It was our 7th wedding anniversary in August. WOW! I cannot believe it has been 7 years since we said “I DO!”… I love to keep to the tradition and see what each year means.. 7th Wedding Anniversary present is traditionally copper or wool. I love making things so I didn’t even consider buying something but… Read More
When I get asked to make a present for someone I always get super excited! Especially when it is for such a special occasion as a wedding. I loved the idea of scrabble art as I have seen so many lovely projects. The wedding scrabble frame seemed to be a perfect gift idea for this… Read More
Anyone who knows me knows that I love taking photographs and displaying them in our house. The more frames I have the better. I am so excited to show you some of my favourite DIY frame projects that I absolutely love.
Hi my lovelies! You are already familiar with The Fab Furniture Flippin’ Contest from my previous posts, so you know how super exciting it is! I am part of the Fab Furniture Flippin’ Contest group and lucky enough to be in the mix with some super talented people who take part in this contest every… Read More
My husband Shaun and I went to the Royal Manx Agricultural Show in Kirk Patrick on Saturday and had an amazing time. This is an annual event in the Isle of Man and is a great opportunity to see the best in the Manx farming, purchase hand-made items, local produce, meet friends and simply have fun.
Hi everyone.. I am so excited to be featured on Dream a Little Bigger blog in their Crafting Abroad interview series. I was approached by the lovely Elena aka Midsommarflicka and am very proud to be featured amongst the other fantastic crafters all over the world. Have you read it yet? If not head over… Read More
Have you ever thought of gravel and home decor used in one sentence? well me neither.. But believe it or not gravel can not only be used as beautiful decoration for your garden, it can also be used inside the house! A little bit of imagination goes a long way and this is how I went by… Read More
I have always loved mosaic and thought I would give it a go myself. I got this old tray and I envisaged how beautiful it could look with a little ‘lift’. I decided attempting mosaic diy tray and this is what I came up with. I painted it in Annie Sloan’s old ochre and waxed,… Read More
Hi everyone.. as mentioned before I have decided to move to my new permanent place here. You will see the website is looking slightly different, more mature perhaps. I decided to go with this beautiful theme, which I hope you will love as much as I do! I hope you enjoy the new look and… Read More
Hi everyone, I am joining “The Fab Furniture Flippin’ Contest” in July with my piece I called Bright and Beautiful! This month’s theme is “Come On, Let Your Colors Burst!” This month the contest is hosted by Stacy from Anastacia Vintage and Lynn from Fern Avenue. Not only you get to showcase your piece, and get opportunity to be… Read More
There are so many headboards available you will be spoilt for choice. At the moment we are saving for a house, so I didn’t really want to splash out on something that we will most likely change once we move out. So I decided to upcycle an old headboard I came across a few months ago.
Hi everyone, I am so excited to tell you that I am taking part in a fantastic competition this month called “The Fab Flippin’ Furniture Contest” organised by a group of wonderful bloggers and this month hosted by Charlotte at Ciburbanity and Carrie from Thirty Eighth Street. Not only you get to showcase your piece, your transformation and get opportunity… Read More
My mother-in-law asked me a while ago to paint a set of four chairs for her, we went and bought a matching set of four chairs for £4! Yes, £4!!! They were old and a little damaged (or so I thought..) but as you may know, I like a bit of a challenge, so was… Read More
One of my favourite things to do is to paint an old piece of furniture and completely transform it. There is something so satisfying about rescuing a piece of furniture one may consider to be junk..
I found this little conservatory seat at the local amenity site. It wasn’t amazing but I could see the potential and thought it work brilliantly as a footstool for my newly reupholstered chair.
I really wanted to do some reupholstering for a while now so I was so excited when I got this old chair that was shouting out for a makeover. I was quite nervous as I wasn’t really sure how to do it properly but I was ready for the challenge.. Little did I know that… Read More
