Fabric upcycle: make a chicken door stop
September 11, 2014 – 5:55 am | No Comment

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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Valentine paper patterns
January 26, 2014 – 7:24 am | No Comment
Valentine paper patterns

  Lately I have been learning about making shapes in Photoshop, these basic patterns are the result of mixing shapes with the custom shape tool and the application of a few filters over the finished …

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Origami hearts
January 24, 2014 – 7:53 am | No Comment
Origami hearts

We are crazy about origami lately, though we are not experts we are starting to follow instructions correctly. These are our heart origami. To make these you need proper origami paper with different coloured sides. …

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How to turn a carton case into a denim handbag
January 22, 2014 – 5:58 am | No Comment
How to turn a carton case into a denim handbag

This little handbag is my latest upcycle project. It was the box for a present I received for Christmas containing beauty products, one of those that opens up into a flat piece of cardboard. I …

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History lessons through play
January 10, 2014 – 2:59 am | No Comment
History lessons through play

Today on one of my inspiration wanders on Pinterest for Chinese new year’s crafts I landed on a fantastic homeschooling blog. Nadine’s paper dolls and paper men, which are free to download, are a great …

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E is for elephant: how to make an elephant out of magazine pages
January 8, 2014 – 4:32 am | No Comment
E is for elephant: how to make an elephant out of magazine pages

  I am very proud of this little elephant made entirely out of magazine pages. All you need is lots of glossy paper (though newspaper works just fine, but it is less colourful), vinyl …

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