Micro world...

Hello my friends!!!

Well, today we have a really rainy day... finally Autumn is here! That's why I think that this post is just perfect for today! Autumn colors, nature pictures with my macro! Oh! I love my macro in my camera...it gives me the feeling that it can capture details that my eyes cannot see. 

Of course I didn't manage to have pictures with a huge zoom...but I have photos from details that I want to remember. Where I shoot them? in the forester village I have told you about a few days ago...this is actually the second post for that trip we had! Hope you will enjoy it!

All over the place there were too many chestnuts!!! I adore them!

So many beautiful colors....

Drops of  water in a spider's cobweb... isn't amazing?

It is really beautiful where you can find small plants and moss...

Smurfs are everywhere....

Like a wonderful Christmas Tree...

Wonderful colors...Autumn is here :)


Imagine how many other things we cannot see... just imagine!


         mats mouts

Our Weekend....

Good Morning my friends!!!

Happy new week! How was your weekend? I hope your batteries are fully charged!!!

I have to admit that even thought I have heard about Instagram, I never used it so far. I have seen from my friends so many amazing photos sharing from Instagram, so I have decided to give it a try. And I love it!

So what I have to share with you??? Beautiful and Memorable moments from my weekend!!!

-A wonderful purple gift from my princess... priceless of course!!!

-A great walk with my hubby in Athens's Centre and of course the delicious hamburger I got with Gruyere cheese, red peppers and an amazing sauce with sweat onions!!!

- An entertaining theatre with dolls that I have seen with my princess and a couple of great friends! We enjoyed it so much...more to come I hope!

- The racks in my princess room... yeap we finally put them on their place! I love how the room looks right now... and the handmade crochet we decorate also, made by my friend Akamatra, is really unique and gorgeous!!!

- A cup of hot decaf coffee with my family and a few good friends!!! 

Pleasures are so simple to find them, but they create so beautiful memories and feelings that you always want to have! I hope more to come for everyone!!!

So smile and have a wonderful week!!!

      mats mouts

Amazing Photos!!!

Good Morning my friends!!!

I know, lately I am not in my usual program for blogging and I create a post whenever I like...well it is Summer... I am not really in the mood to stay home in front of my pc. But when I do it, I like spending some time in pinterest and checking amazing photos.

So today's post are full of photograph art !!!!

It is amazing what an artist Nature can be. So many colors, feelings, emotions! Simply adorable!

Have a wonderful day full of smiles!!!

      mats mouts

DIY - Pocket Photo Album

Good Morning my friends! 

It is a great day today, since I am honored to have  in my blog an amazing tutorial of a sweet lady and great crafter, Angela by AngelasSweetGarden. A beautiful pocket photo album, full of memories for you or your friend, a sweet and uncommon gift for Valentine’s day.

Hope you will enjoy it…..

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  There is no better feeling than making by yourself a present for your other half! For this year’s Valentine’s Day, I’ ve decided to make a pocket photo album for my boyfriend, so that he can carry me with him all day long (no selfish at all, right?). I will explain the procedure step by step so that you can try it out too!

MATERIALS

Glossy paper in 2 colors, scissors, glue, thread, photos.

I used blue glossy paper, which I cut in pieces of 10x10 cm, light blue glossy paper, from which I cut out 2 hearts about 4x4 cm and photos 5x5 cm.

 

HOW TO MAKE THE UNITS

1. Take one of the square pieces in your hand, fold it in half but not all the way down. Just pinch on the side, so that you can mark the middle.

2. Open it, turn it 90° and repeat the first step.

3. Open it again and the square should look like that.

4. Fold one of the sides in the middle, using the marks you made on steps 1 and 2. In this step and the following, you have to fold all the way down, not just pinch.

5. Now fold in the same way the other side.

6 -7. Open it, turn it 90° and repeat steps 4 and 5.

8. Open it and hold it so that you can see the colored side.

9. Take one of the corners and fold it inwards to the center of the square, using again as guidelines the marks made on steps 1 and 2.

10-12. Repeat it for all the corners. Just make sure they apply exactly, without leaving any spaces.
  

13. Open the square for one more time.

14. Turn it upside down so than you can see the white side. Notice that in every corner you have created one small square.

15. Fold the bottom corner inwards. Make sure the edge is facing the central fold's edge point.

16-18. Repeat it for all the corners.

19. Put the square in your palm and push it gently inwards.

20-21. Make the final folding pushing in the blue corners one by one.

22. In the end, your unit should look like this.

HOW TO CONNECT THE UNITS

23. Take two of them.

24. Unfold one of the corners of the right one.

25. Place it in the right side of the left one.

26. Now that the two corners of the two units are the one inside the other, fold them together inwards.

27. Repeat steps 24-26 to connect all the units.
  

 

HOW TO PLACE THE PHOTOS IN THE UNITS

28. Put on by one the corners of the photo in the corners of every unit.

HOW TO FINISH THE POCKET ALBUM

29. After you have placed all the photos, fold the album.

30. Place the thread around the album, allowing it to exceed evenly on both sides.

31. Glue one of the hearts on the front side.

32. Glue the other heart on the back side.

Your album is ready!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you enjoyed it!!!!

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Thank you Angela !!! A really beautiful idea for a handmade gift!

And if you want to discover more about Angela, please meet her in

facebook : Angelas-creations

etsy:  AngelasSweetGarden 

Have a wonderful day!!!!