The Greek Island of Crete is simply enchanting. My pictures couldn’t possibly do it justice, but here is my best attempt at showing you how lovely this island appears:

Our First Glimpses of Crete from Aboard Viva, the Peterson 34' Sailboat My Husband, Mike, and I Used to Call Home
Our First Glimpses of Crete from Aboard Viva, the Peterson 34′ Sailboat My Husband, Mike, and I Used to Call Home

Crete’s residents are every bit as wonderful as their surroundings. We met so many incredible people there.

Craft Supplies You’ll Need for Creating a Similar Scrapbooking Layout and Documenting Your Own Travel Adventures

If you have beach photos or sailing photos to scrap, you might be interested in checking out Stamperia’s Silent Sea paper collection. I used a page from the 8×8 paper pack as the background for this scrapbooking layout.

I made the frame for the photo using the Frame Punch Board by We R Makers and paper from Craft Consortium’s Patina Pad of patterned papers.

The embellishments are hand-painted and fussy cut from a Paintables paper pack by Prima.

I wrote my journaling using a Sakura Gelly Roll pen and a shape I die cut using Card Sentiment Dies by Emily Moore Designs.

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Amy Solovay
Amy Solovay

Amy Solovay is a real, live, human content creator and educator who holds an Associate of Arts degree in Textile Design from FIDM LA (The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Sweet Briar College. She is NOT a robot and does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to write book reviews or articles for this website.


Amy learned to crochet as a small child, and she still enjoys crocheting all these years later.


I'm excited about this book, Delicate Crochet by Sharon Hernes Silverman! I am super proud of the 2 patterns I contributed to this pattern collection. I hope you'll check out the fingerless gloves and the beaded necklace I designed for this book. Thanks for taking a look at them!
I’m excited about this book, Delicate Crochet by Sharon Hernes Silverman! ! I am super proud of the 2 patterns I contributed to this pattern collection. I hope you’ll check out the fingerless gloves and the beaded necklace I designed for this book. Thanks for taking a look at them!

As an educator, Amy Solovay used to teach in-person college courses in trend forecasting, marketing and surface design at California Design College in Los Angeles. Nowadays she uses online platforms for sharing her knowledge about textiles, crafts, current color trends and current design trends.

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This page was last updated on 5-22-2025.