Category: Material

• Upcycling – Transforming garbage

  Every day I am reminded of the disposable lifestyle we live – constantly chucking out packaging (glass, plastic and metal). So many of the things we put in the rubbish bin could be used for other purposes in our house – so I started collecting them. For some reason it seems a lot worse with…

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  October 7, 2011

  Christmas, Cooking, Creative, decorations, Interior Decoration, kids rooms, Material, muffins, paper, Sewing, Transformation

  Bottles, cover, garbage, glass, Material, packaging, paper, rubbish, sew, transform, Transformation, upcycling, wine

• Upcycling – Kids Stool from a spindle

  As you well know I have been known to stumble across a lot of (what many would refer to as ‘junk’) items for my up-cycling projects from the footpath. I stooped to a new low for this one. They were found in the skip at our block, where the builders toss all their house building…

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  August 18, 2011

  Animals, Art, Birds, Creative, Furniture, Interior Decoration, kids rooms, Material, nursery, patterns, stool, Transformation, Wood

  crafty, DIY, fabric, Furniture, how to, Interior, interior decorating, junk, kids, Material, nursery, owls, red, rubbish, spindle, stool, trees, tutorial, up-cycling, upcycling

• A card making extravaganza

  This card making extravaganza all started in the month before baby Heidi was due to arrive, it happened like this… I was very pregnant I had finished work I was getting bored Desperately looking for something to help kill the time (and take my mind of the impending birth) Decided to make some cards to…

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  July 22, 2011

  Animals, Art, Creative, Material, paper, paper, Sewing

  card, craft, die cut, dragonfly, gingham, hand made, making, Material, stamp, stripe, thank you

• Sewing (more) things

  In follow-up to my previous post Sewing Things… I have added a few more items to my list of things I have made with my machine. I can safely say I am getting back into the swing of sewing again after 20 years away from a machine.

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  June 24, 2011

  Clothes, Creative, kids rooms, Material, nursery, patterns, Sewing, Transformation

  baby, beach, bloomers, child, clothes, colour, dress, infant, jumpsuit, kids, letter, machine, Material, nappy cover, nursery, pants, pattern, sewing, stripe, stripey, todler, towel, trim, trimming

• Sewing things

  I’ve been busy with the sewing machine the last few weeks. Babies are popping out all over the place, so have been making towels for other peoples babies, and managed to squeeze in some things for Heidi too. Here’s what I’ve been up to… Making a towel for little a little Angus…. Using this beautiful…

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  June 3, 2011

  bathroom, Interior Decoration, kids rooms, Material, nursery, patterns, Sewing

  bunting, floral, flowers, letter, Material, pattern, sewing, sewing machine, towel

• Heidi’s Nursery – an eclectic crafty heaven…

  Heidi’s nursery (whilst temporary) is quickly filling with amazing hand made items, and gifts – making it feel more like home for her. Knowing that we will be moving in a few months (when our new home is built), I didn’t spend a lot of time decorating her nursery… a) because I will be packing…

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  April 15, 2011

  Animals, Art, Birds, books, butterfly, chest of drawers, Collage, Dogs, Furniture, Hippo, Interior Decoration, kids rooms, Material, mobile, nursery, pages, paper, paper, patterns, Sewing

  Animals, Art, baby, bamboo, bird, books, butterflies, butterfly, child, craft, decor, decorate, decoration, dog, doll, duck, elephant, gifts, hanging, ideas, kids, make, mobile, newborn, nursery, paint, paper, pattern, quilt, quilting, room, stencil, toys, wall