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Tag Archives: upcycling
Indian carving…
Sometimes you have something for years and never really look at it, here’s what I did to just such a possession… Continue reading
Posted in acrylic painting, Boxes, Indian Carving, Uncategorized, Wooden crafts
Tagged Box, carving, flowers, Indian, painting, upcycling, wooden
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Turning back time….
When a very good friend gave me a dollhouse – (and yes if you know about me and my miniature passion you’ll get just how happy that made me) it included fixtures, fittings, lots of bits & bobs and an … Continue reading
Bedside cabinet….
Back in 2017 I told you about my bedside cabinet – a charity shop purchase and upcycling project. Well it’s been like that for over two years now so time for a change. Having plenty of the English Rose Chalk … Continue reading
Posted in chalk paint, flowers, Uncategorized, upcycling
Tagged chalk paint, furniture, upcycling
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All change….
The other day I had a late start and began the day with a cuppa …whilst sitting up and sipping my tea in bed, I decided that the IKEA chest of drawers in that room needed a change. I decided … Continue reading
Work in progress…
I’ve got such a lot of things to do at the moment that my hobby of making, drawing and crafting is taking a back seat. But I have been doing a few bits and bobs, a little granny square crochet … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & crafts, Boxes, crafting, creative, Decoration, Hand-Decorated, make do and mend, Uncategorized, upcycling, Wooden crafts
Tagged art deco, Box, upcycling, wood, Wooden crafts
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Confession time….
My name is Rosie and I am addicted to Roberts Radios…there I’ve said it. I can’t help it, I know it’s bordering on an illness but I love them. So it was with great sadness that I noticed one of … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & crafts, crafting, creative, Drawing, Hand-Decorated, Home Decor, Uncategorized, upcycling
Tagged make do and mend, Roberts Radio, Sharpies, upcycling
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Just a quick little change….
I bought a box years ago and use it to store my paintbrushes in, it’s just covered in a paper and the other weekend whilst sitting at my desk trying to decide what I wanted to do, I found myself … Continue reading
Posted in Decoration, decoupage, Hand-Decorated, Home Decor, Uncategorized, upcycling
Tagged decoupage, made new, PVA, sticking, Storage, upcycling
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Simple make-over
I had decorated a heart shaped box bought from the Works and had it on my Etsy shop for a while. But it didn’t attract any buyers so I decided to change it. I didn’t really like the heart – … Continue reading
Posted in Decoration, decoupage, Uncategorized, upcycling
Tagged re-using, reusing, the literary guild, upcycling, wrapping paper
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Personalised embroidered gift bag…
If you saw my previous post about a set of crockery given as a gift you will know that I created this little gift bag for transportation of said gift. I picked up the little bag at an event recently … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & crafts, crafting, creative, Decoration, embroidery, fabric, flowers, gift, Hand-made, sewing, Uncategorized, upcycling
Tagged embroidery, gift, giftbag, personal, sewing, upcycling
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Gramophone…
I bought this lovely old gramophone from a friend a couple of years ago, I just couldn’t resist. Only problem was it didn’t work, but my husband was up for the challenge of repairing it, he took the mechanism down … Continue reading
Posted in crafting, Decoration, Hand-Painted, Uncategorized, upcycled furniture, upcycling
Tagged chalk paint, gramophone, painting, sponging, upcycling, upcycling furniture
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