Birthday Flower Card, 2010

Just before you think it's a threatening creature, let me tell you: it's a flower. Intended to raise spirits.

Follow-me-card, 2010

Little Red Riding Hood (originating from a wrapping paper clipping) is holding some yummy foodstufs in her basket and is set to start her journey:

Birthday S-Card, 2010

Letter S with its obvious reseblance to number 5 (the highest on evaluation scale in Russia) had to play the key role here.

Ladybird Card, 2010

My friend's attachment to ladybird and the charm of these little creatures - and it came so naturally for her b-day card idea that quite soon I found myself contouring a glue stick to get those black spots on ladybird's wing covers. Here she is, slender as a lady should be.


Birthday Tea-Card, 2010

Somehow related to "my cup of tea" idea - and that would be it for me to comment on the motif.

Agaric Bookmark, 2010

St.Patrick's Day Card, 2010

Meant for a keen Irishman.

Wedding Anniversary Card, 2010

Performed in "bride's" favourite colours.

Shelf with Drawers, 2010

All those small storage organisers like boxes, baskets, drawers are my great passion. In spite of being an anti-shopoholic, I can't get out of an IKEA household storage department without having absorbed every item with my hungry eyes. I prefer chipboard to plastic and later on a shelf with drawers gets a multicolour finish.

Winter Bookmark, 2009

New Year Cards, 2009

New Year Hanging Card, 2009

New Year Bells, 2009

Birthday Greeting Card, 2009

A single panel card is always concise, which might be useful when writing a trip invitation right on the front side.

Japanese Greeting Card, 2009


Curtain Holder, 2009

These are just buttons and bells hung on a rubber string to save the balcony door from obstacles.

JA Wedding Card, 2009

In Germany, when people get married they usually say "Ja" which means "Yes".
Wedding card for Johannes and Adriana:

Window Decoration, 2009

Recycled materials or nature's sponsorship are part and parcel of cost-saving design. The contents of the vase are self-picked sticks, shells and pebbles. As the sticks were picked dry from the ground and no tree was hurt for the sake of the artistic work, I have the courage to claim that the project was also enviromentally friendly!

Two-Hearted Greeting Card, 2009

Decorated with fine lace from Brugge.

Cologne Vase, 2009

Decorated with acrylics.

Lace Wedding Invitation, 2009

Using fine lace from Brugge.

Invitation to the Evening of Russian-German Friendship, 2009

Actually I got married twice - to one and the same man. Once in Cologne and three months later in Moscow, right before moving to my twice-husband in Germany.
The event dedicated to Russian-German friendship started with our German guests arriving in the Russian capital on a sightseeing tour and then sharing tables with our Russian kith and kin at a German restaurant.

My inspirer Tunya and I, guided by Tunya’s insight and care, had crafted 30 invitations carrying out various cultural ideas. What a terrific experience!
That’s the bilingual invitation with St.Basil’s and the Cologne cathedrals binding the two cities:


Wedding Table Decoration, 2008


Cologne Wedding Invitation, 2008

Following crafted greeting cards for close friends who are always tolerant to my creative impulses, invitations to my own wedding to be held in Cologne were the first attempt to reveal my creation to the public at large. Without being bothered with the choice of paper or colour (as you might see), I focused on the image of Cologne Cathedral and the message. What really mattered was to make each and every guest feel special by attending this occasion.

Many thanks to my wise advisor and mentor who, having suggested decorating paper rings inside the card with spangles and diamonds, was simultaneously guiding me through another crafting process.
And here you can shoot a glance at the 8 invitations' creation process reluctantly supervised by my cat: