My Illustrated Christmas Cards
While everyone was sunning themselves this summer I was busy putting together my illustrated Christmas card collections. I’ve got a […]
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Four Fab Christmas Trends
Now it’s November I think it’s fair enough to talk about Christmas, isn’t it? Over the coming weeks I’ll be
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IKEA hack – revamp a step stool
Being only 5ft 4in and a half (the half is very important), the IKEA step stool is my friend. The
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Meet Ella’s Menagerie part 2
In September I introduced you to some members of the household; our cool animals and characters that ‘guard’ our rooms, our
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5 New Trends for Bedrooms
We’ve been in our Wivenhoe home for four years now and we still haven’t got round to doing up our
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How I made easy fabric coasters in 10 minutes
This Shibori fabric coaster project is so easy I kind of feel bad posting it. It took me minutes to make
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Dining Trends for Autumn Winter 2015
Now we’re in October I’m declaring autumn officially open! I can lock up the barbecue (I make a great veggie
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How to make a book in eight easy steps
If you are anything like me you’ll have loads of spare bits of patterned, or even plain, card and reams
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What to do with spare fabric
I’ve been designing fabric patterns and have ordered lots of my handprinted leaf design in blue from my Spoonflower shop
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Meet Ella’s menagerie
When we moved into our new house it was our mission to create a little menagerie of cool animals and
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5 Scandi-Style Homewares
Scandinavian inspired design never seems to go out of fashion. I think it’s the fact that this style lends itself
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How to organise your craft materials – Part 1
I’m not a woman who spends loads of money on handbags and shoes. I’m not even that much of a
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Eight Rainy Day Homewares
It’s an August Bank Holiday Monday in Britain – and tradition has it that it’s normally a bit grey and rainy! As