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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Personalised blanket
November 8, 2016 – 3:53 am | No Comment
Personalised blanket

A few months ago I discovered an amazing American company that prints fabrics and paper on demand, you can upload your designs and have it printed on your favourite fabric. Spoonflower offers a great …

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DIY Christmas cards
December 13, 2013 – 8:01 am | No Comment
DIY Christmas cards

This year I made some very simple Christmas cards with decorative tape and thick paper. I bought quite a few rolls of decorative tape at the Barcelona Crafts fair earlier this month and I …

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ABC Christmas Poem
December 9, 2013 – 3:19 am | No Comment
ABC Christmas Poem

A few years back, we wrote this poem and we made a 3D representation of it. The installation is made with the drawing of a Christmas tree with the alphabet letters all over it. …

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Primary school in Barcelona
October 22, 2013 – 6:41 am | No Comment

When we arrived in September, a few days before my son had to start school, I worried about how he would fit into a new school environment, where he did not speak the language. Though …

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Quick and easy St Patrick’s Day card
March 11, 2013 – 1:33 am | No Comment
Quick and easy St Patrick’s Day card

Back in February I made some cork stamps  for printing holiday symbols, and now one of them came useful to make a quick St Patrick’s Day card. Our shamrock stamp together with a little …

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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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Waiting for the Olympic games: make a simple medal chart
July 16, 2012 – 8:58 am | 3 Comments
Waiting for the Olympic games: make a simple medal chart

We are really looking forwards to the Olympic games so while we are waiting we have made a chart to keep a record of the gold, silver and bronze medals for some of the countries …

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The Titanic Projection show in Belfast
April 6, 2012 – 12:54 am | No Comment

Tomorrow night the Belfast’s Slipways will come alive with an event the promises to be spectacular. Taking place on April 7, the ‘Titanic projection show’,  will use 3D motion graphics, synchronised pyrotechnics and bespoke sound …

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Celebrate Book Week with a theme: Dinosaurs Books
October 4, 2011 – 2:44 am | No Comment
Celebrate Book Week with a theme: Dinosaurs Books

To celebrate Book Week I looked at the books on our shelves with a particular theme in mind: the dinosaurs. Dinosaurs have been popular in our house for quite some time so I found a …

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Treat yourself to a hot Spa deal for Mother’s Day
March 22, 2011 – 1:27 am | No Comment
Treat yourself to a hot Spa deal for Mother’s Day

This is a sponsored post Winter is officially over and though we might still have the odd cold day, you can really feel spring is in the air. Days are longer, trees are blossoming and …

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Valentine’s Day crafts: Heart printed paper with potato stamps
February 10, 2011 – 7:55 am | No Comment
Valentine’s Day crafts: Heart printed paper with potato stamps

In view of Valentine’s Day next week we have made a heart printed desk file and pen holder. The best part of this craft was the printing of plain paper with potato hearts. Before starting …

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Computer Aid International: refurbishing old computers for a good cause
July 6, 2010 – 3:13 am | No Comment
Computer Aid International: refurbishing old computers for a good cause

If your computer is no longer fast enough and you need to change it for a reason or another, but it still works you have the opportunity to donate it to a fabulous organisation that …

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