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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First sewing project: new bedroom curtains
May 16, 2013 – 1:52 am | One Comment
First sewing project: new bedroom curtains

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 …

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Simple decoupage jar
April 22, 2013 – 12:36 pm | No Comment
Simple decoupage jar

To celebrate Earth Day today I decorated one of the many glass jars waiting to be turned into something useful. This vase is very simple, just a touch of glue and a few flowers …

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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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Making heart prints with cork stamps
January 21, 2013 – 4:19 am | One Comment
Making heart prints with cork stamps

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 …

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From olive jar to soft top glass jar storage container
January 15, 2013 – 7:18 am | 3 Comments
From olive jar to soft top glass jar storage container

This year I would like to do more crafty projects that require sewing skills. Unfortunately I am not very good at it, so if you see things under a positive light like I do it …

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How to use old wrapping paper to transform an empty plastic container
January 8, 2013 – 8:02 am | One Comment
How to use old wrapping paper to transform an empty plastic container

The holidays are over and finally we are back to normal. It took me a day with my son back at school to reorganize my daily routine and today here I am with a brand …

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How to decorate a Christmas card with magazines
December 19, 2012 – 7:11 am | 2 Comments
How to decorate a Christmas card with magazines

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 …

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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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Pumpkin cushion and fabric dye
October 16, 2012 – 3:03 am | One Comment
Pumpkin cushion and fabric dye

I have mentioned before how hard t is to get real pumpkins here in Sardinia, so we just try our best to make alternative jack-o’-lanterns to maintain the Halloween spirit. Our fishbowl this year or …

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