Makes, Bakes, DIYs & more
Hello everyone! Have you heard of the Great Big Green Week? It's a national week of events celebrating action on climate change created by the Climate Coalition in the lead up to COP 26 in Glasgow this November. Throughout the UK communities have been coming together to organise their own local Green Weeks and Climate… Continue reading Simple Stationery Upcycle
Hello and welcome back to my blog! I hope you are having a lovely Easter break! It’s super sunny here today and the tulips and daffodils are just starting to flower outside which is wonderful and I am just so excited for Spring. Today I’ve got a quick and easy craft for you, perfect for… Continue reading DIY Easter Bunny Bunting
Hello everyone! It’s most definitely autumn now and I’m just getting started decorating for Halloween. I have a small collection of pumpkins that I dot around the house, some I’ve made and few I’ve bought, and I like how they instantly make the house feel 100% cosier. When I spotted this paint-your-own pumpkin carriage at… Continue reading DIY Cinderella’s Pumpkin Carriage Decoration
Hello everyone! It’s almost the new year! So, I thought it would be the perfect time to make some party decorations. Flower Garland The first decoration I made from a kit I found in Flying Tiger. When you open the packet, you find that the tissue paper is already tied to the ribbon, which makes… Continue reading Paper Flower Garland & Mini Tassel Banner
Today we are back with another Decopatch craft! This time we have a Christmas tree decoration. What you will need: A Christmas tree shape (Decopatch brand, mdf, wood or papier-mâché) Decopatch papers (Like thick tissue paper) Decopatch glue (Similar to pva) A Decopatch brush (these are made from hog bristles, I use size 10) In… Continue reading 12 Crafts of Christmas: Day 11 Decopatch Christmas Tree
Baking is one of my favourite activities at Christmastime, although today’s craft isn’t a recipe, it’s a baking themed decoration! (If you’d like a recipe, I did a post a couple of years ago; Cute Christmassy Cupcakes 🧁😉) What you will need: The template (click here) Card (brown or corrugated is best) Scissors Pencil Ruler… Continue reading 12 Crafts of Christmas: Day 9 Miniature Gingerbread House
Hello everyone! Decopatch is one of my favourite hobbies! I first saw Decopatch at a Christmas craft fair and they had a free workshop where you could decorate coasters, and since then I’ve been hooked. As it’s Christmas I decopatched a reindeer to add to my holiday decorations. What you will need: A reindeer (Decopatch… Continue reading 12 Crafts of Christmas: Day 4 Decopatch Reindeer
Hello everyone! Today’s craft is a mini Christmas wreath, this is a fun decoration you could use to decorate your Christmas tree or even a dolls house. What you will need: Pipe cleaners A glue gun Small bows Sequins, pom poms or other embellishments of your choice Firstly, take some pipe cleaners and twist them… Continue reading 12 Crafts of Christmas: Day 2 Mini Christmas Wreath
Hello everyone! And welcome to 12 days full of crafts in the run up to Christmas! I hope you enjoy this series! Today’s craft is Christmas cards. This year I decided to make Christmas cards from recycled wrapping paper. I think this is a fun way to use the little pieces of wrapping paper that… Continue reading 12 Crafts of Christmas: Day 1 Christmas Cards
Hello everybody and welcome to my first official blog post here on my new blog! I originally planned to post this post on Good Friday but not everything goes as planned and that’s ok. So although spring is almost over, this is the perfect cute and quick craft for a rainy day no matter the… Continue reading DIY Easter Eggs
