It never ceases to amaze me the useful stuff that can be made out of ‘rubbish’. Take the ubiquitous plastic bottle for example, you’ll find 1001 hacks on youtube for making all sorts of things with them, and I’ve just added another idea – a Plastic Bottle Gift Box. So useful for wrapping up small fragile gifts, food treats and…
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Years ago, my mum told me about how in the 70’s she used to make purses out of the pockets of worn out jeans, it’s a fabulous upcycling idea that is really easy to do. My husband wears through his jeans all the time, and even though I patch and repair them where I can, eventually they need to be…
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If you are looking for an interesting way to decorate your home this Halloween, why not make a planter from an old doll’s head? It has a macabre feel to it in an old fashioned Victorian Memento mori kind of way, but is still kind of lovable. I love upcycling in new and interesting ways, and this Doll’s Head Planter will…
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Sometimes all it takes to revive an old item that is headed for the bin is a little glue and some confetti. Yes, it’s amazing what a transformation a few colourful circles of tissue paper can make. I was almost on the verge of throwing my old sunglasses case out because the fabric outer was very dirty and quite shabby,…
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After making a handy crochet basket from t-shirt yarn last week I was itching to experiment with some homemade t-shirt yarn and made a Crochet Rag Rug from some old clothes that I had laying around. I took the opportunity to make a video of whole the process and included some instructions for changing yarn colours and how to do…
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Reuse your old plastic containers to make this attractive upcycled planter. It’s a great way to upcycle plastic plant pots or old food containers, and it also uses recycled scrap fabric as well! I’m always looking for nifty ways to use my recycled handmade scrap fabric twine and today I have a project that not only uses recycled fabric scraps,…
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I’m so happy to finally share this Vintage Saucer Chair Makeover with you. This is a project that I’ve been working on (on and off) for about a year, slowly chipping away whenever I had some spare time and now it’s done! This is less of a ‘how to’ and more of a ‘how I did it’ kind of post…
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Sometimes a craft idea hits me so quickly I need to drop whatever I’m doing and get started right away. This is what happened to me a couple of evenings ago whilst I was drinking a soda (it’s my only vice) and looking at my calendar. Here is how my brain works…”Valentine’s Day is coming up -> Hearts -> Metal…
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