Welcome!

Welcome to the first post of MH makings,

Whether you stumbled upon this blog, or maybe you came here after an instagram post you noticed. Or... maybe you know me personally. Thanks for taking the time to read this first post. 

I'm a stay at home mum of a teenage daughter. Over the years I got some time on my hands and I really do not like spending it on cleaning. So I try to spend as much time as I can on making things. It started with some paper window decorations, face painting,  once in a while I would sew or crochet. 

Since december 2012 I mostly make things on paper. It started with a visit to a small craft store: scrap and stamp in Rickenbach, Switzerland. I was looking for a travel storage for my face paints. They didn't have what I was looking for, but I did walk out with 5 Magnolia stamps an acrylic block and stamping ink. The stamps were Christmas themed and I had set my mind on making my own Christmas cards that year. 

Looking back I would never sent these out, but back then I did :) 

The images where directly stamped on cardstock and painted with my daughters watercolor paints. 

the decorations I made with punches I already had laying around,

The Christmas cards got a bit better over the years learning to use Copic markers definitely helped.

In the mean time I started Zentangle, hand lettering, mixed media, I make an attempt at drawing and about anything 2D you can make on paper. 

So what can you expect here?  Makings made by me, MH. 

It will mostly be makings on paper, but once in a while it might contain other crafts like crochet,  pins I made, a painting or even the diamond painting that I'm slowly chipping away at. 

I hope you enjoyed the read and that you will come back for more MH makings. 

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