I’m lucky enough to live in a gorgeous part of the world that enjoys a year round temperate climate.
This means that most days are picnic worthy… and we love a good picnic!
As you would expect, we have quite a variety of family sized picnic baskets… but nothing that was ...
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Where Bloggers Create 2014
Filed Under: Craft Room, Creativity, handmade, inspiration, Shabby, Studio Tagged With: craft room tour, Studio space, Where Bloggers Create
Every year Karen from My Desert Cottage hosts the ‘Where Bloggers Create’ blog party tour… And this year I’m pleased to be joining in. If you are new here at Shabby Art Boutique, thank you for visiting. I hope you’ll enjoy seeing where I create. For the ...
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Shabby twine holders
Filed Under: Craft Room, Creativity, DIY, handmade, inspiration, shabby art, Studio, Tutorial Tagged With: baker twine, recycle, Twine holders
Sometimes others don’t share our visions. Well… that would be quite often if you lived in my house. I seem to be the only visionary with a creative edge…[sigh]. Like this for example… I see two empty tomato cans waiting to go out to the recycle bin and I say…. “I could ...
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Choc Mint Balls in just 10 minutes
Filed Under: handmade, inspiration, Recipe, Tutorial Tagged With: 'Go To' recipe, Easy chocolate recipe
Those of us who like to cook always have our quick ‘Go To’ recipes. They are usually a ‘never fail’ or ‘easy to make’ recipe that we can whip up quickly and look like we have it all together in the kitchen department when guests arrive… (even if we don’t). I generally make from scratch, but this ...
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Shabby Snuggle Bunny
Filed Under: DIY, handmade, inspiration, Shabby, shabby art, Tutorial Tagged With: hand painted bunny, shabby hot water bottle cover
For every mother there comes a time when you have to let your babies fly the nest. It’s a bitter sweet moment. On the one hand…. you want them to explore the world and become independent adults…your job is done! But on the other hand… you worry that they are not yet fully capable and ready to be ...
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My [shabby] life…
Filed Under: Craft Room, Creativity, inspiration, Studio
Hello ‘shabbilicious’ friends, It’s been awhile since I’ve given you a craft room update, so I thought I’d give you a few sneak peeks today. I’m working on some bigger projects at the moment, so haven’t had a lot to share with you. On my desk at the moment is this gorgeous set of shabby fabrics ...
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