Category: DIY

DIY Diamond Painting Set – Waterfall – Hobbymaxxing Core

This year, two unexpected words started trending on social media: hobbymaxxing and solomaxxing. And if you’ve been following my blog for a while, you probably know that I’m a master of both. Today, expanding on my hobbymaxxing quest, I’d like to share with you a new craft I tried recently: diamond painting. Well, in fact, I tried it for the first time back in January, when I completed three small coasters. But this time, I worked on a large-scale painting. It’s a craft that requires a great amount of patience and quite a lot of time, but the result is pretty impressive!

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DIY Mini Cross Stitch Set – Autumn Tree

In my quest to reduce the amount of DIY supplies in my stash (part of my New Year’s Resolutions), I’m slowly working through the cross stitch kits. This time, I completed a small design, perfect for this time of year – a cross stitched autumn tree. With just six colours, this was one of the easiest cross stitch sets I’ve worked on, but I love how it turned out!

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DIY Halloween Watercolour Doodles – Halloween Crafts

This year, I’ve really enjoyed watercolour painting. I didn’t have much time to pursue this new hobby, but I still managed to complete simple projects every now and again. Last week, I spent some time on watercolour Halloween themed doodles. I couldn’t not paint anything for the spooky season! I played with different colours and shapes, but mainly stuck to classic Halloween themes. It was fun to paint the pumpkins and spiders, and I’m glad I finally managed to find some time for my watercolour endeavours. Now, I’m already looking forward to Christmas paintings too – they’re coming soon!

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DIY Crocheted Pumpkin Coasters Set – Halloween Crafts

It’s been nearly two years since I decided to learn to crochet. I’m not an expert yet, and I certainly don’t feel ready to try to design my own, original patterns. But when it comes to following simple patterns, I have no trouble completing them. It’s Halloween month, so naturally, I wanted to crochet something in a Halloween theme. I’m trying not to buy new assorted DIY sets, as per my New Year’s resolutions, but when I saw this set for crocheted pumpkin coasters, I couldn’t resist.

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DIY Cross Stitch Set – Witch – Halloween Crafts

Halloween is just around the corner, and that means one thing: it’s time for Halloween crafts. Frankly, I’m already in a Christmas mood, but I couldn’t completely ignore Halloween. Plus, one of my New Year’s resolutions this year was to use up some of my arts and crafts supplies, and I happen to have quite a few Halloween sets. So today, I’m bringing you my recently completed cross stitch project: a Halloween witch.

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DIY 3D Wooden Flowers Sets – Pink Carnations And Lilac

A few months ago, I posted about a 3D wooden flowers set I assembled, which I enjoyed much more than the LEGO Botanicals. Well, I recently bought a few more of those sets, and today, I’d like to show you two flowers I assembled: a pink carnation and a lilac. They joined the red camellias from earlier this year, and I love my growing display of wooden flowers. Assembling these wooden flowers was pure joy. I’m really impressed with the quality of these sets!

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New Year’s Resolutions 2026 – 9 Month Update – Fitness, Crafts, Career

The older I get, the faster time flies. How can it possibly be end of September already? I swear the year only began not long ago. Well, it’s time for a 9 month check-in for my New Year’s resolutions. I set myself some goals at the start of the year, in a variety of areas. Some of them, I worked quite hard on achieving. Others, admittedly, haven’t gone too well so far. But with 3 months to go, I still have a chance to achieve my goals! For now, let’s take an honest look at how I’m doing so far.

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15 DIY Handmade Cards For Him Inspiration – Father’s Day, Birthday – Watercolours, Scrapbooking, Quilling

I’ve been making DIY cards for family birthdays and such pretty much ever since I was a child. I post my designs annually on this blog, if you want to check them out! I use a variety of techniques, from quilling to watercolours, acrylic paints and scrapbooking. I love coming up with card designs, but girly, floral designs are by far the easiest for me. And when it comes to making cards for my Dad, I sometimes struggle! Not that there’s anything wrong in handing flowers – or a floral card – to a man, but I do prefer to make more fitting designs. So, if you’re like me and struggle with ideas for handmade cards for him, I put together a list of all cards I made for my Dad in recent years. Hopefully, this gives you some inspiration!

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Watercolour Doodles – Summer – Postcard, Bookmarks, Summer Fruit

It appears that roughly every year or two, I develop a desire to paint with watercolours. This year, it seems to have stayed with me for a bit longer than… ever before, I think? I reached for watercolour paints around mid-May, when I was making some DIY birthday cards. I enjoyed painting my little designs and have painted quite a few more since then! A lot of my watercolour creations were summer themed, and since we’re deep into summer now in the northern hemisphere, I thought I’d share my creations with you all. I’m not a professional artist, but that’s the whole point! Some of these doodles required a bit of patience and effort, but some literally took 10 minutes to finish. If you have some forgotten watercolours at the bottom of a craft supplies drawer, maybe it’s time to bring them back to life?

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DIY Handmade Cards 2026 – 7 Designs – Birthday, Mother’s Day – Quilling, Watercolour

Ever since I was a child, I’ve been making handmade cards for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays of family members, and so on. I never grew out of it! But through the years, my cards became a bit more… professional? Not sure about that, actually. But I certainly learnt a thing or two! Every year, I share my creations on this blog. And guess what? It’s time for that annual post! Yesterday was the last family birthday of the year, and the cardmaking is now on pause for a for months. Here are my 7 unique handmade cards that I created in 2026, made with quilling and watercolours.

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