Let’s make some real soap!
Örreke and Let’s go to Zero! exhibition invited Relumee and a few friends to come over and try out how to make ‘real’ soap. Let’s make a traditional soap! author: Katarina Papp, Let’s go to Zero! Usually, I have made my soap from a ready-made soap mix, simply because I already know how to make […]
What’s in the soap
Can you imagine a day without soap? Probably quite difficult. Although soap has been around for over 4500 years, it hasn’t always been as obvious a cleaner as it is today. Sappo mountain Legend has it that the soap is named after the Sappo hill near Rome. It was the site of an animal sacrifice. […]
Wrap your sandwich into self-made honeyfabric
Or hang a half apple wrapped in honeydew in the fridge. No drying out or anything. Put it on a morel jug, no flies can get at it. In all the sorry course the world is taking with its endless plastic pollution, global warming and depleting supplies of clean water, it might feel good to […]
How to make simple window decorations for spring holidays
Over the weekend, Mia and I made window decorations from coloured paper. Folding the paper was a real challenge, as straight fold lines are important. It took a while, but we managed. Now we’ve almost got the rooms decorated, and we can undertake the egg painting at our leisure this weekend: the moss and onion […]
Marzipan and Easter
Who of us doesn’t remember the marzipan pancakes of our childhood that sat in a display case and were never eaten. Some, of course, had teeth marks on the back because it was quite difficult not to nibble on the sweet stuff. I had a spotted rooster, a chicken and a kitten in the cupboard. […]
Shea butter – African women’s gold
Shea butter has nothing to do with pigs, but is derived from the nuts of a tree that grows in Africa. In Estonian, it’s actually called butter seed oil. Shea butter is known as the gold of African women, because it has been produced by women for centuries, and with the income from its sale, […]
In the footsteps of ancient design techniques in Istanbul
One gloomy February day, I got a call. A nice English-speaking lady from Lithuania asked if Õrreke also offered ebru workshops. “Of course!” I shouted enthusiastically into the phone, while clicking my fingers on the computer keyboard. Within half a minute I knew what I was doing. It was very reminiscent of the dripping technique […]
The most beautiful flowers
In the near future, there will be various anniversaries where we love to buy, give or receive flowers. But are we aware that growing these innocent beauties is leaving an ever-growing footprint on our collective environment? Valentine’s Day, and the Women’s Day that follows it, is a day of celebration. But sadly, this celebration does […]
Flyer with lipstick
In a school in Tallinn last week, we made planes with the children and their fathers. The twin girls named their planes Elsa and Elviine. I thought they were girls’ names, but it turned out that Elsa and Elviine were the first female pilots in Estonia. A few days later, I started researching the matter […]
We make our own paper and turn it into Christmas decorations or Christmas cards
Making paper is a great shared activity. You’ll find out what and how to make your own paper, and what to do with it! You can use the paper to make cards, Christmas cards or bookmarks. Anyone can do it! Click on the picture to read the instructions:
