Few things get me feeling more festive than making a wreath for our front door. When we moved to our flat a few years ago we had to cut bits off the back of the tree to fit it in the space we had. I didn't want to
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When I'm cooking dinner I often ask Scott to nip out to the back garden and grab a handful of fresh herbs for me. To help him remember what's what I made a few wooden plant markers. They are super simple, rustic and natural! What you
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This time last year one of our friends had just had a baby boy and my best friend was about to have a little girl. I don't know how time has passed so quickly but they are both one already! We bought a couple of presents but I
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I've discovered something really addictive. Making fabric twine out of material scraps. Kiss goodbye to your evenings this week, I'm sure you will be as addicted to this as I am! I found My Poppet's Handmade Scrap Fabric Twine on Pinterest. I thought I&
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A few years ago we bought an olive wood chopping board. It's an irregular shape with lots of nice wood grain, bit of a keeper. I've neglected it lately and it was looking really parched so I made some wood butter to bring it back to
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What to crafters and geeks do at the weekend? Go to Brighton Mini Maker Faire of course! It's a one day event full of stalls catering for lots of different interests: electronics, knitting, sewing, laser cutting, 3D printing, science labs, workshops and programming to name a few. Good
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These little Christmas reindeers are super easy to make and best of all, you hardly need any supplies. The problem with alot of Christmas crafts is you need to buy materials that you'll probably only use for that project. It goes something like: buy a big pot of
A few days ago I came across the Great Sense Pompom Challenge on Twitter. If you're not familiar with Sense, they are a national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind. The aim of the pompom challenge is to help raise awareness and
I first discovered orange pomdaners on holiday in Cornwall a few years ago. We took a long walk and ended up at Trerice manor house. Inside the main house was a room decorated in the style of an Elizabethan Christmas - the decorations were made from spruce branches, cloves, bay
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This post documents my first adventure with chalk paint. It will not be my last! I was on the lookout for interior inspiration for our new house and came across this image of Joules bed linen. It was the bed side tables that really caught my eye. I spent a
I've been reading Gifts From the Garden by Debora Robertson which has inspired me to look at how plants can be given as gifts. So this year for Father's Day I gave my Dad a plant. Nothing floral or girly. A chilli plant - practical, edible
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We've been using brown paper to wrap presents for the last few Christmas' but I decided to jazz it up a bit this year
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