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July 11, 2017

DIY felt flower garland

DIY felt flower garland | Growing Spaces

One thing I’ve wanted from the moment we bought Algie the campervan is one of those tacky floral garland lei things that campervan owners hang from their rear view mirrors. Except that when Algie arrived, he didn’t even have a…

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May 7, 2017

DIY jewellery stand

DIY jewellery stand with Sugru | Growing Spaces

Gosh it feels like a while since I got my craft on. Seems that heading back to almost-full-time work takes a toll on the craft mojo, or maybe it’s just that I need to make more effort to carve out…

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December 17, 2016

Festive headband for B&Q

Christmas headband for B&Q | Growing Spaces

I’ve had a few unusual work commissions in the last few weeks, and making ten festive headbands for B&Q out of B&Q Christmas decorations was definitely one of them! The finished headbands were sent out to journalists as part of B&Q’s #XmasHumans…

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August 24, 2016

15 awesome DIYs to try this weekend

15 awesome DIY projects for the weekend | Growing Spaces

I’m so darn chuffed to be nominated for Best DIY/Craft Blog in the Amara Interior Blog Awards this year, and if you haven’t voted yet, don’t panic (!), you’ve got until Sept 9 to place your vote to hopefully win…

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June 1, 2016

How to fix cat scratched furniture

Cat scrached furniture hack | Growing Spaces

I’ve been wanting to fix up our tattered sofa upholstery for ages – it’d been shredded on the arms by our cats scratching it and looked really terrible. Luckily the damage was to the surface of the fabric and hadn’t…

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May 5, 2016

DIY Sharpie plant pot tutorial

DIY Sharpie plant pot tutorial | Growing Spaces

  I realised the other day that although I’d shared my handy Ikea plant pot hack on my YouTube channel, I hadn’t actually blogged about it, so I’m making up for that now with a quick tutorial. This is such…

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March 24, 2016

DIY kids art table on wheels

DIY kids art table on wheels | Growing Spaces

The twins (age six) like to draw all the time. They’ve moved away from colouring books, and instead produce endless drawings, collages and illustrated ‘books’.  Although they each have a desk in their room, they actually enjoy drawing and creating…

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January 5, 2016

How to make air-drying clay trinket dishes

Air-drying clay trinket dish DIY | Growing Spaces

Now that Christmas is over, I can finally share some of the crafts I worked on in the weeks leading up to the big day. This year I made a pledge to make as many presents as I could myself…

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June 9, 2015

#TheEverydaySpruce | DIY tea towel wall art

Turn your tea towels into wall art #theeverydayspruce | Growing Spaces

#TheEverydaySpruce – a collaborative project by lapinblu & growing spaces – | SIMPLIFY | CLARIFY | BEAUTIFY | Apologies that The Everyday Spruce has taken a longer break than Sarah-Lou and I originally intended. Real life has taken over (as…

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December 22, 2014

{Make it} DIY personalised felt stocking

DIY felt stockings | Growing Spaces

I’ve been searching for the perfect stockings ever since the twins were born, but I’ve never managed to come up trumps (probably because my searching usually consists of a mad panicked dash round the shops when they’re packed in the…

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