I recently watched a YouTube clip on How to Make a Basket from Newspaper. It inspired me to make my own, substituting used glossy, coloured catalogues as I didn’t want to get newsprint ink all over me. Here is…
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How to turn a letterbox full of Junk Mail into something useful
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Posted in crafts & home, gift ideas
Posted in crafts & home, gift ideas
Have you tried Flower Bombing yet?
The Flower Bomb [ aka The Seed Bomb or Green Hand Grenade] is designed to enable seeds to be sown in hard to reach places. This enables gardeners to achieve plants and flowers in unexpected places. They are easy to make repurposing…
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Posted in garden
What do you do with Tamper evident bands ?
Tamper-evident bands are commonplace in today’s packaging world. If disposed of incorrectly, they can end up in our waterways and choke birds and sealife. I found after just 3 weeks of reclaiming, that they soon add up. These…
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Posted in crafts & home, home décor, Repurpose
Posted in crafts & home, home décor, Repurpose
How to Personalise your Valentines Card
Show your l♥ve by giving a customised greeting card, into which you have put some time, effort and thought – rather than one you have just bought off-the-shelf. The easiest way to do this is to repurpose an old card,…
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Posted in crafts & home, Valentines Day
Posted in crafts & home, Valentines Day
Heart & Craft ♥ Frugal Gifts you can create without looking cheap this Valentines Day
You don’t need to spend a fortune to show your l♥ve for your Valentine. There are plenty of ideas on Facebook, Pinterest and Flickr to get you started. Here are a few cost-effective and downright cheap ideas to give you…
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Posted in crafts & home, Repurpose, Valentines Day
Posted in crafts & home, Repurpose, Valentines Day
Dinosaur Eggs, Treasure Tubes and other effortless Gift Wrap
Don’t you hate it when it’s time to wrap your carefully thought out gift to find it is more difficult to wrap than you imagined? You can just imagine what this looked like after it had been wrapped tightly for…
How you can make various cheap ★ Christmas Decorations
How to make Baubles from Roll-on Deodorant balls Option A: For months now I have wanted to repurpose some empty roll-on deodorant bottles. Finally, it came to me; but first I had to remove the ball ! I had to…
How to build a cost effective Christmas Tree
So, you want a Christmas Tree that is cheap, recyclable and repurposed from items you already own. The beauty of this project is that the whole family can get involved. I have been reading online recently that a lot…
4 easy steps to making Storage Canisters
Why buy mainstream when you can create a handmade gift? Everyone needs extra storage but it usually comes at a high price You can customise them, as imaginative or quirky as you like Material: Cans* – with or without lids…
How to Save Money by making your own Gift Boxes
‘ Good things come in small packages ‘ so the old saying goes Here is an easy, cheap and quick way you can gift wrap your presents with just a few items you already have around the house. You can…
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Posted in crafts & home, gift ideas, Repurpose
Posted in crafts & home, gift ideas, Repurpose
Growing Snowballs - How to Save Time & Money in your Life 