Restored Brass Garden Lanterns
So now I have spent so much time making my garden a lovely haven it just needed a few finishing touches. It can be quite dark along the side of my house and I often go out in the winter to the new Shed or Log store so I decided…
Upcycled Glass Bottle Candle Holders
In the lead up to Christmas I looked at Pinterest for some inspiration for some new candle holders. I found some simple glass bottle with foliage around the neck, so I decided to have a go at recreating these. I started to look for some glass bottles that I like…
Christmas Baubles
I decided I wanted to change the colour theme on our Christmas tree, and add red into it! Well baubles are not cheap and you only have them out for a short amount of time. As I was off work after surgery I had quite a bit of time on my…
Log Store
I have wanted a log store for some time and now the shed is finished there’s no excuse to start building one. So using the brains and tools of a genius we started off with 2 big crates that were donated to me by a friend who had paving slabs…
Pumpkin Carving
It’s Halloween and a good excuse for getting a bit messy with a spot of pumpkin carving. I wanted a really scary face, but google was a bit uninspiring. I sketched a rough design with a biro including some 3d ish teeth that I thought I’d give a try, a…
Patchwork Stool Project Complete
Following on from making patchwork after some deliberation I decided to keep the legs on the stool a natural wood colour. Just to remind you, this is what they looked like before: As they were a bit battered and scuffed I sanded them back using my favourite mouse sander. Once…
Shed Makeover
My poor garden shed although I did give it lick of paint a few years ago was completely neglected, rotting and very leaky. So with a lots of help from my new man and his amazing range of tools we set to work. Firstly we removed the bottom few planks…
Customised Garden Lanterns
I was recently given some garden lanterns by a friend who had not got around to doing anything with them, these were plain brown ones originally from Ikea. I decided to make them tie in with my garden cushions. I used Acrylic paint and mixed the blue to match (ensuring…
renovating Stool-Patchwork
This might sound weird to some, but as part of my sisters birthday present I brought her two old scruffy stools. I managed to pick them up for £3 for the pair(what big sister wouldn’t be impressed). She only wanted one but like me she loves bit craftiness and loves…
Stenciling Garden Cushions
I’ve been looking for some garden cushions for a while, but struggled to find any that did not cost the earth and I liked. I’d finally decided that to get some I liked on my budget I would probably have to make them, although this too could be costly by…