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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Festive bowling pins
December 4, 2012 – 2:59 am | 3 Comments
Festive bowling pins

I am very proud to present these festive gnomes that in a previous life used to be Yakult bottles. They are not just gnomes without a cause, they are festive bowling pins dressed up as …

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How to make a miniature Christmas tree from a shoebox
November 28, 2012 – 8:12 am | 4 Comments
How to make a miniature Christmas tree from a shoebox

Today I would like to share a miniature tridimensional Christmas tree I make with the cardboard from a shoebox, green tissue paper, glue and glitter. 1. Cut two identical tree shapes out of cardboard 2. …

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From plastic bottles to Christmas lights
November 22, 2012 – 2:58 am | No Comment
From plastic bottles to Christmas lights

After the bottle bottoms craft, it is the turn of the bottle tops, which we couldn’t possibly discard. Initially I was going to pile them up and make a miniature Christmas tree, but when I …

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An Elf made out of scrap materials
November 20, 2012 – 3:32 am | No Comment
An Elf made out of scrap materials

The beauty of blogging is to discover traditions that you wouldn’t normally know about. Last week while I was sharing one of my Christmas crafts over at Thinly Spread I encountered a Christmas tradition that …

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From plastic bottles to snowflake ornaments
November 15, 2012 – 2:27 am | 8 Comments
From plastic bottles to snowflake ornaments

This year I am not going to buy any Christmas decorations but I will make new ones myself using recycled objects as prime material. The first ornaments are these sparkly snowflakes made out of plastic …

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Merry Christmas
December 24, 2011 – 7:00 am | No Comment
Merry Christmas

Good wishes for a very Merry Christmas to all our lovely readers.

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Christmas crafts: how to turn a used envelope into a gift bag
December 20, 2011 – 7:21 am | No Comment
Christmas crafts: how to turn a used envelope into a gift bag

I am very excited about the transformation of this used envelope into a Christmas gift carrier. To make this Christmas gift pouch you need a used bubble envelope, Christmas wrapping paper cuttings, glue, scissors, a …

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Christmas recycled crafts: cardboard stars decorations
December 15, 2011 – 6:56 am | No Comment
Christmas recycled crafts: cardboard stars decorations

Every year we make new Christmas decorations to hang around the house. This year we made some hanging stars cut out of discarded cardboard boxes, which we painted silver on one side and gold on …

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Nativity picks from Etsy
November 15, 2011 – 6:49 am | No Comment
Nativity picks from Etsy

These unusual Nativities in the picture are our picks from the Etsy collection. The Christmas Nativity blocks are great for kids to handle and play with. The 14 pieces have been sanded, antiqued and finished …

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Magazine pages Christmas tree
November 9, 2011 – 6:25 am | 2 Comments
Magazine pages Christmas tree

Crafting with junk is one of my favourite ways to get creative and when it comes to recycling I am partial to magazine pages. In the past we made coasters, table mats and napkin rings. …

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Monday crafts: Christmas puzzle blocks
December 20, 2010 – 4:26 am | One Comment
Monday crafts: Christmas puzzle blocks

I love wooden blocks so for our weekly craft this week we have made a six sided Christmas puzzle with six cubes. Instead of buying the already made cubes ready to decorate I bought a …

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A Christmas poem
December 17, 2010 – 5:17 am | 3 Comments
A Christmas poem

The theme for the Friday Carnival over at Notes From Home this week is Christmas so I thought to share the alphabet poem we made using only Christmas words, which we then illustrated by painting the tree …

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