November 27, 2013

I love things that smell good, especially during winter when I'm spending a lot of time indoors. I burn a lot of joss sticks but I also love scented candles, and this is my third tutorial featuring essential oils! (DIY one, DIY two.) I find Yankee Candles super expensive though, especially when it's so easy to make your own! I think it would be hard to replicate the smell of a Yankee Candle using this
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Posted in DIY | Tagged candles, christmas, craft, DIY, doily, eco, essential oil, gift, gold, handmade, homemade, lavender, present, recycle, spray paint, tutorial, upcycle |
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 |
August 20, 2013

I spent yesterday writing a new page, "Environment and Ethics" for the blog. Go and check it out! I just wanted to explain to you what it's about and why I've introduced it. I use this blog to share my creative projects - I talk about food, clothes and DIY - but there's another aspect of my life that's been absent thus far. I spend a lot of time thinking about and trying to act towards reducing my
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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged environment, environmentallly friendly, ethics, lifestyle changes, philosophy, positive impact, recycle, sustainable, sweatshop free, upcycle, vegan, vegetarian |