Old Style Wall Lights & Gilded Books

During Christmas vacations, I have taken a short break and been thinking of my planning and resolutions for 2021. My personal training will soon termine, I will have much more time for crafting and for myself. For the first month of 2021, let’s start via Old Style Wall Lights and new version of gilded books!

Happy New Year to you all!

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Gilding Book Covers

This is the first weekend of lockdown in France. Though the weather is so NICE in the southern France, we stay home. When kids play in the yard (fortunately it’s large enough ), I have to run, play the basketball and football with them; when we stay in the house, I have to play the board games too. ..The time that I am able to craft, is the moment when the kids watch cartoons and after they fall into sleep. I know, not only me, everyone has to be patient....
So, this is the only one thing I have done in the week days: gilding some book covers.
I don’t try the binding yet due to the truth that I suck at working with needles and threads.... any hints or suggestions from you will be great helpful to me.
Have a great weekend everyone! Stay healthy and safe!

Antique Books

I cannot help but try making some old style books without doing housekeeping at home. I hope there are more to come after the Christmas holidays. :)

Tiny Portfolios

I received two sets of my portfolios on 25^th May when I came back from Paris. I was so happy when opening the parcel. It’s "Mari@ Il Cucchiaino Magico" who made for me.

Starting to co-work in April, we wrote to each other and checked the layout and details over 80 emails. I felt embarrassed but impressed with Maria’s patience.  :P

Voila! These are what I received. A book of mini food & pastry, a book of mini plants & flowers and a lovely box for two books!  There are 31 pages in each book. She gave me many good and useful suggestions for the inside pages and I completed the cover design.  I saw her passion and the talent when working t with her.  She is absolutely the specialist of mini books; she also makes my little dream come true. ;D 

In another way, it also encourages me to experiment on more new work. Maybe I am capable to have the 3^rd or 4^th mini portfolios in the future. LOL

Discover more delight and treasure in her Etsy shop “The Magic Teaspoon” on and her blog “Il Cucchiaino Magico”!
Have a great weekend, my friends! Thank you too, Maria!
Peiwen