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How to make a wine cooler from an old sweater

How to make a wine cooler from an old sweater

Oh how I do love to recycle old things and turn them into new things. This wine cooler is actually [...]

Dec 22, 2010     2 Comments
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Usagi Tawashi (Rabbit Scrubbie)

Usagi Tawashi (Rabbit Scrubbie)

A few years ago when I went to Japan I bought several books from the “Magic Scrubber” series. The Japanese [...]

May 14, 2010     No Comments
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Knitted flowerpot from a recycled M&S biscuit tub

Knitted flowerpot from a recycled M&S biscuit tub

My fantabulous friend Ruth had a birthday and asked her friends to give her plants, as she’s stocking up her [...]

May 18, 2009     3 Comments
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Felted bowl: a crochet gift for the man who has everything

Felted bowl: a crochet gift for the man who has everything

I have known Simon for years, and over the years, I am sure that he has acquired pretty much everything [...]

Aug 17, 2008     4 Comments
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Cotton crochet bowls

Cotton crochet bowls

I went to visit my most fantastic friend ever, Ken Wilson, in glorious green Kentucky. I have known Ken since [...]

Jun 29, 2008     1 Comment
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Recycled denim bowl – made from jeans

Recycled denim bowl – made from jeans

Every so often, my girlfriends have a clearout of our closets and we have a Girlie Swap Shop: we all [...]

Mar 30, 2008     1 Comment
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Time for tea

Time for tea

My hubby asked me to make a tea cosy, but we both wanted something modern rather than something frilly or [...]

Aug 29, 2007     1 Comment
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Garden makeover

In clearing out my computer hard drive, I found some photos of the garden that Mark & I cleared out [...]

Jun 27, 2007     No Comments
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