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    crafting

    Rope Rainbow

    October 2, 2020 / Comments Off on Rope Rainbow

    making a rope rainbow using rope wrapping techniques

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    St Mary’s Church, Whitchurch

    August 18, 2020
    Crochet temperature blanket

    Crochet Temperature Blanket

    November 4, 2020
    red and white rope candy canes

    Rope Candy Canes

    December 10, 2020
  • Honey Bee embroidery
    crafting

    Makebox – Bee Kind embroidery Review

    August 31, 2020 / Comments Off on Makebox – Bee Kind embroidery Review

    I’ve been seeing Makebox advertised for a while and when I saw the Makebox Bee Kind embroidery kit, I knew I wanted it. I was super happy when I got it for a birthday present and could get started. The kit contained everything needed to make 2 embroidery pictures, one of a large glittery bee (Honey Bee) and one of a posy of flowers (Rosey Posey), including felt backing and string so these can be hung on the wall in their hoops. There was also a sweet Bee Happy postcard to embroider. The instructions were short and straightforward. The charcoal paper was easy to use to transfer the picture to…

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    St Mary’s Church, Whitchurch

    August 18, 2020
    Crochet temperature blanket

    Crochet Temperature Blanket

    November 4, 2020

    Crochet Rainbow

    June 16, 2020
  • crafting

    St Mary’s Church, Whitchurch

    August 18, 2020 / Comments Off on St Mary’s Church, Whitchurch

    A portrait of St Mary's Church, Whitchurch, Cardiff in machine embroidery

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    meeple curtains with yellow, red, green and blue meeples

    Fabric Paint Meeple Curtains

    January 30, 2021

    Autumn Wreath

    October 13, 2020
    upcycled lampshade with teal wool and pink pom pom braid

    Upcycled lampshade

    July 21, 2020
  • mosaic splashback in white and blue
    crafting,  upcycling

    Mosaic Splashback

    August 4, 2020 / Comments Off on Mosaic Splashback

    After my son smashed one of my favourite mugs, I couldn’t bear to throw the pieces away. So, I began to collect any broken crockery that I particularly liked, mostly in blue and white with the thought that I’d do something with them some day. That day came when discussing what to do about a splashback. Here was an opportunity to use up my beloved smashed cups and plates and create a unique mosaic for the kitchen. First, I cut an offcut of plyboard to size to fit the space between my cooker and the extractor fan. Next, I started to place pieces of ceramic on it and soon realised…

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    Appliqué Lampshades

    June 11, 2020
    upcycled lampshade with teal wool and pink pom pom braid

    Upcycled lampshade

    July 21, 2020
    Rope rainbow hairclip hanger

    Rope Rainbow Hair Clip Storage

    February 23, 2021
  • upcycled lampshade with teal wool and pink pom pom braid
    crafting,  upcycling

    Upcycled lampshade

    July 21, 2020 / Comments Off on Upcycled lampshade

    This make was a quick upcycled lampshade after I managed to get a great lamp base from a freecycle group but wasn’t happy with my plain lampshade. I wanted a quirky lamp for my craft room and cream wasn’t going to cut it! So I took a small existing lampshade I already had, some wool from my craft stash, some pom pom trim in a gorgeous hot pink and my trusty glue gun to transform from drab to fab. First I glued some wool from my stash (similar to this in teal) to the inside of the lampshade. Then, I wound it round and round the shade until it was…

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    red and white rope candy canes

    Rope Candy Canes

    December 10, 2020
    Rope rainbow hairclip hanger

    Rope Rainbow Hair Clip Storage

    February 23, 2021

    Bee Bold Makebox review

    June 16, 2021
  • crafting

    Crochet Rainbow

    June 16, 2020 / Comments Off on Crochet Rainbow

    I’ve always wanted to learn how to crochet and decided that lockdown was the perfect opportunity to try. After much um-ing and ah-ing, I decided that a rainbow was the perfect project to start to add some colour to our neighbourhood while we couldn’t go out. I followed this video by Crochet by Bev and, after one restart, soon got into the hang of the double crochet, increasing stitch pattern with the result: one colourful rainbow and a small amount of my wool stash used! I then chained some crochet strands in the top colour (red) to hang on a stick from the garden for a rustic look and it…

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    fabric christmas tree wall hanging

    Upcycled fabric Christmas tree wall hanging

    December 2, 2020

    Upcycled Wire Lampshade

    May 25, 2021

    Appliqué Lampshades

    June 11, 2020
  • crafting

    Appliqué Lampshades

    June 11, 2020 / Comments Off on Appliqué Lampshades

    I have been meaning to recover 2 plain lampshades I had for our gym for a while and recently got round to doing it. I knew I wanted a mountain-scape as eventually I want to paint a mountain motif on the wall and I challenged myself to use only materials I already had.

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    fabric christmas tree wall hanging

    Upcycled fabric Christmas tree wall hanging

    December 2, 2020

    Bee Bold Makebox review

    June 16, 2021

    Upcycled Wire Lampshade

    May 25, 2021
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