September 14, 2014
For most of this year I've been living with my parents in our family home in Leicestershire, writing this blog and running my Etsy shop. All of the sewing, crafting and making that I do comes with a lot of craft supplies! I also have lots of art materials left over from studying art at A level and GCSE and I keep most of my Shop Jessthetics supplies in my room. It was getting pretty messy and it was
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Posted in DIY | Tagged craft shelves, DIY, furniture, handmade, my room, organisation |
July 28, 2014
I got the Great British Sewing Bee book for my birthday, and the first thing that I've made from it are these men's shorts! I've actually just used the pattern for the men's trousers from the book and made them shorter. James needed more clothes for his holidays to Greece and India this summer and he was disappointed with what he found in both vintage and high street shops. It must be frustrating
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Posted in DIY, Sewing | Tagged DIY, great british sewing bee, great british sewing bee book, handmade, mens shorts, sew your own wardrobe, sewing, summer shorts |
June 14, 2014
After using Thermomorph to make a plant pot last week, I had loads of pellets left so I decided to have a go at making some plastic jewellery. I used a cookie cutter again, this time in the cutest little daisy shape! I've attached the plastic flowers to a choker I bought from eBay. Who knew 90s "tattoo" chokers would be cool again? Oh well, I'm not complaining!
You will need: Thermomorph, Choker,
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Posted in DIY | Tagged choker, craft, daisy jewellery, daisy necklace, diasy choker, DIY, DIY choker, diy DAISY CHAIN CHOKER, DIY jewellery, handmade, homemade, thermomorph |
June 8, 2014
When Thermomorph first contacted me, I thought the product sounded a little like a character from a superhero movie. It's not actually a type of transformer, but a box of moldable plastic! Think play dough for grownups, you pour the little plastic balls into a bowl of boiling water and you get a lump of plastic that you can mold into whatever you like. Because this stuff sets very quickly (I'm talking
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Posted in DIY, Experimenting | Tagged craft, DIY, DIY elephant plantpot, DIY plantpot, elephant, handmade, homemade, moldable plastic, platpot, thermomorph, yellow elephent |
June 4, 2014
I've been doing a lot of sewing recently, and as a result I've collected a lot of thread! I could no longer close the lid on my sewing box so I knew I needed a better storage solution. This yellow thread holder stores a lot (181 spools to be exact) and it's beautifully colourful :) Now I just need to fill up all that empty space! I decided to use nails as bobbin holders on the bottom half
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Posted in DIY, Sewing | Tagged cotton holder, craft, DIY, handmade, hanging thread holder, homamde, spool holder, thread holder, thread holder on wall, thread rack, yellow, yellow thread display |
