Category: Animals
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Upcycling – A chest of drawers for the nursery
We inherited a hideous orange coloured wooden chest of drawers when my grandmother moved into a nursing home. It didn’t go with our decor at all, but was sturdy, and the drawers were large, and we needed the extra storage space. I couldn’t let it last a week in my house looking like that, so…
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Robin Red Breast (seed pod) Mobile
I was at mum’s the other day, and on the book shelf were these little, coloured birds placed in an ornamental tree – on closer inspection I realised that these little birds were made from seed pods! Bernice then took over, and began demanding answers – who made those birds? Where did the seed pods…
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Playing with my new camera…
When I say ‘new camera’ I got it for my birthday 6 months ago… but with so much going on in our lives (pregnancy, building a house, moving home and work) I haven’t really had the time to play with it. Since I finished work I have been exploring (albeit slowly) all the features it…
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Butterflies for babies
Let me start by clarifying that I am not obsessed with butterflies… but they are such wonderful subjects for 3D artwork. I made this recently for a friends little girl Maddison who was born several months ago. Let me take you through the easy steps to beautiful butterfly artwork… you will need: 1 box…
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The rebirth of a wooden Hippo
Back in the house-hunting days (which seems like an eternity away, although only eight weeks ago!) we stumbled across a garage sale. In truth, my finely tuned senses probably chose the house to view because it was next to a garage sale. At a glance my husband was hesitant ‘there’s nothing worth looking at in…
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