My favorite piece of art is...you

These are my favorite things has a new queastion: Do you have a favorite piece of art? I thought about what always amazes me and gives me goose bumps and is a pure expression of different kind of arts and I had no doubts :-)

Speaking of art I had to use my empty tube of color and a paintbrush and a lot of messy color spots. As I wanted the out squeezed paste to remain as fresh I waited it to dry and then put some glossy varnish on it. I used the Tattered angles screen and covered it with a lot of paint to obtain a havy frame structure.

Have fun searching your favorite piece of art!

Photo booth shots

Can you immagine to pick one of your fave photos? Just do it because on These are a few of my favorite things we want to see it. We want to see your wonderful captured moments!

My favorite are the photo booth photos. I have to have a photo done almost every time I see one of those machines and I love to have fun squeezing in it :-) Also Kian is aready a fan of it and immidiatly points his finger at it as soon as he see it.

So, go and pick your fave photo..... Can't wait to see it nad you have to check this month prize...... Something super special is waiting for you!

Have a greatday and follow your inspiration!

Favorite....?

Have you already visited the These are a few of my favorite things today? If not, you have to... there is something special going on: you can make a project choosing any of the PAST CHALLENGES we have done!!!!! This is a fantastic idea. There is a long list of past challenges and all you have to do is to pick your favorite. I decided to follow the FAVORITE FLOWER challenge. I love to watch my son when he is playing and enjoying life without caring of any supestructures that adults do. He enjoys life and he's not concerned about time. He talks loud and doesn't care of his image and that makes him so beatiful and irresistable. He is free, fragile and pure like a meadow flower and I hope he'll be able to stay in this atmosphere a s long a s possible!!

I'm intredsted in which one of our past challenges you'll choose... Can't wait to see it! Have a great day and thanks for stopping.

Favorite pastime

It was inevitable to put down "Spending time together" as the current challenge on the TAAFOMFT is Favorite pastime. Every day I really enjoy when we are all three together,...ehm...four if I count our chihuahua as she is a full member of our family. In fact everything seems better, easier and more beatuful when our family is together. A perfect way to spend and invest my life!

And you... what is your favorite pastime? What do you like the most doing? We are curious and want to know it and impatient to see it on paper!!!! Have a great day and...paper dreams to all!

Fave magazine

Join us on TAAFOMFT and tell us which is your fave mag!!!! I have to say I was a little bit confused what to do this time because I mostly read on the net and I don't buy magazines frequently. When I was still living with my mom I was a little bit spoiled as she always has somekind of magazine to read and I have to admit I always took advantage from it :-)
If there are magazines that I can't help not browsing are the house decor magazines and if I find them somewhere (of course, mostly at my mom's place). I just enjoy watching new ideas and different styles and so.... the TAG is all dedicated to them :-)

I hope you'll join us. You'll find a lot of new and fresh inspiration, good company and a great prize.

Big news and fave game!!!

There are some big news over These are a few of my favorite things. You probably know that there was a DT CALL to find other talents that will enhance the challenges. And I have to announce that now we are in 24!!!! I'm so excited to see a lot of variety, new ideas, different styles and I'm sure there'll be a waterfall of inspiration!!!!!
And we are going on with the challenges and here is the next one: FAVORITE GAME! I was thinking a lot which game to choose and than I decided for the most important one: LIFE! Life is surely the most important game we play and sometimes we are lose and sometimes we are win but the important thing is to follow our dreams and be prepared to go on. In this LO there are some things that keep reminding the rules: the two indicators for the limit of time we have, the big sign that reminds us in what way the game goes, the heart that determinates the direction and the duration and the wings and the devil's horns to accept that we are only humans.

So, play your most important game than better that you can and meanwhile don't forget to play also at the TAAFOMFT!!!!!!!

