
It was really moving!!
At the end of the interview there is a giveaway where one my creations will be offered to one lucky winner.
The procedure is pretty simple: All you have to do  use the Rafflecopter and earn more entries.
The competition ends in 3 days so you still have time!
The winner will be announced on the 27th of October.
You can see the post and the competition here.
P.S.1 I would once more like to thank Zina for giving me the chance to promote my jewelry through her blog.Thank you girl!!
P.S. 2 Good luck to all of you!

Hi everyone!
About a week ago I had the pleasure to see my jewelry creations presented in one of the coolest blogs I happen to follow: Efzin creations.
The owner of the blog, Zina (who apart from being a successful blogger is a very talented jewelry maker herself -by the way you can check out her lovely creations here) offered to post in her blog a mini interview of mine.
I must confess that the whole presentation was really exciting for me.
In fact, I was really touched by her soo kind words and of all the positive comments that her followers have made about me.
It was really moving!!
At the end of the interview there is a giveaway where one my creations will be offered to one lucky winner.
The procedure is pretty simple: All you have to do  use the Rafflecopter and earn more entries.
The competition ends in 3 days so you still have time!
The winner will be announced on the 27th of October.
You can see the post and the competition here.
P.S.1 I would once more like to thank Zina for giving me the chance to promote my jewelry through her blog.Thank you girl!!
P.S. 2 Good luck to all of you!

Hi everyone!
About a week ago I had the pleasure to see my jewelry creations presented in one of the coolest blogs I happen to follow: Efzin creations.
The owner of the blog, Zina (who apart from being a successful blogger is a very talented jewelry maker herself -by the way you can check out her lovely creations here) offered to post in her blog a mini interview of mine.
I must confess that the whole presentation was really exciting for me.
In fact, I was really touched by her soo kind words and of all the positive comments that her followers have made about me.
It was really moving!!
At the end of the interview there is a giveaway where one my creations will be offered to one lucky winner.
The procedure is pretty simple: All you have to do  use the Rafflecopter and earn more entries.
The competition ends in 3 days so you still have time!
The winner will be announced on the 27th of October.
You can see the post and the competition here.
P.S.1 I would once more like to thank Zina for giving me the chance to promote my jewelry through her blog.Thank you girl!!
P.S. 2 Good luck to all of you!

Summer in Sithonia

Hello everybody!
Long time no posting, right?
Well, you know how September is ...A month full of new goals and priorities as well as lots of obligations and plans that summer and its low rythms has left unfulfilled and delayed.
To tell you the truth, I've always thought of September as a  fresh new start in every year much more than the New Year's Day. I mean, summer is a period that I would get some rest and at the same time make some sort of thinking of all the good and bad things that happened the year before. So in this sense, September is the beginning of a new era and a starting point for new things.
Anyway, before I tell you about my plans for this new 'year' I believe it's time I told you about some of the things I did last summer.
I've had a great time visiting one of the places that here in Thessaloniki is supposed to be a very close and ordinary destination for weekends and short trips. Yep, my greek followers guessed it right...
 I've spent my summer holidays in Halkidiki (Sithonia to be more exact) and although I'm a great fan of Aegean islands such as Cyclades that have a traditional flair I, once more, got overwhelmed by the wild beauty of a paradise that is practically one step away from home.
 Pines and olive trees, golden sandy beaches with lukewarm, crystal clear waters, amazing sunsets and great food are some of the assets that this blessed place has to offer.

The photos describe it so much better than I do actually, so my rambling is over...
Have a great autumn everyone, hope you've had a great summer as well!!

One of the most picturesques beaches at Sykia

Marine of Porto Koufo, one of the most tranquil and adorable places in Sithonia

Sunset in Porto Koufo

Ethnic Beach Bar in Tristinika beach, in my humble opinion the loveliest beach bar in Greece

Sunset in Tristinika beach

Talking about a GIANT pizza!

