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Really Really Easy DIY Gifts

A problem I regularly see in a lot of makers (myself included) is devaluing what we make simply because we’ve made it. It’s oddly easy to forget years of mistakes, injuries and those accidentally thrown against the wall because it’s so bad moments that go into honing your skills and developing your style. Even after all of this it’s curiously comforting to revert back to that little voice in the back of your mind: “If I can make it then anyone can/it’s not worth anything/no one will want it!” It’s so strangely self indulgent to cast off the things you… Read More

DIY Felt Star Banner

I hope you’re all ready for some serious Christmas loving around here because it’s pretty much all you will be getting from now on up until the big day! I know that some of you may have already had their fill of festivities but for those of you like me, who have some kind of weird aversion to any weather that requires a coat it’s already been a few months of duvet days and generally avoiding outdoor life. Winter is long and dark and relentless, and with nothing to look forward to until spring returns (Ok, a little melodramatic) so I’ll… Read More

DIY Balsa Wood Baubles

Finally! Christmas is well and truly here. It’s now the time that I can reasonably start putting up decorations, wrapping presents and planning menus totally guilt free. And don’t get me started on the music! Each year I spent the beginning of December trying to convince the tall one that we should buy our tree early. I will use all of my charm and guile to persuade him until he finally gives in about the time he wanted to go get the tree in the first place…. talk about tradition. This year I’ve come up with a back up plan. I… Read More

Announcing: A New way to Customise your Gift Wrap

Sometimes a new product or concept comes along which leaves you thinking ‘why oh why has no one done this already?’ This is exactly the way I feel about this wrapping paper sent to me by the newly launched Wrap.Me. The idea is you can take images from Instagram and Facebook or just upload pictures of your loved ones, memories and special moments and turn them into the perfect gift wrap. To order you just upload the images you’d like and Wrap.me will print them all onto your personal wrapping paper and send it out to you. As an extra surprise… Read More

DIY White Brick Wall… for Renters!

When me and Alex were looking for our first home to rent together we had a check list of important and perhaps not so important aspects we wanted our perfect little home to have. A kitchen that could fit a table and both of us cooking together on a Sunday morning, big windows with lots of light, clean decor, a shower the boy can almost fit under and a garden. We didn’t get the last but we managed to tick everything else off the list. We’re lucky that the walls are freshly painted white – a blank canvas to work… Read More

DIY Wooden Jar Lids

Glass Jars. If you’re like me you probably have quite a few empty, unused glass jars collecting in a cupboard somewhere. So many different shapes and sizes from favourite jams, chutneys and sauces that make the most perfect containers, vases and candles if you can only find the perfect project. Well guys, I found it. Wooden Jar Lids! Instead of a project that transforms the glass of the jars this DIY is all about the lids turning each jar back into a useful storage solution. Only this time more beautiful than before! Materials: Iron on Veneer Edge Epoxy Putty Glass Jar… Read More

All in the Details | DIY Copper Wire Clothes Hangers

I’ve tried – unsuccessfully – on and off for a few years now to add a fashion series to the blog. Ideally I wanted to combine it with a more personal post. Just a little backstory or insight into my little world to give me more of a chance of connecting with you guys. In my head these posts would include me, looking casual but stunning, out for a coffee or at a gallery. You know, the usual stuff I never have time for on a Saturday afternoon. Along with the logistics of living in a damp country with hair… Read More

How to Write a Category Page with Mouse Overlay links

One of the best ways to keep people on your blog long enough to discover some of the hidden treasures is a category page. An easy to access, complete round up of all of you posts in one place making it easy to find new content and way more difficult to leave! There are many ways to do this and depending on your technical know how you may be able to automatically create and update this each time you post, but for the rest of us we have to find another way. I’m going to show you the way to write… Read More

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