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Recycled Gift Tag Ideas In our family there is a birthday just before Christmas, Christmas, and then a birthday. Coupled with five siblings to be more than generous to our children, we inevitably have carrier bags of gifts stuffed into the wardrobe.   Yesteday evening we were busy hunting for names written  on wrapping paper, …

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I am delighted to introduce to you the Rhine Valley Bag.   Having just finished testing the pattern for Anna over at Charmed Liebling I am chuffed with the finished bag, complete with two external pockets, two internal pockets and zipper closure. As usual the pattern was well written, and easy to follow step by …

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It is a very busy time of year, especially if you are running a small business – this week I have (squeezed in) enjoyed preparing jam jars for the school jam jar tombola.    The kids loved making biscotti, and chocolate fudge, the left overs handily doubled up as my work colleagues Christmas cards (I would much …

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Here are some great ideas for Recycled Gift Wrap – enjoy:) Old Dress Patterns for tissue paper, with a pretty string and gift tag:) Tots drawings – we go through copious amounts of paper in our house so it’s great not to put it all in recycling, what could be better for a grandparent? No …

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This week has been rather busy making a rocket costume required for a school blast off event. As usual I referred to Pinterest for rocket costume ideas, and found this great image from Doodlecraft. I made our own version, as we had no silver spray to hand to gain the silver effect I used a mixture …

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