When I moved into my new studio my first though was how tidy I was going to be now I have all this space to play with. (Actually, that’s a lie. My first thought was damn it’s cold in here – how can I heat this ice box!? But that’s not as fun a memory.) I was convinced that since the supplies had lived in a room an eight of the size, once I moved everything over it would be a breeze getting organising now I had this extra room. I had high hope things would find their own homes,… Read More
Pancakes are my favourite all day food. You know, something that is good for every occasion and can never be out of place. There is literally no time of the day (or night) I wouldn’t eat a pancake… or eight.. at least. In fact a friend of mine is a genius an keeps batter in her fridge at all times. For spontaneous pancake eating of course. True story. But if you’re not as organised as being spontaneous as she quite obviously is, then I have the solution. Make these lazy girl party pancake stacks in five minutes with ingredients you will most… Read More
One of my favourite Pinterest boards that I regularly pin to is my Dream Home board. Some people have travel aspirations, some people go nuts for ice cream recipes (ok, I do these things too) but for me my biggest weakness is imagining my future Grand Designs episode. The one in which we turn a modest semi detached into a modern masterpiece… or something along those lines. Back to reality. It doesn’t take building a whole new home to create your dream home. You can make a big impact with a few easy to implement changes. My sister has just… Read More
Happy July everyone! Today’s tutorial is a product of a failed coaster tutorial (because I don’t have enough coasters yet apparently….) The branch I cut these rounds from was a little too small and it would have been slightly very dangerous to balance scolding hot drinks on them just inches from my lap! (Anyone else ever spilt hot tea on themselves and lives on in terror ever since? Just me?) So, I re-thought and came up with something I like even better – how to make floating plant shelves from a birch wood round. Don’t you just love it when… Read More
It’s that time again. Happy July! I’m excited to start a fresh new month and I’m getting some summer inspiration rounding up all these gorgeous DIY things that have been posted over the last 30 days. I’ve been amazed by the ingenuity and originality of all the tutorials I’ve seen over the past month. I’m feeling so energised and inspired after a day of reading through all my favourite blogs. I hope you enjoy reading through all these DIY’s as much as I love writing this post! Here are our 50 Must do DIY’s for June: DIY Watercolour Scarf Mini Tropical Folders Dipped Wooden… Read More
This post could easily go either way today. Depending on your experience (or lack of) with dud salt and pepper grinders, you’re either going to fully understand how I get through so many mills, or on the other hand not have the slightest clue why on earth you would even make this DIY. Like, really… pepper mills…. pencil pots…? Really? YES! For some reason they never last more than six months to a year in our home and it’s always the pepper that goes first. One day it just gives up on it’s one, single function in life and decides it’s… Read More
Happy Monday! It’s a well needed new week and I’m looking forward to getting through my to do list. One of the things I’ve been meaning to share with you for a while (and tick off) is this DIY wooden floor standing mirror I made with eHow. I’ve been wanting a full length mirror for the studio since we moved in. I’ve been getting into a bad habit of just throwing on the first thing I find in the morning (working alone doesn’t inspire the best fashion choices) and because of that I’ve been feeling uninspired by my wardrobe. I’m… Read More
Remember our Shibori & Natural Dyeing ecourse? That seems like such a long time ago now doesn’t it! We were so lucky to work on that kit with Zazzle to show you how to design your own products to sell and make some money from them! Since then I’ve been meaning to show you some of the products I’ve been making and designing, so I took the opportunity to make cakes and have a bed picnic. (Yeah, I said bed picnic. It’s rained for the last week so the real thing was not an option unless I wanted soggy doughnuts!) Now I’ve… Read More
