My new website has been published and the blog has moved to the new address. Check it out:  www.peonyandparakeet.com The location of the n...

My husband is into woodworking and he often shows me stuff that inspires me too. Like this box . After seeing it I wanted to work with paper...

Now is the time to grab those handmade patterned papers and make your own Faberge eggs! I used the smallest scraps here! I begun with styro...

And how do I know that? Without Pinterest I probably would have not noticed it yet. Last easter I made an Easter themed illustration and p...

I have been doodling rugs recently. The woolly texture of them is very appealing so I find it fun to try to make illustrations that imitate ...

Here's my first exercise for the Pattern Design Course: die cut circles on a painted background. This is terrible simple for me, it felt...

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A greeting card, available at Etsy One of the most popular posts in my blog is How To Make Your Own Patterned Paper . If you have made some...

Set of 3 handdecorated papers, available at Etsy . I am attending a craft fair in Helsinki after a couple of weeks. I have been spinnin...

I love the Marie Antoinette movie . I have watched it again and again and I love to examine the photos of the scenes. I wanted to doodle so...

I am participating this week's Get Inspired scrapbooking challenge with this layout. It has my budgie's childhood photos. The first...

Here's a scrapbooking layout that's my entry to ScrapHappy.org 's sketch challenge in April. It's about making circles and w...

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It all started with the two flower pots that I found at the antique flea market. I found them so inspiring! Then it continued with the few d...

I am going to a small crafts event tomorrow and here's the most of my sales table. Fabrics, cards and decorated papers. It has been fun ...

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Today is a public holliday in Finland and I have tried to make most of it already. I have been painting backgrounds for my doodling. I put ...