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March 12, 2025

Recycled Magazine Art

March 12, 2025/ Sum of their Stories
Recycled Magazine Art

A really easy idea to make art on a budget, simple collage style art made from junk mail and old magazines

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March 12, 2025/ Sum of their Stories/ 25 Comments
General Papercrafts, Everything else 1, upcycled
upcycling, recycling/repurposing, tutorials, art
March 13, 2024

Floral Painted Wooden Box DIY Tutorial

March 13, 2024/ Sum of their Stories
Floral Painted Wooden Box DIY Tutorial

I had so much fun painting simple flowers on my X-acto knife box to turn it from plain to fabulous in one afternoon.

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March 13, 2024/ Sum of their Stories/ 26 Comments
Everything else 1, Inspired by
art, gift ideas, pretty ideas, upcycling, Inspired by, paint
April 26, 2023

Nan's Recipe Kitchen Art

April 26, 2023/ Sum of their Stories
Nan's Recipe Kitchen Art

Make personal art for your kitchen using an old handwritten recipe and picnic cutlery.

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April 26, 2023/ Sum of their Stories/ 34 Comments
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Home Decorating, art, papercraft, recycling/repurposing
May 15, 2018

Upcycled Can Herb Planters

May 15, 2018/ Sum of their Stories
Upcycled Can Herb Planters

Upcycle old food cans into pretty herb planters with a simple image transfer technique.

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May 15, 2018/ Sum of their Stories/ 47 Comments
Everything else 1, upcycled, Inspired by 1
Pinterest Challenge, gardening, upcycling, paint
February 21, 2018

How to get your ribbon stash organised

February 21, 2018/ Sum of their Stories
How to get your ribbon stash organised

Get your messy ribbon stash in order, here are some simple tricks. 

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February 21, 2018/ Sum of their Stories/ 18 Comments
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organising ideas
February 14, 2018

Simple Sign for Craft Stalls

February 14, 2018/ Sum of their Stories
Simple Sign for Craft Stalls

Make a simple canvas sign with your logo for your craft fair stall using paint marker.

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February 14, 2018/ Sum of their Stories/ 20 Comments
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art, Product review
January 31, 2018

Clay Initial Gift Tags

January 31, 2018/ Sum of their Stories
Clay Initial Gift Tags

Make delicate clay gift tags with air dry clay, to make a gift extra special. 

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January 31, 2018/ Sum of their Stories/ 22 Comments
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Air Hardening Clay, Gift Wrap, tutorials
November 21, 2017

Rainbow Pom Poms

November 21, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Rainbow Pom Poms

Rainbow Pom Poms are a brilliant way to use up all the little bits of yarn left over from other projects. Make them using this quick ‘over the hand’ method - perfect if you don’t have a pom pom maker.

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November 21, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 10 Comments
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Pom poms, gift ideas, pretty ideas, tutorials
October 11, 2017

Easy DIY Abstract Art

October 11, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Easy DIY Abstract Art

You really don't need lots of mad artistic skills to make a passable piece of abstract art for your home.

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October 11, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 18 Comments
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Home Decorating, recycling/repurposing, thrifty tips, tutorials, upcycling, art
July 12, 2017

Christmas Ornament Recycling

July 12, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Christmas Ornament Recycling

Take a broken Christmas ornament and give it a makeover so it can be on display all year round.

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July 12, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 28 Comments
Everything else 1, upcycled
Home Decorating, pretty ideas, recycling/repurposing, tutorials, upcycling
June 28, 2017

Adding a handle to your clear mounted stamps

June 28, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Adding a handle to your clear mounted stamps

Just a quick tip today, something I found useful when using clear stamps that are mounted onto thin acrylic blocks. I realise this is a bit of a niche problem that I found a solution too, I'm sharing just in case anyone out there finds it useful too!

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June 28, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 10 Comments
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Clever ideas, papercraft
June 14, 2017

Mandala Painted Sewing Box

June 14, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Mandala Painted Sewing Box

How to update and upcycle an old sewing box with paint and a hand painted mandala design

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June 14, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 32 Comments
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Home Decorating, furniture, tutorials, upcycling
May 31, 2017

Easy Plant Pot Hack

May 31, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Easy Plant Pot Hack

What do you do when your house plant doesn't fit in the decorative pot you have for it? This is a simple fix I've used for years, you may all know it already but just in case not, let me explain.

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May 31, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 16 Comments
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gardening
May 29, 2017

The Chelsea Flower Show 2017

May 29, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
The Chelsea Flower Show 2017

Highlights of our visit to the RHS Chelsea Flower show 2017.

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May 29, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 16 Comments
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gardening
May 03, 2017

Sharpening your craft punches

May 03, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Sharpening your craft punches

How to sharpen your craft punches.

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May 03, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 9 Comments
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papercraft, recycling/repurposing, thrifty tips, tutorials
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