Dare I confess we have become quite attached to the boxes of sweets available at this time of year?! Our excuse is that surely three mini bars of chocolate from a sweet tin is far less than a full normal size bar of chocolate.. but then we have a largish plastic box left. Time to …
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What to do on a wet weather sleepover? We recently had our friends children to stay for 22 hrs, it rained and rained and rained. I decided on an impromptu theme “Christmas” with a variety of activities roughly fitting into the theme. The activities included making bath bombs, bird feeders, air clay snowmen, Christmas biscuits …
For the first time, I am holding an upcycling workshop #eek. The challenge is to come up with a project anyone, whatever their skill level, can have a go at, within half an hour. I am inspired by the idea of this upcycled t-shirt necklace from a friend. I have modified the design to fit around …
Today is challenge 12 of the #12DaysofChristmasDIYChallenges. I have to admit I am rather sad to reach the end. I’ve had great fun and learnt lots:) One enormous thank you to Jill for organising the challenges. The final challenge – Take a look in your fabric stash and use something up to make some Christmas table …
Today is challenge 10 of the #12DaysofChristmasDIYChallenges The challenge – Make a small stocking filler gift from your fabric scraps. I have to admit to a love of stationary, pencils, pens, pencil cases and so on. This has inspired me to design a pattern for a fox pencil case. They are such cute looking creatures, who wouldn’t …
Today is challenge 9 of the #12DaysofChristmasDIYChallenges The challenge – Make something to wear for Christmas using what you have in your house – this could be a plain clothing item transformed into a Christmassy one, or jewellery or accessories. I have to admit I slightly cheated with this challenge by buying earring fittings – but I …
Today is challenge 8 of the #12DaysofChristmasDIYChallenges The challenge – Use up those old chip packets instead of throwing them away – and make some Christmas decorations. I had several ideas for this challenge, but failed to be organised re saving crisp packets in advance:( So here’s one crisp packet decoration! Wash your crisp packet and turn …
Today is challenge 7 of the #12DaysofChristmasDIYChallenges The challenge – Take a walk around your garden or the park and find something you can make Christmas decor from. Today I have updated our stick tree, regular readers may remember it from previous blog posts. The tree was made last Christmas with branches from the garden, simply …
Do you love projects which can make the most of fabric scraps? Then this fabric scrap drawstring bag is for you – I love the versatility of the bags, perfect for craft projects, gift wrapping, children’s toys – the list goes on and on!! This post is challenge 6 of the #12DaysofChristmasDIYChallenges …
Today is challenge 5 of the #12DaysofChristmasDIYChallenges The challenge – What do you have in your garden shed or outhouse? Find something in there that you can make into some kind of Christmas decoration For sometime I have been inspired by wood decor with writing. Today’s challenge seemed the perfect opportunity to have a go, with some …
Welcome to day 4 of the #12DaysofChristmasDIYChallenges The challenge – Use old cereal or other boxes and supplies you find in your home to make a Christmas Card Any empty cereal boxes are grabbed by my five year old for a creative project. I sneakily pinched this box to share this tutorial with you. For years …
Learn how to make an apron from old jeans – it is no secret I love reusing denim, it is such a versatile hardwearing fabric, perfect for a protective apron. This apron is great project for your old jeans. Today I’m going to share with you a quick gift – whip up an apron in …