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3 Easy DIY Beauty Gifts to Make with Oats

This post is sponsored by Brother. Thank you for supporting the brands that support Fall For DIY. Ok, before we get to the reason your all here I have a small tangent to veer off into for just a moment. Bare with me while I take this detour but… How have I lived my life up until this moment without owning a label maker!? I’m not even joking – about not owning a label maker and how on earth I’ve resisted the urge until now. I’ve always wanted one, but it seemed like one of those things you buy, use… Read More

9 Low Waste Ways to Recycle & Reuse this Christmas

Unless you’re new around here I’m about to sound like a broken record but I love Christmas! Let’s just remind ourselves of that before we get into this post. But I do have to admit it can be an incredibly wasteful time of year. It’s like taking the red or the blue pill. Once you see it, there’s no going back. So I’ve been reining (no pun intended) myself in for the past few years and I’ve built up quite a range of ideas for low waste gifts. Isn’t every gift better when it comes in a drawstring bag? Make… Read More

DIY Arched Faux Fireplace

This project was developed in association with Bosch DIY and Garden. For more inspiration from Bosch, you can visit All About DIY for quick and easy step by step projects. Everywhere you look online at the moment someone is building a fireplace. To which I am massively grateful. This project has been on my to do list since we moved in. I felt like we needed a focal point to split up the dining and living spaces and so, why not make a fake fireplace? Only at this time I didn’t know how to do it and Alex was well,… Read More

DIY Recycled Paper Star Decorations

In the past few years I’ve really noticed how much packaging comes with Christmas. Yes, gifts often come with excess decorative packaging. Plastic to hold things in place and never ending instruction manuals no one actually ever reads. But besides that. Food comes with more packaging. Buying gifts online comes with more packaging. My recycling bin is overflowing and we’re weeks off the big day yet! With this in mind I’m always trying to find ways to use up the excess. Having a child is actually a fun way to find creative uses for packaging (although they might be the… Read More

DIY Recycled Wax Tree Candles

YES!! Hello December! The best time of the year for crafting in my humble opinion. But also a great time to think about reusing and recycling as we begin to start decorating our homes. We all know Christmas can be a very wasteful time of year. I am certainly guilty myself of just buying stuff because I felt like I needed to for maximum festive enjoyment. But I’m trying to make small changes to my habits and (mostly) avoid the festive guilt hangover once there are no presents left under the tree. I have to admit I’ve been saving the… Read More

DIY Lacing Toy

This post has been sponsored by Creative Rox. Thank you for supporting the brands that support Fall For DIY! I love Christmas, but it is a time of year which creates a lot of unnecessary waste. I’ve decided to make our Christmas this year more sustainable, especially when it comes to buying gifts. Ollen is too young to be into the latest “must have” toy, so before we have to worry about all that nonsense we’re buying second hand toys and making our own for him. I’ll be honest. Our made presents are more likely to be stocking fillers than… Read More

Winter Styling with Sainsburys (PLUS two DIY cushions!)

This post has been sponsored by Sainsbury’s Home. Thank you for supporting the brands that support Fall For DIY! I know that some of you reading this will be full-on decking the halls by the time this gets published. And that’s ok! No really, I’m not judging (in fact I’m actually a little bit jealous) but for the rest of us who are more reserved with (or just happen to live with these people) festive decor timing, it’s a bit early to start trimming the tree and hanging the mistletoe. As you might have guessed I am on team early… Read More

You Can Make This DIY Clay Bauble Outline Ornament

Have any of you started making your Christmas decorations this year? I don’t mean all of them (unless you are all about that Christmas crafting! In which case you are my hero), more like just a few extras to update your existing collection. I love adding something new to ours every year. It means I can either replace something a little old and tired (like the mouldy salt dough ornaments I found in the box one year… they don’t keep well) or just have more decorations!! More is more at Christmas right? This year I’ve made these clay bauble ornaments… Read More