One -out of many- of the extraordinary mouth watering desserts

A turtle family in Toroni

Octapuses drying in the sun, getting ready to become one of Greece's most famous appetizers

Me at Neos Marmaras

Hello everybody!
Long time no posting, right?
Well, you know how September is ...A month full of new goals and priorities as well as lots of obligations and plans that summer and its low rythms has left unfulfilled and delayed.
To tell you the truth, I've always thought of September as a  fresh new start in every year much more than the New Year's Day. I mean, summer is a period that I would get some rest and at the same time make some sort of thinking of all the good and bad things that happened the year before. So in this sense, September is the beginning of a new era and a starting point for new things.
Anyway, before I tell you about my plans for this new 'year' I believe it's time I told you about some of the things I did last summer.
I've had a great time visiting one of the places that here in Thessaloniki is supposed to be a very close and ordinary destination for weekends and short trips. Yep, my greek followers guessed it right...
 I've spent my summer holidays in Halkidiki (Sithonia to be more exact) and although I'm a great fan of Aegean islands such as Cyclades that have a traditional flair I, once more, got overwhelmed by the wild beauty of a paradise that is practically one step away from home.
 Pines and olive trees, golden sandy beaches with lukewarm, crystal clear waters, amazing sunsets and great food are some of the assets that this blessed place has to offer.

The photos describe it so much better than I do actually, so my rambling is over...
Have a great autumn everyone, hope you've had a great summer as well!!

One of the most picturesques beaches at Sykia

Marine of Porto Koufo, one of the most tranquil and adorable places in Sithonia

Sunset in Porto Koufo

Ethnic Beach Bar in Tristinika beach, in my humble opinion the loveliest beach bar in Greece

Sunset in Tristinika beach

Talking about a GIANT pizza!

One -out of many- of the extraordinary mouth watering desserts

A turtle family in Toroni

Octapuses drying in the sun, getting ready to become one of Greece's most famous appetizers

Me at Neos Marmaras

Hello everybody!
Long time no posting, right?
Well, you know how September is ...A month full of new goals and priorities as well as lots of obligations and plans that summer and its low rythms has left unfulfilled and delayed.
To tell you the truth, I've always thought of September as a  fresh new start in every year much more than the New Year's Day. I mean, summer is a period that I would get some rest and at the same time make some sort of thinking of all the good and bad things that happened the year before. So in this sense, September is the beginning of a new era and a starting point for new things.
Anyway, before I tell you about my plans for this new 'year' I believe it's time I told you about some of the things I did last summer.
I've had a great time visiting one of the places that here in Thessaloniki is supposed to be a very close and ordinary destination for weekends and short trips. Yep, my greek followers guessed it right...
 I've spent my summer holidays in Halkidiki (Sithonia to be more exact) and although I'm a great fan of Aegean islands such as Cyclades that have a traditional flair I, once more, got overwhelmed by the wild beauty of a paradise that is practically one step away from home.
 Pines and olive trees, golden sandy beaches with lukewarm, crystal clear waters, amazing sunsets and great food are some of the assets that this blessed place has to offer.

The photos describe it so much better than I do actually, so my rambling is over...
Have a great autumn everyone, hope you've had a great summer as well!!

One of the most picturesques beaches at Sykia

Marine of Porto Koufo, one of the most tranquil and adorable places in Sithonia

Sunset in Porto Koufo

Ethnic Beach Bar in Tristinika beach, in my humble opinion the loveliest beach bar in Greece

Sunset in Tristinika beach

Talking about a GIANT pizza!

