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January 27, 2015

The lovely people at Sugru sent me some samples to experiment with at the end of last year, and I thought I'd share the results with you! Sugru is basically play dough for grownups. It arrives as this colourful mouldable dough which then sets to become a hard rubber material. You can use it for fixing things (like phone chargers, paint brushes, or cables that have been nibbled by my naughty bunny rabbit!)
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Posted in DIY, Experimenting | Tagged cable holder, crafts, DIY, experimenting, Fixing things, fridge magnets, Repairs, Sugru, yarn holder |
September 17, 2014

When Speedy Stamps offered to send me a custom stamp to try out, I was so excited! I've been working on making my Shop Jessthetics packaging more fun and personal. I love it when I buy things from online shops and a lot of love has gone into the packaging, so that's what I'm trying to emulate. I'm so grateful for my customers and I want them to know that without using too many freebies or excessive
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Posted in DIY, Experimenting | Tagged craft, craft stamp, packaging, shop jessthetics, speedy stamps |
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 |
November 20, 2013

There's nothing better than receiving a hand written letter in the post, am I right? Don't get me wrong, I love being able to contact people immediately on social media, but letters are much more intimate and they demand your attention in a way that a tweet cannot. One of my favourite parts of writing a letter is the decoration. Here are four ideas for decorating your own letter paper. Are you and
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Posted in DIY, Experimenting | Tagged art, craft, DIY, eco paper, exotic paper company, handmade, homemade, ink, letter paper, letter set, letter writing, letter writing paper, pen pal, recycled paper, stationary |
August 23, 2013

Last week I shared some potato printing I did using fabric paints, and this week I'm going to show you my jungle t-shirt! This was a complete experiment but I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out. The fabric paint was hard to paint on because it was difficult to control - the paint kep bleeding through the fabric - but I adjusted my method to make up for that, and I'll show you what I did in
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Posted in DIY, Experimenting | Tagged art, craft, DIY, fabric paint, flowers, homemade, jungle scene, painting, upcycle |