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November 26, 2018

Simple tissue paper bag DIY advent calendar

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Usually I’m to be found on the night of the 30 November desperately pulling together our DIY advent calendar. I had a couple of days off work last week – the kids were at school, I had no grand plans,…

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November 27, 2017

DIY Advent Calendars – there’s still time!

Copper piping advent calendar | Growing Spaces

Due to the recent arrival of a puppy (sooo exciting, will share pictures very soon), I’ve had to put aside any ideas of making a DIY advent calendar this year. Luckily I have plenty stored away from previous years to…

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December 18, 2016

6 Christmas decoration Ikea hacks

6 festive Ikea hacks | Growing Spaces

I have no idea how I managed to squeeze in doing these Christmas decoration Ikea hacks this week – work has been properly crazy – but I’d had the ideas in my head for so long, that I couldn’t bear…

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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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December 10, 2016

Getting our craft on at the Make Wrap Mingle event

Make Wrap Mingle workshop | Growing Spaces

When Lynne from Papermash told me kids were welcome at the Make Wrap Mingle Christmas craft workshop she was hosting with Zeena from Heart Zeena and Geraldine from Little Big Bell, I immediately thought how much Ez would love it. At age seven,…

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December 9, 2016

Creative Christmas tree decorating inspiration

Creative Christmas tree inspiration | Growing Spaces

  Classic Scandi-style tree on My Scandinavian Home I really had no idea how much I’m drawn to a simple, Scandi-style Christmas tree until I typed ‘Christmas tree decorating ideas’ into Pinterest. Woah, there are some seriously lavish trees out there!…

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December 4, 2016

5 kraft paper Christmas gift wrapping ideas for wrap emergencies

5 Kraft paper gift wrap ideas | Growing Spaces

As soon as I finish a post featuring my latest kraft paper gift wrap ideas, I’m immediately thinking about wrapping ideas for the next one. And with last year’s festive installment of fun gift wrap ideas going bonkers on Pinterest right…

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December 2, 2016

Simple Christmas decorating with Nectar

Christmas decorating with Nectar | Growing Spaces

ADVERTORIAL December is finally here and the Christmas festivities can begin in earnest. I tend to hold off putting up our decorations until mid-December (in my house growing up they didn’t go up until the weekend before Christmas), but I thought I’d…

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November 27, 2016

Make your own flip Christmas countdown

‘How many days ’til Christmas?’ is a question I am asked by the twins about a million times a day at the moment. I downloaded a Christmas countdown app, but then an idea for a quick and easy DIY flip Christmas…

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November 25, 2016

Christmas wrapping ideas and tips with Marks & Spencer

Christmas wrap ideas and tips | Growing Spaces

I’m going to make a bit of an admission. Ben actually wraps all the Christmas presents, not me. I know, right? I write all these posts about gift wrap when really I don’t even do it myself? In my defence,…

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November 24, 2016

12 free printable DIY advent calendars

It’s nearly December and I can’t believe that I actually managed to make my own advent calendar in good time this time (if you haven’t seen my Ikea hack advent calendar do go and check it out). If you like…

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November 11, 2016

DIY contemporary Christmas advent calendar

DIY contemporary Christmas advent calendar | Growing Spaces

Last Christmas I loved our DIY copper advent calendar that I’d made the previous year so much I decided I didn’t need a new one. But this week I got the craft itch, and I felt a little festive, so I’ve made this contemporary advent calendar…

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