It’s been a beautifully quiet week. The children only went back to nursery and school on Tuesday and we all enjoyed a short week. After school clubs start this week so I’m glad we had a slow start to the year. My 5 year old has discovered hot chocolate so we treated ourselves to a loaded hot chocolate in a new cafe on the high street. I’ve spent the evenings working on my Liberty rainbow quilt. I’ve finished the top and backed it with a gorgeous Liberty print. This week I’ll be hand stitching the binding and hope to…
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Every month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have a drawer full of unopened kits – but no more. I’ve been making more time for crafting and I love to try something new with each of the cover gifts. Issue 62 of Mollie Makes came with a cool Mollie Makes Paper Gems Kit designed by Minieco. It contained a scary looking wooden template and 10 pretty papers. Tonight I sat down and attempted to make a paper gem. I read through the instructions and decided to cut out…
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Every month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have a drawer full of unopened kits but no more. I’ve been making more time for crafting and I love to try something new with each of the cover gifts. Issue 61 ofMollie Makes came with a Gold Succulent Craft Kit. The kit made 4 different things so you could choose to make whatever you liked which I thought was a nice touch. You could choose from a brooch, necklace, a key tassel or plant pot holder. I opted…
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Every month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have a drawer full of unopened kits but no more. I’ve been making more time for crafting and I love to try something new with each of the cover gifts. Mollie Makes issue 60 is a pretty fab issue with lots of ideas for Christmas crafts and I loved the look of the cover gift which was a kit to make Felt Pine Cone Decorations. I’ve Pinned a few of these before so was excited to try out the…
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Every month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have a drawer full of unopened kit. But no more! I’ve been trying out the kits, learning new skills or using them to create something new – and having fun in the process! Jenny Makes Mollie Makes wall hanging loom kit Mollie Makes issue 58 included a Mollie Makes wall hanging loom kit. The kit included a laser cut loom and shuttle, three colours of yarn, a plastic needle and cotton. I tied the cotton around the teeth of…
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I love celebrating the seasons and we’ve been having fun with our Halloween crafts this year. Since my 3 year old has recently started pre-school I’ve had some rare time to myself and made some sweet Halloween luminaries. This is a quick craft and make great decorations. Equipment needed to make Halloween luminaries: Bonne Maman jars (washed and dried with labels removed) Mod Podge Halloween decoupage paper Paint brush Scissors LED tealights How to make Halloween luminaries: Tear or cut the decoupage paper into small pieces. Apply the Mod Podge to small areas of the glass jar and cover with…
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Do you ever look at a craft project and put it off for no reason? I’ve been stuck in a bit of a rut lately and am finding it so difficult to pick up any craft projects. Last night I finally took the latest Mollie Makes cover gift, a crochet charms bracelet kit, out of its packet. Jenny Makes Mollie Makes crochet charms bracelet Now everyone knows I can’t crochet so I feel a little sad when I see beautiful crochet projects everywhere. However, part of the fun of being creative is re-imagining things so I took the contents and…
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You know by now that I love subscription boxes. There are a few crafty subscription boxes around and I was very happy to try the August Craft Drops subscription box. Each box is everything you need to make a complete crafty project (and loads of lovely extras to experiment with too). The theme of each box is kept a surprise so I didn’t know what the contents would be until it arrived through my letter box. The Craft Drops subscription box came all wrapped up, it fitted through my letter box and as well as the craft supplies contained two…
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A while ago I bought a cute vintage wooden 3 legged stool. I painted it with some Annie Sloan paint, didn’t like it and packed it away on the loft. My 3 year old is starting a new nursery later this month so we’re trying to make a fuss of her and give her bedroom an inexpensive makeover. DIY Miffy stool Guess what I made my un-loved vintage 3 legged stool into? A fantastically cool Miffy stool and my daughter loves it. At 3 years old her bedroom is rocking the pink look so I have made a subtle stool in…
