Outdoor decor ideas

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Hello dear readers! It's still rainy here but soon we will be spending more time outside than inside the house. Today I am sharing with you some of my favorite ideas to decorate a balcony or a garden, whether you love natural, subtle colors, or want  a more colorful and bold outdoor space.

Giveaway winners and flowers

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The Wandering Workshop's giveaway ended on Saturday but as you see it took me a couple (o.k.maybe three days) to draw the winners: congratulations to Fishes make Wishes and Akamatra! Thanks to all who participated and of course many thanks to Athena and Jose of The Wandering Workshop with the amazing handmade, eco-friendly toys!

I will leave you with some pictures of the roses in my vase to convince you and myself it is May, although it has been raining for the past three days. My garden has not a single spot of color, no flowers at all, just greens, grass, bushes, trees. That's why  friends and neighgours are for, to bring us flowers from their gardens, like this magnificent roses bouquet.

Just a bit of Easter decoration

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My plans for some Easter crafting had to be canceled because my schedule (yes, sometimes I have one) went out of the window as both my sons, after a perfectly healthy winter, decided to get ill as soon as the Easter holidays began and the temperature hit 30 degrees Celcium. Nothing serious, thank God, but you get the picture. So any Easter decor had to be done quickly and with whatever I had ready to be used. A few ornaments here and there, mostly eggs and that's all. I am leaving all the inspiration for next year.

If you haven't read yet about the current giveaway go here.
 

The Wandering Workshop giveaway

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Hello everyone! We have a new giveaway starting today! The Wandering Workshop, with the beautifuly designed eco-friendly toys (you can read more about it here), is offering two handmade wooden spinning tops to two of you. A classic toy designed in a new way. 

The giveaway is open internationaly and ends on Saturday, May 11th at noon, Eastern European Summer Time. Use the widget below to earn up to 3 entries. No anonymous comments please, because they can't be taken into account.

a Rafflecopter giveaway 

   

Good luck!

 

Cool handmade jewelry

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Hello everyone, as you know I love jewelry, not so much the trendy kind (not that I don't enjoy wearing that too) but unique, imaginative, original, handmade pieces. Here's what I discovered lately:

Giveaway winners

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Last time I had a giveaway I used Rafflecopter, today I felt like doing it the old traditional way, in order to decide what I like more for the giveaways to come. So I wrote down all the names of the participants on little papers, once, twice or three times depending on how many social media each one of them followed me on. I put the papers in a bowl and my kids chose three of them.

So as you see the winners are Μάθε, Γιούλα, and Lyriel. Please contact me by email to give me your address. Thank you all for taking part in this, we will soon have another giveaway.

Repurposed frame

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I decided to decorate my table a bit because for months all you could find on it was papers, toys and and a laptop. So I collected a few things to make a small decorative composition but couldn't decided where to put it on. I should make something. 

Spring wreaths

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Come with me today to Etsy Greek Street Team blog for some spring wreath inspiration.

Meanwhile the craft goodies giveaway is still open.

Craft goodies giveaway

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I was in the process of trying to organize a bit my craft supplies and maybe make some space (too difficult) when I thought that it would be nice to make a mix of craft supplies I don't need anymore and offer it to you. So I made three mixes like the one you see in the picture with various goodies like beads, embellishments, cords etc which you can use for your spring crafting, and three of you will have the chance to win one of them.
The giveaway is open internationaly.

Ikea hack: from dvd rack to toiletries storage unit

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The house we have moved in last summer has a tiny tiny bathroom. In fact there is a room that is going to become our master bathroom but it is not ready yet. So we have to put up with the small one until then. The biggest problem is that there is no storage space at all.