One -out of many- of the extraordinary mouth watering desserts

A turtle family in Toroni

Octapuses drying in the sun, getting ready to become one of Greece's most famous appetizers

Me at Neos Marmaras

Hello everybody!
Long time no posting, right?
Well, you know how September is ...A month full of new goals and priorities as well as lots of obligations and plans that summer and its low rythms has left unfulfilled and delayed.
To tell you the truth, I've always thought of September as a  fresh new start in every year much more than the New Year's Day. I mean, summer is a period that I would get some rest and at the same time make some sort of thinking of all the good and bad things that happened the year before. So in this sense, September is the beginning of a new era and a starting point for new things.
Anyway, before I tell you about my plans for this new 'year' I believe it's time I told you about some of the things I did last summer.
I've had a great time visiting one of the places that here in Thessaloniki is supposed to be a very close and ordinary destination for weekends and short trips. Yep, my greek followers guessed it right...
 I've spent my summer holidays in Halkidiki (Sithonia to be more exact) and although I'm a great fan of Aegean islands such as Cyclades that have a traditional flair I, once more, got overwhelmed by the wild beauty of a paradise that is practically one step away from home.
 Pines and olive trees, golden sandy beaches with lukewarm, crystal clear waters, amazing sunsets and great food are some of the assets that this blessed place has to offer.

The photos describe it so much better than I do actually, so my rambling is over...
Have a great autumn everyone, hope you've had a great summer as well!!

One of the most picturesques beaches at Sykia

Marine of Porto Koufo, one of the most tranquil and adorable places in Sithonia

Sunset in Porto Koufo

Ethnic Beach Bar in Tristinika beach, in my humble opinion the loveliest beach bar in Greece

Sunset in Tristinika beach

Talking about a GIANT pizza!

One -out of many- of the extraordinary mouth watering desserts

A turtle family in Toroni

Octapuses drying in the sun, getting ready to become one of Greece's most famous appetizers

Me at Neos Marmaras

We have a winner!!

Hello everybody,
As some of you that follow the feedback of my facebook page will probably know, there is a winner for the summer giveaway that has begun about a month ago.
And the winner is... Zina from Efzin creations!!
Congratulations Zina!
The multi color pendant is already on its way to Crete!

P.S. 1 I would like to thank you all for participating in this contest.It has been such a pleasure receiving your comments and kind words...In fact, the whole experience has been so great for me that I'm planning a giveaway sometime soon, so stay tuned!
P.S. 2 Have a great time and enjoy the rest of the summer.As we all know, especially here in Greece, so many sunny and hot days are ahead of us so just make the most of them!
Love,
Dimitra

Hello everybody,
As some of you that follow the feedback of my facebook page will probably know, there is a winner for the summer giveaway that has begun about a month ago.
And the winner is... Zina from Efzin creations!!
Congratulations Zina!
The multi color pendant is already on its way to Crete!

P.S. 1 I would like to thank you all for participating in this contest.It has been such a pleasure receiving your comments and kind words...In fact, the whole experience has been so great for me that I'm planning a giveaway sometime soon, so stay tuned!
P.S. 2 Have a great time and enjoy the rest of the summer.As we all know, especially here in Greece, so many sunny and hot days are ahead of us so just make the most of them!
Love,
Dimitra

Hello everybody,
As some of you that follow the feedback of my facebook page will probably know, there is a winner for the summer giveaway that has begun about a month ago.
And the winner is... Zina from Efzin creations!!
Congratulations Zina!
The multi color pendant is already on its way to Crete!

P.S. 1 I would like to thank you all for participating in this contest.It has been such a pleasure receiving your comments and kind words...In fact, the whole experience has been so great for me that I'm planning a giveaway sometime soon, so stay tuned!
P.S. 2 Have a great time and enjoy the rest of the summer.As we all know, especially here in Greece, so many sunny and hot days are ahead of us so just make the most of them!
Love,
Dimitra

Hello everybody,
As some of you that follow the feedback of my facebook page will probably know, there is a winner for the summer giveaway that has begun about a month ago.
And the winner is... Zina from Efzin creations!!
Congratulations Zina!
The multi color pendant is already on its way to Crete!

P.S. 1 I would like to thank you all for participating in this contest.It has been such a pleasure receiving your comments and kind words...In fact, the whole experience has been so great for me that I'm planning a giveaway sometime soon, so stay tuned!
P.S. 2 Have a great time and enjoy the rest of the summer.As we all know, especially here in Greece, so many sunny and hot days are ahead of us so just make the most of them!
Love,
Dimitra

A summer giveaway!

