Welcome everyone. . . It’s that time of the year again when we kick off ‘Simply Christmas’ for another year. If you are new here, this is my annual event to put the homemade and home baked back into the holidays. Simply Christmas demonstrates how to take back the holidays with an easy to ...
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DIY… Rust
Now my husband would say “Are you stark raving mad? Who in their right mind would willingly rust metal” Of course, living in a beach house down by the sea, rust is often more of an aggravation for us. Everything metal, both inside and outside rusts. . . think light bulbs, door hardware, decorative ...
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The little French clock
There’s a new/old French clock strutting her stuff up there on my kitchen counter. She wasn’t always this pretty!! No. . . this little French clock started life in a different guise. She was a gift from a relative . . . and while I liked her a bit, she wasn’t exactly what I would have chosen ...
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Shabbilicious tea towels are back!
You might remember last week . . . back here, I showed you a shabbilicious appliqued tea towel I’d whipped up that afternoon. It was a project born out of necessity and a great way to use up some lovely fabric scraps. I have to tell you. . . I was quite surprise when the photo of this tea towel ...
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Shabbiliciously tea worthy!
Some of the best and most fun to make projects are born out of necessity. . . which was the case for me today. I need a ‘nice’ tea towel for this weekend. A nice ‘fit to be seen’ out of the house type of tea towel. Having checked my inventory of . . . hmm, shall we call them ‘everyday’ tea towels. ...
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DIY ~ easy bag top door stop
I’ve just had the loveliest of weekends. . . gorgeous spring weather, a leisurely morning spent strolling around our foreshore handmade market and 2 days of simply pottering around the house and garden doing ‘odd jobs’.
No fixed plans. Nothing on the social calendar (for a change). Just pottering. ...
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