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  • Botanical bundle dyeing | DIY

    I’m SO excited! I think I’ve found a new passion and a hobby at the same time!

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  • Easter in images

    The feeling when you realize that the Palm Sunday is tomorrow and you have absolutely no easter crafts material at home. Let’s cut some magazines darling, shall we!

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    Corona Diaries | Sunday collage poems

    It started as a small DIY idea to do with my daughter and ended up being the quite accurate entry of the feelings right now. Kinda like Corona Diaries of this very moment.

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    One wish at the time

    It’s hard to admit but I’m one of those moms who work too much and say way too often that ‘let’s think about it later’. After this whole new life with even more on my plate at the same time, I find it even harder to be present and have enough time for everything. So …

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    DIY bath bombs

    I always wish I had more time to DIY stuff and my Pinterest and notebooks are full of ideas I never have time to actually do. This time I decided to go for it and we ended up having so much fun with my daughter on this small but lovely project.

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    Neverending

    What a MAD month it has been! And it’s still not even over! Whoah! 

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    The Miracle Lines | Aura notebook family expands

    Let me introduce you to the Miracle Lines. These babies fresh from the printing company include several motivational quotes and some questions to guide you towards your dream life.

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    Hello from the past you

    The daily text of today is not in here. It’s actually a letter to myself to be opened on January 11th, 2021. I’ve done one in school years and years ago (my daughter actually did the same quite recently) but after that, I got back to this lovely little piece of a routine last year. …

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    Tools of the trade

    Managing multiple businesses means that you need exactly the right tools of the trade too to keep everything in control. Throughout the years I’ve tried several different software (and hardware) and by trial and error finally found the right ones which work perfectly for me. I’ve also found many that don’t fit my personal (or …

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    Stop whining and start writing

    This is what I wrote on my morning pages today. I want to write more. I should have a channel to publish it. Keeping a blog seems a bit old-fashioned or fake. On the other hand, I feel intrigued to change the format of this blog back to the old school one where you can …

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  • Minnie Mouse themed birthday party | Dots and some DIY

    We have this birthday tradition with my daughter that she picks the theme and I do my magic. This year she wished to have a Minnie Mouse birthday party, so I’ve been seeing dots for several weeks now. Everything culminated on Saturday when the actual party took place at our home.

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  • Booklover

    When I was a kid, I used to bury myself on the sofa with a pile of books I had borrowed from the library. Some things seem not to change that much. We haven’t had a sofa for years (or TV either) but the pile of books is still essential part of my everyday life.

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    What are binaural beats and how do they work?

    Find your creativity, gain more focus and just easily manipulate your brain (and ears) to function in specific ways? Besides just doing the work (which I highly recommend, stop procrastinating now!) there are several tools you can use to make it more efficient. My recent experiments have been with binaural beats.

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  • Wreck This Journal | How we ended up splashing coffee on the floor with my daughter

    Do you know what Wreck This Journal is? Besides being a book that makes you do funny things, turns out it’s also a wonderful way to arrange some quality time with your kid.

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  • Freebie | Floral wallpaper for you

    Let’s get this autumn started, shall we! Download this moody, floral wallpaper for your desktop and stop f**ing procrastinating!

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  • Planning | How to change your dreams to actual goals

    I wanted to share some ideas of planning with you and tell you how to change your dreams to actual goals. 

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  • Finding yourself, your ikigai, your ideal clients and so much more | Workshops and courses

    Learning new skills and developing and discovering yourself is mainly privately done hard work but sometimes it helps to find some spark and inspiration from someone else too. I have taken several different workshops and courses during this year and last one and I think those might inspire you too.

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  • Dream work | I need your help

    July has started and I have some ideas I would like to talk about with you. Recently I started to track more carefully my sleeping as it’s one of the biggest factors to affect the quality of life. I bet you too know the feeling when you haven’t slept enough. Some studies even say that …

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  • About creativity, improvisation and clouds

    As I’m an entrepreneur with several companies and brands and I work in visual and creativity field, it’s sometimes hard to find the time and the mindset to do anything visual or artistic just for fun. I have found few ways to trick my mind to let go and just create.

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  • Summer vibes and visual field notes | June

    When everything is blooming and every sunset is a masterpiece, it’s hard not to take photos all the time. After all those dark (and because of that quite stylish and goth-like, I have to admit!) months this light is just unbeliavable. If you need some beauty in your life, here are some of my visual …

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  • What makes you spark?

    Sometimes we forget what makes us spark and end up in the endless loop of mundane tasks which leave us exhausted and with feeling that we haven’t done anything. I have some thoughts about that and a small challenge for you today, dive in!

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  • Let the magic happen

    You never know what awaits just around the corner. I have my moments of doubts and disbelief but in the end, something better always comes.

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  • Ugly today, brilliant tomorrow

    One of my clients once said that they literally thought I was going crazy when I presented the first sketch round for their event rebranding. This particular part of the branding and design process is my favourite.  It takes courage to leap to the unknown and design the future today. That’s definitely not an easy …

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  • The Morning Pages – Where the magic happens

    I’ve started the morning pages habit quite many times and failed to do it almost as often. For me tweaking stuff to fit to my own path and breaking the rules when necessary are the way of life. I have to admit that it works quite well with everything else but with the Morning Pages, …

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  • And I love you

    All the products I design have a story behind them. Some longer than others and some more important. That goes also with client work. I think there should always be the story, the reason, the why before anything is designed, established or branded.

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