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Win some #tasselhappy when you join us on Instagram

I’ve been blown over by the how creative you guys have been with the #tasselhappy tag over on Instagram this week and I’m not the only one! When Bearsley and Bumski saw what was happening over on our hashtag they got in touch! They very generously offered to send out a Unicorn Tails Tassel Garland to one of our Instagram friends who gets us a little #tasselhappy! If you’ve never made a tassel before that’s fine. Find something that’s tasselled or just get creative. If you want to learn how to make them it’s so easy and quick to do (see… Read More

10 Tassel Projects to get #tasselhappy

If you haven’t seen our new challenge over on Instagram you’re missing out on some serious #tasselhappy (ness). We’ve had some gorgeous pictures shared in our hashtag challenge including pregnancy celebrations, bike rides, jewellery to lust over and nature at it’s finest. I’m so excited to share some of my favourites with you tomorrow and to announce a little added incentive to get you sharing your tassel love as well. If you’re thinking of joining in but don’t know what to post here are some of my favourite 10 tassel projects online to spark your creativity and make you #tasselhappy! DIY Tassel… Read More

DIY Copper and Pine Magazine Rack Kit

When I look back at my early days of blogging it seems like a stroke of luck that when I first started I was managing a small bead shop. Every one of my early tutorials used materials we sold in the shop and online, so I knew that anyone reading the site and wanting to make the jewellery would be able to. No problem spending hours online sourcing materials! When I’m researching ideas for this blog one of my first thoughts after ‘how can I make this?’ is ‘how easy is it to find the materials?’ It’s one of the… Read More

No Mess Makeover | 5 Tips for Updating your Old Furniture

I must admit I’ve made my fair share of makeover messes whilst attempting to create a home interior I love. My ethos is (quite clearly) that everything can be updated and given a new lease of life with a quick coating of paint. Most of the time it works out really well, but usually ends up being more effort, taking up more time and becoming a huge mess in my kitchen for several days before this point. This can be a little off-putting when you’re thinking about starting a project. Just moving the often bulky furniture to my little kitchen can… Read More

#fallfordiy Instagram Challenge

I’ve been having such a great time launching our new Instagram account for We Make Collective. I’ve been wanting to find better and easier ways of sharing creativity for some time and using the hashtag #wemakecollective gives me the chance to find new feeds and inspiration on a daily basis. I love checking out the tag feed, making friends with like minded people and getting awesome tips from massively creative people the world over. I love that on #wemakecollective I can find anything from calligraphy to watercolour to crochet. It’s all on there! It’s the best place to find inspiration,… Read More

Make it Easy | Gold Rimmed Sunglasses

It’s the May Day bank holiday weekend which, of course, means that it will probably rain for the next three days and be beautifully sunny on Tuesday morning as everyone makes their way back into work. But as much as I love a long sunny weekend there’s also many things I enjoy about a stormy one. Staying in to read, cooking roast dinners and perhaps most importantly flexing my creative muscles just for fun. Here’s a really quick Make it Easy you can make whether the weather is all sunshine or showers where you are. Materials Sunglasses | Wide masking tape… Read More

DIY Crisscross Coasters

ok, I’ll admit it. I’ve gone overboard with the coasters. Not even I need as many coasters as we have littered around the flat right now but I couldn’t help myself. When the idea for these DIY crisscross coasters popped into my head I knew I had to make them even if it meant creating a whole new surface to use them on! And if that doesn’t work it might be time to starting thinking about retiring some of the older sets to make way for the new. If you’re not as coaster obsessed as I am you can always… Read More

DIY Blogging | Backing up your Blog

One week on from the day we’ll refer to from now on as disaster day we’re back up and (almost) fully functional again. It seems like several weeks have gone by in the past seven days. A true roller coaster of emotions going from panic, stress, tears, hope, elation and then hours and hours of boredom which have elongated the most tumultuous week of my blogging career. I honestly do not wish this on my worst enemy let alone my blogging friends so I’m going to share with you my previous backing up techniques (which have saved the day this week) as well as… Read More

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