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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Monday Crafts: Christmas branch with pine cones, felt and recycled ribbons
December 7, 2009 – 8:18 am | 4 Comments
Monday Crafts: Christmas branch with pine cones, felt and recycled ribbons

Today’s craft is made completely out of recycled ribbon from presents, left over felt (from our advent calendar and Christmas stocking) and from things that we found in the pinewoods. Our Christmas branch is …

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Christmas Giveaway: Gifts Carefully Handpicked
December 2, 2009 – 7:25 am | 11 Comments
Christmas Giveaway: Gifts Carefully Handpicked

The Handpicked Collection has very generously offered a £20 voucher to spend on their site for a lucky winner. Let me tell you they have a great selection of gifts for kids and adults alike. …

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Free Christmas workshop at the Contemporary Applied Arts
December 1, 2009 – 1:54 am | No Comment
Free Christmas workshop at the Contemporary Applied Arts

What I love about London is that if you look well enough you find plenty of free activities to do with kids like the fabulous workshop for children aged between 6 and 12 offered by …

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Christmas Crafts: Personalised Stocking
November 30, 2009 – 4:29 am | 11 Comments
Christmas Crafts: Personalised Stocking

This weekend we have been busy making a personalized Xmas stocking. Although a little stitching was involved to make the stocking itself, the fun part was all done with glue and glitter so my son …

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Fun Christmas desserts
November 27, 2009 – 5:06 am | No Comment
Fun Christmas desserts

I love the crafts and recipes on Martha Stewart website and today I found a great idea for a fun Christmas dessert kids can actually help to make. The coconut snowman looks so cute and by the sounds of it …

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Gifts guide and stocking fillers
November 26, 2009 – 4:47 am | No Comment
Gifts guide and stocking fillers

After featuring advent calendars and Christmas trees it is only fair to give some space to gifts because if adults really enjoy the run up to Christmas children love the anticipation of what really matters …

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Modern & eco friendly Christmas trees
November 25, 2009 – 6:26 am | One Comment
Modern & eco friendly Christmas trees

The best part of Christmas celebrations  is the build up to it and particularly the effort that goes into decorating your home and the Christmas tree. With that in mind I have had a good …

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Christmas Crafts: Advent Calendar part 2
November 23, 2009 – 4:37 am | One Comment
Christmas Crafts: Advent Calendar part 2

For the second part of the advent calendar crafts edition we have been very laborious and I am very proud to present our very own hanging advent calendar with 24 pockets to …

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Original Advent Calendars
November 18, 2009 – 3:40 am | 2 Comments
Original Advent Calendars

I have had a good look around for advent calendars, not to buy one as this year I will make my own but for original ideas and I was amazed at how many options are …

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Christmas Crafts: Advent Calendar part 1
November 16, 2009 – 1:40 am | No Comment
Christmas Crafts: Advent Calendar part 1

This week and next week’s crafts will focus on advent calendars. Advent calendars are often associated with sweets and chocolate, but they don’t need to be. They can be creative projects to make the countdown …

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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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