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September 16, 2017

Autumn Apothecary Jars for free

September 16, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Autumn Apothecary Jars for free

Introducing just a little autumn or fall decor into your home for free

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September 16, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 18 Comments
Home Decorating, Origami, papercraft, recycling/repurposing, thrifty tips, autumn, Fall Crafts
September 13, 2017

Simple Cards with Beautiful Papers

September 13, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Simple Cards with Beautiful Papers

Make some super simple greeting cards using beautiful papers.

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September 13, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 9 Comments
Greeting Cards
greeting cards, papercraft, recycling/repurposing
September 06, 2017

Jackson Mouse Craft Kit Review

September 06, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Jackson Mouse Craft Kit Review

A review of the Jackson Mouse kit from Amazing Crafts

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September 06, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 11 Comments
Kit Review
Product review, gift ideas, sewing, toys
August 23, 2017

Slightly visible mending

August 23, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Slightly visible mending

A simple repair on an old cardigan, not quite visible mending but not invisible either. I'm calling it slightly visible mending!

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August 23, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 6 Comments
Sewing and Embroidery 1, upcycled
recycling/repurposing, repair, sewing, thrifty tips
August 02, 2017

Glitter Hand Lettered Greetings

August 02, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Glitter Hand Lettered Greetings

Here's a couple of techniques to try to make glittered hand lettered personalised cards.

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August 02, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 16 Comments
Greeting Cards
Product review, glitter, greeting cards, papercraft, tutorials
July 26, 2017

Delicates Wash bag

July 26, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Delicates Wash bag

Make an simple delicates wash bag to keep your peds sockies safe in the wash

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July 26, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 14 Comments
Sewing and Embroidery 1, upcycled
My Favourite Finds, Product review, Sewing my Stash, thrifty tips, tutorials
July 21, 2017

Inspired by - Comfy Flip Flops

July 21, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Inspired by - Comfy Flip Flops

How I turned an old pair of flip flops into super comfy new ones. This really is the holy grail of flip flop comfort!

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July 21, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 16 Comments
Inspired by, refashion, upcycling, summer ideas
July 19, 2017

Block Craft Printed Cards

July 19, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Block Craft Printed Cards

It's simple and fun to make an assortment of greeting cards using carved wooden printing blocks.

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July 19, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 22 Comments
Greeting Cards
Product review, greeting cards, papercraft, printing
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
July 07, 2017

Inspired By - Upcycled shirt bags

July 07, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Inspired By - Upcycled shirt bags

It's SO easy to make useful little bags from old shirts, perfect for traveling or just at home for containing all the things!

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July 07, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 14 Comments
Inspired by, Sewing my Stash, recycling/repurposing, sewing, upcycling
July 05, 2017

Upcycled Gift Box

July 05, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Upcycled Gift Box

It's really simple to give an old gift box a new look with just an old magazine and some glue.

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July 05, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 17 Comments
General Papercrafts, upcycled
Gift Wrap, papercraft, papercutting, pretty ideas, recycling/repurposing, tutorials, upcycling, Floral
July 03, 2017

Stitching Sewing and Hobbycrafts Show 2017

July 03, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Stitching Sewing and Hobbycrafts Show 2017

Here's a little round up of my favourite bits of this years Stitching, Sewing and Hobbycrafts Show at the NEC Birmingham.

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July 03, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 17 Comments
Craft show
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
Everything else 1
Clever ideas, papercraft
June 22, 2017

Watercolour and doodle cards

June 22, 2017/ Sum of their Stories
Watercolour and doodle cards

I have had so much fun recently getting a watercolour effect just using regular kids colouring pens then doodling over the top when they were dry.

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June 22, 2017/ Sum of their Stories/ 17 Comments
Greeting Cards
colouring, doodle, greeting cards, papercraft, pretty ideas, tutorials
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
Everything else 1, upcycled
Home Decorating, furniture, tutorials, upcycling
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