Favorite quote

This time was really a challenging work on the TAAFOMFT! In fact we had to choose our favorite quote!!!! I have to say I have an enormous ammount of quotes that I love but I wanted to make something different from a LO this time and the one I choose seemed just perfect for this heart shaped project.
I did the heart my self and covered it with gauze and lace. I've adoperated some glimmer mmist to reach the worn red color and I have to say that in RL the heart has a significant shimmer wich gives it a prescious look. The wires are placed like a sort of stitches and of course a lock, indispensable to protect our hearts.

In the heart the lace background gives the right conditions for the little seed to sprout and the soft flowers are its protection. The key is placed with a bow and it's waitting for the perfect situation to be donated to unlock the heart :-)



Have a nice day and remember to submit your favorite quote because there is a Niki Sivils goodies!!!!

Paper dreams to all!

Favorite scrapper

We have a new challenge on the TAAFOMFT for a great start of the year: Favorite scrapper!!!!!

I have to say that I have no doubts here: my very favorite scrapper is Ingvild! From the moment I came accross her blog I didn't miss a post and I was immidiattly amazed about the results of her ideas and hands: she is able to lay a romantic and genuine dream on the paper and her creations are gentle and profound pieces of art. She inspires me and drags me to explore the paper world. She is the queen of the paper world!!!!

Thank you so much Ingvild for sharing your paper journey with us!

And now you: who is your favorite scrapper? This is a perfect chance to make a special tribute to the person that inspires you and you can participate and maybe even win a prize at the same time!!!!!

There is another important thing you will not want to miss: we have a

DT CALL

happening!!! If you love this special place as much as I do and enjoy to create about your fave things go here and take a chance! We can't wait to have new and fresh scrappers that will make our TAAFOMFT house even more exciting!!! We are waiting for you!!!!!

Paper dreams to all!

Altered ornaments and more...

It was still autumn when I saw two flatted ball ornaments at IKEA just for 50 cents. They were red with just a few white spots and perfect to richly decorate them and use them as a kind of a christmas treats for unexpected guests. I grabbed many packeges and some days ago I dressed them as I wanted: white cracle paint, glittery swirls, satin bows, warm wishes and a pinch of distressing. So simple but I have to say they fully perform their mission and bring smiles on the people faces.

I wanted to share another thing: a few days ago girls from a challenge blog named CRAFTY PANTKY contacted me, asking me if I wanted to take part to their alternative Christmas tree challenge, with my Christmas trees as a inspiration for the contestants. I have to say I always have fun with cooperating and I was immidiatly in. So, if you have a different christmas tree, you can participate to the challenge or in alternative, you can visit their blog for some inspo and there's a lot in there. Thank you so much Crafty pantky girls, I'll be arround and have a merry merry Christmas!!!!!

I also have to remind you that at the TAAFOMFT we are running a chllenge with the fave LO!!!!!!! So, hurry up and look up into your files and find which one was the best in this year. Tell me if this is not easy and fun!!! Here is mine....

The prize is great and remember: the winner will be picked randomly = a lot of chances to win!!!!!

Paper dreams to all!!!

Lace Christmas tree and fave celebrity

I'm just continuing with the Christmas spirit and I love this time of the year because with the Christmas theme the ideas are just coming and coming - just so easy!
I have a lace curtain that I have to admit I would never use, just because it doesn't match my style and it also has some unremovable spots so...I cut it into some stripes and made this Chrismas tree. In the pics below it's not visible but I sprayed the whole tree with glue and put a lot of glitter on it and in RL it's very shiny and sparkly. In addition I've put on many blinks. My mom gave me a super chic chrystal star and I have to say that it gives to the tree a special touch. The tree has also some puffy pon pons that hold the dotted veil that dresses the tree and some glossy red eye-catching alphas.

I'll make a tutorial in the next days about how to make this banner out of a ribbon and I promise you that it's super easy and I love the sophisticated effect it gives to the project.

Another thing to share. We have a new challenge over the TAAFOMFT and this time we want to know what is your favorite celebrity. I was thinking a lot what to do and I decided for her - Marilyn. I love her because for me she is really the last diva and belongs to a world that seem unreachable and forgotten...

