My husband Shaun and I were asked to be godparents to our little nephew Oscar a few months ago.. Both of us felt so honoured and privileged to become godparents to this special little boy and be a part of the Christening day. I knew I had to make something extra special for Oscar and… Read More
I have seen so many beautiful pieces of furniture done with lace painting and I really wanted to give it a go. I think it gives such a beautiful and unique finish and is such a great way to dress a dated piece. I didn’t have to wait too long as I got this set… Read More
I am known to collect jars, glass containers and little pots so have to come up with new ideas on what to do with them as I just cannot for the life of me throw things out.. A friend of mine kindly gave me a box full of old candle jars and I was super… 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..
Even though there are plenty of wooden signs you can buy in the shops, I think that it is always nice to create your own. It is not as hard as you may think, even though of course it is still quite time-consuming. I decided to start with a simple diamond-shaped design. Start by drawing… Read More
I wanted to do a little post containing some lovely spring projects I have come across on other blogs that I really love.. There are so many gorgeous features on the internet but I thought I would give you my favourites!
I love upcycling and recycling..collecting jars is one of the things I do.. I just can’t seem to throw any jars out as I think there’s so many things you can do with them! I really think the baby food jars are so cute and as some of my friends have babies, I asked them to… Read More
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
This one was quite a transformation and took me a while to actually get it right.. I found this little cabinet totally abandoned, left outside, no one wanted it.. It looked quite nice and I fell in love with the door knob, which was so pretty.. I thought if cannot rescue the cabinet, at least… Read More
I was walking around the shops one lunchtime and seen some lovely Easter decorations and in particular I saw this gorgeous burlap bunny, which I thought I could make myself. I went in our local fabric shop to see if they had any fabrics in and they actually had some lovely burlap hessian fabric, which… Read More
I absolutely love the idea of using a stencil to do some artwork whether it is on fabric, wall or furniture. I have seen so many beautiful posts on stencilling I decided to do a little post about the stencils to get inspired. I was lucky enough to receive some beautiful stencils from The Stencil Warehouse… Read More
St. Patrick’s Day on 17th March each year is a holiday that honors St. Patrick and celebrates all things Irish. May your troubles be less, And your blessing be more. And nothing but happiness, Come through your door. I thought it would be a fun idea to make some glitter glasses for the St. Patrick’s… Read More
I read a lot about a photo transfer on wood which I thought was a great idea.. I decided to try it out. For this project you will need:- – mod podge photo transfer medium – photo print – wood – mod podge – woodstain (optional) – I used the dark oak shade I was thinking… Read More
I ordered some beautiful napkins and could not wait to try some decoupaging with them.. something I have seen but never actually done myself. I have decoupaged items using prints and wallpaper but never napkins.. I decided to do a lovely vintage rose set – love heart, tealight holder and a vase. I decided to… Read More
I already posted a simple gift idea for Mother’s Day, which you can see here, so this is another post about making a simple but beautiful present for your mum. I ordered some glitter online a while back and was eager to do something with it.. I decided to use this gorgeous blue glitter on this… Read More
