This easy Jacket Refashion is a clever way to update an old 80s style blouse into a fashionable baseball jacket. If you are clearing out your wardrobe, try your hand at refashioning old clothes into new garments rather than throwing them away. I’m pretty excited to finally start tackling my clothing refashion pile and sharing some of my projects with…
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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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Don’t spend your money buying trendy pots for your plant babies, I’ve got a great idea to transform any old pot into a stylish home for your favourite house plant. This Plant Pot Makeover is super easy and only required a little bit of chalk paint. Until recently I wasn’t a fan of indoor plants, I think it all stemmed…
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Rainbows make everything better. Even boring old tasks like washing up can be made less of a chore when a rainbow is involved. I had a small amount of variegated gradient cotton yarn left over from my Coil + Crochet Rainbow Basket project and thought it would be perfect to make some crochet washcloths. The rainbow yarn was quite thin…
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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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If your old peg bag has seen better days, I’ve got some easy to follow sewing instructions to help you make a new one from supplies you may already have at home. My favourite thing about having sewing skills is that I can whip up simple practical items for my home in less time that it will take me to…
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Some of my most special Christmas memories as a child was sitting with my sister and unboxing the Christmas decorations every year. I’d love remembering the stories behind each ornament, where we’d bought it or who made it. My mum still has every ornament and when I see them on her tree I feel those magical moments flooding back. When…
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I’m heading overseas in a couple of days, so I have travel on my mind. I’m in the middle of packing and wish I had time to make a couple of these projects, the cable tidy would come in very handy! If you are looking for some handmade gift ideas this year, any of these would be great for someone…
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