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 …

I love old corks to make things. Yesterday I made a peacock with a cork, wire, paper pins and card. In fact the paper pins idea isn’t mine but it came in very useful …

For someone who started the year wanting to take on sewing projects I have not done that well so far, but I finally got going with it. To start with I made some curtains …

We printed hearts before using half a potato as a stamp, this time I made a stamp that we can keep out of a used cork. With a scalpel I cut out a heart shape …

As usual this Christmas we have made our own Christmas cards. My cards are simple, just white card and some amazing glitter liners I bought recently to make decorations on fabric and that work brilliantly …

I love autumn’s colours, but unfortunately we don’t get to see much of the wonderful shades of red and brown where we live. We are on the west coast of Sardinia and the weather is …

Today I have a very easy and useful craft to share with all you lovely readers. My special double-sided animal placemats made with old calendar paper and colourful thick paper. The drawings are very simple …

Lately we have been consuming large quantities of ice cream so we are left with so many ice cream tabs to transform into useful things. I have already shared the storage containers decorated with comics, …

Today’s project is a blue vase that we made with a glass jar, a piece of cotton gauze, vinyl glue, paint and colourful elastic bands. The process is very easy. Coat the vase …

At the weekend we had a good clear out so you can just imagine the amount of potential crafts we are going to do with all those unwanted goods. We started our crafty upcycle with …

Here we are again at the start of a new year, Happy 2012 everyone! We have been a little quiet at FabMums over the holidays, but we are back now and what better way to …

Today’s upcycle project is the transformation of a basic piece of cardboard into a useful colourful ring folder. The project is very basic so school kids should be able to carry out alone, but if not …