Hello there!
Hope you are doing fine...
It's been quite a long time since I wanted to plan a giveaway contest with one jewelry of mine but due to obligations of all kind I postponed it for later and later and so on...
But as everything comes in good time in life (and probably everywhere else) this is as good time as any for a summer giveaway contest.
The jewelry I'm giving away is a handmade alpaca pendant with multi color beads.
This is it...

So vibrant and summer-ish if  I do say so myself!

Well, the contest rules are pretty easy I guess:
a)Leave a comment below this post along with your name and e-mail so that I can contact you if you are the lucky winner
b)Follow my blog on blogloving
c)Like my Facebook page
d)Like my Etsy shop
That's it!!
For extra points (and possibilities!) you can share this post on your fb profile or you can tweet about it.
The contest ends at exactly one month from now (on the 9th of August that is) and I will announce the winner from here as well as from my Facebook page.
Hope you win!

Τake care for now and ...
ΕΝJOY SUMMER!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Hello there!
Hope you are doing fine...
It's been quite a long time since I wanted to plan a giveaway contest with one jewelry of mine but due to obligations of all kind I postponed it for later and later and so on...
But as everything comes in good time in life (and probably everywhere else) this is as good time as any for a summer giveaway contest.
The jewelry I'm giving away is a handmade alpaca pendant with multi color beads.
This is it...

So vibrant and summer-ish if  I do say so myself!

Well, the contest rules are pretty easy I guess:
a)Leave a comment below this post along with your name and e-mail so that I can contact you if you are the lucky winner
b)Follow my blog on blogloving
c)Like my Facebook page
d)Like my Etsy shop
That's it!!
For extra points (and possibilities!) you can share this post on your fb profile or you can tweet about it.
The contest ends at exactly one month from now (on the 9th of August that is) and I will announce the winner from here as well as from my Facebook page.
Hope you win!

Τake care for now and ...
ΕΝJOY SUMMER!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Hello there!
Hope you are doing fine...
It's been quite a long time since I wanted to plan a giveaway contest with one jewelry of mine but due to obligations of all kind I postponed it for later and later and so on...
But as everything comes in good time in life (and probably everywhere else) this is as good time as any for a summer giveaway contest.
The jewelry I'm giving away is a handmade alpaca pendant with multi color beads.
This is it...

So vibrant and summer-ish if  I do say so myself!

Well, the contest rules are pretty easy I guess:
a)Leave a comment below this post along with your name and e-mail so that I can contact you if you are the lucky winner
b)Follow my blog on blogloving
c)Like my Facebook page
d)Like my Etsy shop
That's it!!
For extra points (and possibilities!) you can share this post on your fb profile or you can tweet about it.
The contest ends at exactly one month from now (on the 9th of August that is) and I will announce the winner from here as well as from my Facebook page.
Hope you win!

Τake care for now and ...
ΕΝJOY SUMMER!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Hello there!
Hope you are doing fine...
It's been quite a long time since I wanted to plan a giveaway contest with one jewelry of mine but due to obligations of all kind I postponed it for later and later and so on...
But as everything comes in good time in life (and probably everywhere else) this is as good time as any for a summer giveaway contest.
The jewelry I'm giving away is a handmade alpaca pendant with multi color beads.
This is it...

So vibrant and summer-ish if  I do say so myself!

Well, the contest rules are pretty easy I guess:
a)Leave a comment below this post along with your name and e-mail so that I can contact you if you are the lucky winner
b)Follow my blog on blogloving
c)Like my Facebook page
d)Like my Etsy shop
That's it!!
For extra points (and possibilities!) you can share this post on your fb profile or you can tweet about it.
The contest ends at exactly one month from now (on the 9th of August that is) and I will announce the winner from here as well as from my Facebook page.
Hope you win!

Τake care for now and ...
ΕΝJOY SUMMER!

a Rafflecopter giveaway