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Lia Griffith: From Paper Flowers to a Creative Business

A paper flower can be a small decoration, a thoughtful gift, or the beginning of a larger creative path. For Lia Griffith, sharing a paper rose became an important step toward building a business around making and teaching. Her journey connects design experience, paper flowers, books, and a community learning to craft. It offers an […]

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How Isabella Strambio Turned Macrame Into a Creative Career

Isabella Strambio already had a creative profession. She worked as an interior designer. But designing spaces for others wasn’t giving her enough room for her own creativity—or enough time with her daughters. In 2016, she discovered macrame. What followed began as a personal experiment and gradually became a different way of working. Isabella Strambio’s official […]