Blog - Majanka Verstraete

Weirdville Series available on Apple, Nook and Smashwords

After being only available on Amazon for quite some time, I finally got around to releasing the Weirdville series on other ebook platforms this week. The Weirdville books are now available multiple other platforms, including Apple, Nook and Smashwords. Click on the covers below to go to the Books2Read link, which features links to all […]

Majanka 3 days ago

Crafting

Crafting: Make Your Own Gingerbread House

Time Required: 1h – 1h30 Difficulty: Easy Review of kit: 5 out of 5 stars The moment I saw one of these gingerbread kits, I knew I wanted to give this a try. The brand we bought it from is called Weiss. It’s a German brand and we purchased the gingerbread house from Amazon. I […]

Majanka 1 year agoJanuary 1, 2023

Crafting

Crafting: Christmas Make Your Own Clay Figure – Reindeer

Time Required: 1h Difficulty: Medium Review of kit: 4 out of 5 stars Just like the Elf clay figure I crafted last week, I purchased this crafting kit from the Action store for about 1 EUR. I have to say this crafting kit was a lot easier to make than the elf. This figure could […]

Majanka 1 year agoJanuary 1, 2023

Crafting

Crafting: Christmas Make Your Own Clay Figure – Elf

Time Required: 1h – 1h30 Difficulty: Hard Review of kit: 3 out of 5 stars – figure is difficult to make and instructions are rather vague This is another crafting kit I bought in the Action store in Belgium. I think it cost 1 EUR tops, and there were a few different kits to choose […]

Majanka 1 year agoJanuary 1, 2023

Crafting

Crafting: Ceramic Christmas Figure – Penguin

Time Required: 1h-1h30 Difficulty: Easy Review of kit: 4 out of 5 stars Last time, I showed you a ceramic figure of Santa Claus that I painted. I bought three figures in this set: Santa Claus, a reindeer, and a penguin. After finishing Santa Claus, I decided to give the reindeer a shot, and I […]

Majanka 1 year agoJanuary 6, 2023

Crafting

Crafting: Ceramic Christmas Figure – Santa Claus

Time Required: 1h – 1h30 Difficulty: Easy Review of kit: 3 out of 5 stars – downside is that only some colours are included, not all I found some fun crafts for this Christmas season, including a ceramic figure of Santa Claus. I bought this figure in the Action store in Belgium, where it cost […]

Majanka 1 year agoJanuary 6, 2023

Crafting

Crafting: Winter House

Time Required: 2h if you colour the parts, about 30min if you only assemble the parts Difficulty: Easy Review of kit: 4 out of 5 stars I’ve always been fond of these winter-themed houses. Some people have so many houses, you could just call it a street. I decided to start with one and to […]

Majanka 1 year agoJanuary 6, 2023

Crafting

Crafting: Paint By Number – Cats

Time Required: 4 to 6 hours depending on number of layers Difficulty: Medium Review of kit: 4 out of 5 stars I still had one of these paint-by-numbers sets lying around that I purchased years ago… woops. I didn’t get around to doing it then, although I do like to paint-by-number, but I just never […]

Majanka 2 years agoFebruary 14, 2023

Articles Urban Legends Investigated

Urban Legends Investigated: Madame Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors

Madame Tussaud’s is obviously a real place. In fact, it’s a famous tourist attraction. Whatever makes people intrigued by wax museums, I’ll probably never know as I don’t care about it in the slightest. Just no my thing. Maybe I watched too many horror movies about people being turned into wax figures, but I find […]

Majanka 2 years agoJanuary 27, 2023

Reviews

TV Series Review: Devil in Ohio

Devil in Ohio is a TV mini-series about a psychiatrist, Dr. Suzanne Mathis, who shelters a young girl who escaped from a Satanic cult. The girl in question, Mae, was chosen by her family to participate in a horrific Satanic ritual. Mae, terrified, decided to run away. Unfortunately, the past keeps plaguing her and she […]

Majanka 2 years agoJanuary 27, 2023

Majanka Verstraete

Weirdville Series available on Apple, Nook and Smashwords

Crafting: Make Your Own Gingerbread House

Crafting: Christmas Make Your Own Clay Figure – Reindeer

Crafting: Christmas Make Your Own Clay Figure – Elf

Crafting: Ceramic Christmas Figure – Penguin

Crafting: Ceramic Christmas Figure – Santa Claus

Crafting: Winter House

Crafting: Paint By Number – Cats

Urban Legends Investigated: Madame Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors

TV Series Review: Devil in Ohio

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