Eight years ago I decided to have a go at soap making – I invested in the book ” the handmade soap book” by Melinda Coss. A great decision. There are quite a few books around that say they can teach you how to make handmade soap when in reality they teach you how to add essential oils and …
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It’s that time of year in the UK – the end of the school academic year. The kids are filling up with goodwill and the pressure is on to come up with thank you gifts. This year I decided to revisit my blog post 10 Teacher Gifts for teachers, made with fabric, hunting through for a …
As regular readers know I LOVE sewing, finding the process relaxing, challenging, absorbing, plus it nurtures my creativity. But it is not always that cheap. Today I am taking part in Sew thrifty’s series Savings Made By Sewing. I am sharing tips about sourcing fabrics from charity shops, car boot sales and jumble sales. Other options include signing up …
Recently I received a request to make a replica beach bag. Having not constructed anything similar I loved receiving the challenge. I decided to start with a few photographs of the original bag, before gradually unpicking it and photographing each step of the way. The beach bag turned out to be made with a rectangle …
One of the aspects of blogging I love is being inspired by fellow bloggers. One of the blogs I am regularly inspired by is MommyEmu. Emma (said blogger) recently set up a six week course Creating a Simple Lifestyle run through a facebook group. I signed up in a rash moment – I did not …
Each year my daughter’s school have a Jam Jar Tombola for the children. Naturally, the kids are just mega keen on gaining a jar full of sweeties but I like to add a twist. After all, it’s far more fun to win one of my random ideas, right? Twenty Thrifty Jam Jar Tombola Ideas …