I have a series of small cross stitches for a couple of patterns I created. Problem is I made them on scrap Aida, so there’s no extra fabric to frame them, and I have been looking for ways to use... Continue Reading →
2020 is the Schrödinger's cat of years: it's simultaneously the longest and shortest year. However, it turns out that this is exactly what Schrödinger wanted to disprove and we have been getting it all wrong. Or maybe it was only... Continue Reading →
... unless you live in Ireland. Then spring will skip its turn until there's a pandemic. Saturday was hot! Like beer and book in the garden hot! And it was even a long weekend in Ireland: Monday Bank Holidays are... Continue Reading →
The end of 2019 is nigh so it's time again to prepare my journaling for 2020. I'm planning to use again an Hobonichi Techo. I love the size and the flexibility, it's half way between a journal with dates and... Continue Reading →
Where have I been? Around the world actually! Las Vegas, Hamburg, Manila and Chicago... Now I'm back trying to slide back into a normal life, not managing it very well, but here I am with a new quick and zero waste craft.... Continue Reading →
A bit of a warning is needed, nothing triggering, but I grew up in Italy so if something sounds odd in English you'll know why. The title of this post means The Time of the Apples. No, I'm not drunk... Continue Reading →
And no matter how much I promised myself I'd be more diligent in posting, I wasn't and it's been 3 months since the last one. Will I ever change? Not likely. That doesn't mean I was idle and completed a... Continue Reading →
We don't need a Ghost to showing us what the future will look like if we keep ignoring the problem: the hurricanes, raising sea level, the Great Pacific garbage patch, dry spells and wild fires, the future we are heading... Continue Reading →
Tina Strange’s Dark Arts 