Hello everyone and welcome to my 1st day of Christmas blog post!! This is one of 12 fun projects I will be sharing with you in the next 12 days! If you know me, you know I love sparkle and glitter so there is no surprise my first Christmas related project is to do with GLITTER!!!… Read More
My husband found this old and clearly very damaged wooden box. He has a lot of faith in me and knows I would make something out of it.. and I did… This box was beautiful but it was pretty damaged with wood worm so I knew the only way to restore it would be to… Read More
When I knew my sister was expecting a baby I knew I would make something extra special for my new baby niece.. I really wanted to attempt and make a quilt for her.. I have never done it but it looked like a fun project.. Well I can tell you it was bloody hard work… Read More
When I learnt our friends got engaged I really wanted to make a lovely gift for them to celebrate their special occasion. As you know I love making signs and this occasion was no exception. I always like to do a bit of research and make it extra special for the person I am making… Read More
It is not long until Halloween and usually I don’t really go too crazy about decor but this year I have been looking at some amazing projects and most of these decor ideas are quite easy to make, and could make any Halloween Party extra special! I hope you enjoy this selection of DIY Halloween Decor Ideas!… Read More
This post contains affiliate links I had this little old basket just lying around and as you know I don’t like throwing things out so I decided to give it a little makeover. This is so easy to do and you can update it using any colour that suits your decor. We already have lots… Read More
I created this superhero chalkboard for my friend’s boys as a Christmas present and they absolutely loved it! I think making a custom superhero chalkboard is such a great way to personalise a little boys room! There are so many options and imagine what you could do for girls room!
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
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
I love these beautiful peg frames as you can customise them as you wish and they are so simple to make. You can use an old or a brand new frame for this and look how simple it is to make ! I used an old photo frame as I loved the golden frame. I… Read More
I was so happy when I got asked to create some special centerpieces for this beautiful bride. She was the easiest bride to work with as I was pretty much left to do what I wanted. I got told the bottles should be peach and cream and also the bride wanted them personalised with special details..… Read More
This post contains affiliate links I found these glass containers and they were still in a good shape, there was slight chipping on one of them and the gold lines were all scratched from the top. I decided to spruce them up a bit using some gold spray paint. Everything looks so much better when it… Read More
My little sister Sintija [Cynthia] always loved to dance, she joined the Riga Choreography School in Latvia when she was a young girl and was our little balerina! I remember going to concerts at her school and feeling so proud of her.
As I was getting better with my jigsaw, I thought I should do a more challenging task. I used jigsaw to cut out my medium shaped heart when I did my rose decoupage set and I also did a similar diamond shaped HOME sign, but I thought cutting out identical four small hearts would be a bit more… Read More
