Fabric upcycle: make a chicken door stop
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To make this chicken door stop I used the template kindly offered by Bake and Sew. I adjusted the sizes in mine to make it a little larger by adding 4 cm on each …

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Hanging Felt Tree Advent Calendar
November 12, 2009 – 4:30 am | No Comment
Hanging Felt Tree Advent Calendar

This hanging Christmas tree is a very original advent calendar made of embroidered wool felt. Each felt pocket can fit a gift, sweet or even a note so you can fill each day in the …

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A thrifty Christmas gift that will last all year round
November 11, 2009 – 6:59 am | 4 Comments
A thrifty Christmas gift that will last all year round

Our house is covered with drawings.  The first point of display of a new drawing is always the fridge; thankfully we have a large two-door fridge, but even so the space ran out a  long …

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Tate Kids: resources online for young artists
November 10, 2009 – 2:28 am | No Comment
Tate Kids: resources online for young artists

The Tate Modern is one of our favourite places, whenever we are in London we wander down to the South Bank and have an early morning visit so we avoid the really busy time. In …

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Christmas crafts: hanging paper mobile
November 9, 2009 – 2:39 am | 5 Comments
Christmas crafts: hanging paper mobile

Christmas decorations are everywhere in the outside world, although it might be a little early to put up a tree in your lounge it doesn’t mean you cannot get things started. If in the past …

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Photo Friday: the wonders of Lisbon
November 6, 2009 – 4:56 am | 7 Comments
Photo Friday: the wonders of Lisbon

Lisbon is such a great place to visit, a city that sprouts Portuguese history from every corner. The architecture is so rich that even if you didn’t visit any museums at all you’d still go …

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Stella McCartney’s new kids’ line for Gap
November 5, 2009 – 2:44 am | No Comment
Stella McCartney’s new kids’ line for Gap

I love Stella McCartney’s amazing kids’ collection for Gap. I especially like the boys’ line, after so many complaints about how dull boys clothes often are with much of the same in different colours and …

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Art material for perfect Christmas crafts
November 4, 2009 – 8:17 am | No Comment
Art material for perfect Christmas crafts

With Halloween over and dusted, Christmas lights are popping up everywhere with shop owners dying to get us into Christmas mood, the sooner we do the sooner we start spending right? It won’t be long …

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Winter fun at the Natural History Museum
November 3, 2009 – 2:10 am | No Comment
Winter fun at the Natural History Museum

What a fantastic setting for an ice rink, the east lawn of the Natural History Museum is the ideal place for that magical atmosphere of winter fun. The Ice Rink will be open every …

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Build, create and have fun with Happy Mais, the ecological bricks
November 2, 2009 – 5:17 am | 2 Comments
Build, create and have fun with Happy Mais, the ecological bricks

I get so excited when I find new toys that are educational, stimulating and safe for the kids as well as  the planet, environment friendly, produced within a fair working environment and distributed in total …

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