When I was a kid, I used to love making presents for my friends and family. I spend ages making them pictures, paintings, cards, friendship bracelets among other things. I still enjoy crafts, but have turned more towards sewing lately. However, when we were sent some card making goodies from Create and Craft, it ignited…
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Sewing Project: How to make a pencil case
Read moreI absolutely love my sewing projects at the moments. My last sewing project really got my creative juices flowing. So much so, that I was in a rush to make something else! Whilst our girls were in nursery, I looked around our living room for some inspiration and I noticed how many coloured pencils, pens and…
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Superhero and Mermaids: My Toy Project
Read moreI bet I’m not alone when I say that my kids have too many toys! Yet some how the amount they have increases regularly! I guess it doesn’t help when your mum likes to make things as well, and that’s exactly what I’ve done! I’ve been getting my craft on lately and since discovering Dolls…
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Disney Art Therapy Colouring Book Review
Read moreAdult colouring books seem to be very popular lately and the colouring trend shows no sign of slowing down! Parragon Books recently sent us two Disney Art Therapy colouring books. One has a princess theme to it and the other has a Frozen theme. These books feature a huge range of patterns, symbols and imagery…
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My venture into dress making (and shorts!)
Read moreBack in February of this year I pledged to be more crafty and I like to think that so far I have been very crafty! I’ve made bunting, a table cloth and also a triangle pouch! My favourite thing that I’ve made so far though has to be a dress and a pair of shorts…
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Craft Club Box Review
Read moreI recently wrote a post about Craft Club Box and their subscription box service. If you haven’t read it, why not pop over and take a look! Put simply, Craft Club Box offers customers the chance to buy a subscription and receive a new box by post every month. Each box comes with a sewing kit…
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Jelly Stickers Fab Fashion Review: National Craft Month
Read moreDid you know that March is National Craft Month? In celebration of this the lovely people over at John Adams sent us a Jelly Stickers Fab Fashion set to review. Our twins love crafts, especially if it’s messy so I knew the Jelly Stickers Fab Fashion set would go down well with them! Inside you…
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Bunting Kit Review and a Crafty Project with The Stitchery
Read moreAs some of my blog readers may know, I love crafts! Whether it’s working on a project for me or doing something crafty and creative with the kids, I often find myself losing track of time and getting carried away with the crafts! Quite often when the kids have given up, I’m still going! When…
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Getting Easter ready with Ollie and Leila
Read moreEaster is just around the corner and I’m pretty much prepared! For the first year or two I never did anything for Easter with the girls. Not because I’m a bad parent, but simply because it never occurred to me to do anything. I don’t really remember doing anything for Easter when I was a…