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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From kit to dress with Clothkits Designs
April 9, 2009 – 12:15 am | No Comment
From kit to dress with Clothkits Designs

I have always loved the idea of making lovely clothes, but I am pretty useless when it comes to cutting patterns from paper models and I am not exactly the type you would see handling …

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Easy bookmark
April 6, 2009 – 6:37 am | No Comment
Easy bookmark

We recently started reading The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) by Roald Dahl. This is the first long book we read, and with a chapter a night we needed something to bookmark our pages so instead …

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Easter fun
April 3, 2009 – 3:58 am | One Comment
Easter fun

For a little extra fun this Easter visit the kids department at Selfridges on Oxford Street for Bunny Hunts, Easter Crafts and even a chance to meet the Easter Bunny. Bunny Hunts start tomorrow and will continue daily …

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Vintage tent horse
March 27, 2009 – 8:42 am | No Comment
Vintage tent horse

A toy horse that parents also love. These horses are made out of vintage safari tents by skilled craftswomen in India using fair-trade. They are simply delightful with their colourful ribbon tails and saddles. Available …

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Farmyard Tales creations
March 18, 2009 – 3:01 am | No Comment
Farmyard Tales creations

We are constantly making things out of paper, cardboard, plastic and anything we can find, but we often need a little help to find new ideas. I have found a great book with original suggestions …

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Basic textiles
March 6, 2009 – 7:17 am | No Comment
Basic textiles

I have the fortune to live in a place where children activities are plentiful and inexpensive. Last year we discovered a playgroup workshop style called Bibliomela, an Italian made up word from the word Biblioteca …

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Just another reason to start a parenting blog….chicken pox
February 16, 2009 – 8:07 pm | No Comment
Just another reason to start a parenting blog….chicken pox

I am stuck at home with my 5-year old son covered in blisters, chicken pox has been going in his school for the past two months and just as I thought he might not get …

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