Have a nice day my friends and have fun!

Weightlifting

At the These are a few of my favorite things it's time for another great challenge: favorite sport!!!!! Do you have your favorite sport, passion, necessity in this sense?

My husband and I were never really sport persons as he is a drummer and spends the free time in a dusty place playing drums and I on the other hand am totally obsessed with scrapbooking and I'm really faithful to this passion but I have to say we like to make long walks in the nature almost every day after my husband comes home.
But there is a type of sport we are practicing from the moment Kian was born: weightlifting. In fact we always had to keep him in our hannds because when he was a baby he hated every other place except being in our arms..... Sometimes we were just near to get crazy :-)
...and he still loves it...

I just want to remind you that nowon the TAAFOMFT we are choosing the winner randomly so everybody has a chance to win. No stress, just having fun.

And for the prize, our very own AMY is opening her VERY OWN SCRAP STORE IN LOUISIANA {{{Create 365}}}!!! And within her store she is creating kits... and she is going to provide our winner for this challenge an AMAZING PRIZE PACK!! Make sure to check out Amy's store blog !!!!

Have a great halloween!!!!!

What is your favorite fictional character?

We have a great fave thing to scrap at the TAAFOMFT: favorite fictional character. Noooo doubts for me here: The polar expres crew: I simply adore this animation and I love the story, all the time immerged in magic but still just a pinch scary, just enough to drive children's (and I'm one of them :-)) immagination and feelings deep in this fantastic jouney!!! I think I've watched it thousands of times and that music and story still surprise me everytime I enjoy it! The pocket watch was the perfect background, always showing something to midnight....

And we are changing things up a bit around FAVE THINGS!!! We are now going to choose our winner by using Random.org so everyoneb that plays along have a chance to win and we will now be showing all the lo's/projects on a slideshow when we announce the winner! Isn't this great!
And don't forget that this time there is a 20$ gift certificate that is waiting for the winner!!!!
D E L I S C I O U S !!!!!!!!!!!!

What's your favorite poem?

Do you have a fave poem? The current challege on the TAAFOMFT is really something special. Yes, I know this is a difficult decision to make because there so much different aspects to consider and for me poetry preferences are mostly related to my State of mind and heart. But I have a favorite one. My mom used to read to me this poem again and again and we still read it together, loudly. And every time we get the tears in our eyes. I just love it!! It's Be The Best of Whatever You Are by Douglas Malloch.

For this occasion I created a mega tag and you can understand that was a perfect gift for my mom, just to let her know again how much I love her.

And here is the text:
If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill

Be a scrub in the valley--but be

The best little scrub by the side of the rill;

Be a bush if you can't be a tree.
If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,

And some highway some happier make;

If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass--

But the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,

There's something for all of us here.

There's big work to do and there's lesser to do,

And the task we must do is the near.

If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,

If you can't be the sun be a star;

It isn't by size that you win or you fail--

Be the best of whatever you are!

And I'm proud we have a beatiful slovene version:

Če biti ne moreš borovec vrh grička,

pač bodi le grm v dolini-

najlepši grmiček na bregu potočka,

če nisi drevo na višini.

Če nisi grmiček, pač bodi le bilka

in cesto okrasi samotno...
Če nisi za bobra pa bodi vsaj ščuka,

gladino razburkaj tihotno...

Je dosti posadke, en sam kapitan,

za vsakogar prostor se najde.

Če složni smo skupaj , ni delo zaman,

že barka pred ciljem se znajde...

Če nisi kot cesta pač bodi le steza...

in zvezda, ko sonce zaspi...

Velikost ne odloča, kdo vzpne se, pogreza....

A bodi najboljši, karkoli že si...

And there is another thing to share. My friend Tanya, a very talented girl and is celebrating.... I invite you to go on her blog and have a look into her fantastic world and to look what a fantastic candy she prepared. This candy is surley deliscious, isn't it????