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December 11, 2019

Quick Easy Recycled Christmas Card Ideas

December 11, 2019/ Sum of their Stories
Quick Easy Recycled Christmas Card Ideas

Two quick and easy Christmas card making ideas that recycle last years cards.

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December 11, 2019/ Sum of their Stories/ 6 Comments
Christmas 1, Greeting Cards 1, upcycled 1
recycling/repurposing, Christmas, greeting cards
November 27, 2019

Pine Cone crafts

November 27, 2019/ Sum of their Stories
Pine Cone crafts

24 beautiful and varied way to use pinecones around the home and for holiday decorating. Including tips to prep them ready for crafting.

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November 27, 2019/ Sum of their Stories/ 8 Comments
Christmas 1, Everything else 2
Christmas, Home Decorating
November 21, 2019

The Happy Holidays Link Party

November 21, 2019/ Sum of their Stories
The Happy Holidays Link Party

Welcome to the Happy Holidays Link Party. THE place to find some handmade holiday inspiration!

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November 21, 2019/ Sum of their Stories/ 3 Comments
Christmas 1
Christmas
November 21, 2019

Fabric Tassel Eco Friendly Festive Gift Wrap

November 21, 2019/ Sum of their Stories
Fabric Tassel Eco Friendly Festive Gift Wrap

Eco friendly gift wrap with recycled paper, recyclable tape discs and tassels made from scraps of fabric.

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November 21, 2019/ Sum of their Stories/ 22 Comments
Christmas 1, upcycled 1
Christmas, Gift Wrap, recycling/repurposing
November 18, 2019

Easy Christmas Projects to Sew in Under an Hour

November 18, 2019/ Sum of their Stories
Easy Christmas Projects to Sew in Under an Hour

A collection of fabulous Christmas projects that you can sew in under an hour.

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November 18, 2019/ Sum of their Stories/ 2 Comments
Christmas 1
Christmas, sewing, Sewing my Stash
November 13, 2019

Christmas Gift Bag Mini Shoppers Tutorial

November 13, 2019/ Sum of their Stories
Christmas Gift Bag Mini Shoppers Tutorial

How to make little mini shopping bags to use as a Christmas decoration or reusable gift bags.

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November 13, 2019/ Sum of their Stories/ 11 Comments
Sewing and Embroidery 2, Christmas 1
Christmas, Sewing my Stash, sewing, Gift Wrap, tutorials
November 11, 2019

How to make a Personalised Gift Card Envelope

November 11, 2019/ Sum of their Stories
How to make a Personalised Gift Card Envelope

How to make a gift card envelope from patterned scrapbook paper and personalise it with sparkly stickers for easy gift giving this Christmas.

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November 11, 2019/ Sum of their Stories/ 13 Comments
General papercraft 1, Christmas 1
Christmas, teacher gifts, papercraft, Gift Wrap
October 03, 2019

Fabric Christmas Gift Bags

October 03, 2019/ Sum of their Stories
Fabric Christmas Gift Bags

Today I’m a guest over at Minerva using some of their lovely Christmas print fabric to make reusable gift bags.

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October 03, 2019/ Sum of their Stories/ 7 Comments
Sewing and Embroidery 2, Christmas 1
sewing, Sewing my Stash, Minerva Crafts, Guest Post
December 18, 2018

Book Craft Christmas Ornament

December 18, 2018/ Sum of their Stories
Book Craft Christmas Ornament

For this month’s pinterest challenge I’ve made a book craft literary Christmas ornament using pages from an old, damaged book that mentions Christmas.

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December 18, 2018/ Sum of their Stories/ 29 Comments
Christmas 1, Inspired by 1, General papercraft 1
Christmas, books, papercraft, upcycling, book crafts
December 12, 2018

Pom Pom Tassel Spool Upcycle Christmas Ornaments

December 12, 2018/ Sum of their Stories
Pom Pom Tassel Spool Upcycle Christmas Ornaments

I’m combining 3 of my favourite things, pom poms, tassels and upcycling to make these pretty Christmas ornaments. They are a fun way to use old thread spools or cotton reels and save them from landfill.

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December 12, 2018/ Sum of their Stories/ 3 Comments
upcycled, Christmas 1
Christmas, upcycling, Pom poms, tassels, Home Decorating
November 28, 2018

DIY Ceramic Effect Christmas Baubles

November 28, 2018/ Sum of their Stories
DIY Ceramic Effect Christmas Baubles

Give your old plain old Christmas baubles a makeover and a matte ceramic effect with chalk spray paint.

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November 28, 2018/ Sum of their Stories/ 8 Comments
Christmas 1
Christmas, spray paint, update, upcycling
December 20, 2017

Alternative Christmas Lights

December 20, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Alternative Christmas Lights

Festive window ideas, for those times when you just can't put lights in the window. Simple vintage looking Christmas lights drawn on to the window with dry wipe pens.

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December 20, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 7 Comments
Christmas 1
Christmas, Chalk Markerpens
December 13, 2017

Upcycled Felted Jumper Christmas Decorations

December 13, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Upcycled Felted Jumper Christmas Decorations

An old fairisle jumper that had shrunk in the wash is transformed into Christmas tree decorations and cards in a few simple steps. Make your own simple Christmas tree decorations.

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December 13, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 16 Comments
Greeting Cards, Christmas 1, Sewing and Embroidery 1
Christmas, sewing, recycling/repurposing, greeting cards
December 06, 2017

Unicorn Christmas Tree Ornaments

December 06, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Unicorn Christmas Tree Ornaments

Unicorns are everywhere at the moment. I'm not complaining, I love a good unicorn! So i thought I'd show you how to make a cute little unicorn ornament for your Christmas tree.

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December 06, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 33 Comments
Christmas 1, Sewing and Embroidery 1
sewing, Christmas, embroidery, gift ideas, pretty ideas
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