Welcome to my mini-series of inspiring tweens to be creative over the summer. How about a week focussing on woodwork? My husband and I are united in the thought that if we don’t teach our children DIY skills no one will. There is no doubt it can be nerve-racking handing an electric drill to a tween, … Read more
I have to confess the balancing act of the school holidays, the day job and blogging has meant that the blog has had a little less time this last couple of weeks. Hence over a fortnight without a blog post! This week’s focus for crafting with tween’s is printing. There are so many different ways … Read more
As my children grow up I am reminded on a daily basis that I am now the parent of a tween. My understanding of this word is the pre teenager stage… As such it appears to involve being bored. This is a common complaint during the six weeks school holidays which have just started in … Read more
I love working with old jeans, worn denim has a such a lovey feel to it and it is so hard wearing. It recently dawned on me that I have never made my husband a toilet bag, when away camping we share taking it in turns to visit the facilities! My husband also works away … Read more
Love collecting pieces of rusty metal off the beach? Wonder what to do with them once home?! My eye has been drawn to fabric dyed with rust – somehow I started yet another Pinterest board! The patterns on rust fabric are beautiful. I love the random nature of rust dyed fabric. It is hard to … Read more
This is my annual gift tag plea… there’s nothing worse than trying to remember who gave you which gift in which paper, or attempting to find a name scrawled in biro!! Trust me!! This year I am enjoying wrapping gifts in the discarded paper from delivered parcels. A press with the iron and the paper … Read more
Dare I confess we have become quite attached to the boxes of sweets available at this time of year?! Our excuse is that surely three mini bars of chocolate from a sweet tin is far less than a full normal size bar of chocolate.. but then we have a largish plastic box left. Time to … Read more
Cyanotype photography is the use of light sensitive emulsion to create an image. We have had great fun experimenting with this technique whilst staying at Kelling Heath – there are distinct advantages when staying at a large campsite including free craft activities!! Adam Shawyer led a workshop, encouraging all ages to join in and … Read more
I have had great fun the last few days on twitter – becoming rather involved in a question about what can be made with crisp packets, what would you recycle crisp packets into? Somehow that chat has morphed into the desire to research the question.. recycled crisp packet dress anyone? This is a fab design … Read more
Here in the UK the summer holidays have started. I am looking forward to some time with my six year old exploring various creative products. This week my daughter and goddaughter had fun exploring the properties of InkoDye. The intention was to create fabric pieces to either make cushion covers out of, or framed pictures for … Read more