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Apr
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Making Friendship Bracelets with a Braiding Disc

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The first thing is to make your braiding disc. Use some stiff cardboard, and trace around a glass. You need as many discs as people doing the craft. So in my case, 4. Cut 8 slots in the disc Read more [...]

May
24

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Pattern: Grandma’s TV Slippers

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Grandma used to make these slippers for me, I remember her making them, and I remember just how comfy they were. I now make them for my children, who love them as much as I did! I didn't want this Read more [...]

Mar
3

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Recipe: Chocolate Bar Popcorn

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What you'll need: Popcorn Chocolate bars (I used Moro's) Butter Milk How to make it: Pop the popcorn. Cut the Moro's into little bits, in a microwave bowl. Melt by 10 seconds at a Read more [...]

Feb
23

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Wedding Table Decorations

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We decided to go for plain white tableclothes, with our table name cards on them, and something to do with a candle. I headed down to the local $2 shop, and bought some stones, candles and glass coasters. Using Read more [...]

Feb
21

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Tutorial: Ring Bearer Pillow

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You will need: Base material (mine is white satin) Contrasting material (mine is blue satin) Needle & thread Sewing machine (or you could hand sew) Rings ;) How to make it: Cut Read more [...]

Feb
9

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Tutorial: Wedding Hair Bows

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I made these hair bows for our wedding, for the flowergirls. What you'll need: Ribbons - one wider than the other works best. Hair clip - $2 shops sell these String of beads Accessories Scissors Hot Read more [...]

Feb
8

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Tutorial: Wedding Table Name Cards

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We decided to save a bit of money by making a lot of the things ourselves. This included most of the table decorations. For this tutorial you will need: Card Ribbon Lighter (if you have Read more [...]

Feb
7

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Tutorial: Wedding Favour Wine Glass Charms

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During the wedding planning, we talked about what favours, if any, we were going to make. We decided we wanted something personal, something handmade, by us. Finally we chose to do wine charms, lovely Read more [...]

Jan
26

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52 Reasons Why I Love You

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What you'll need: a deck of cards a printer, or paper to write on a hole punch a ribbon, or something to hold it together with. Glue (or scrapbooking sticky stuff) How to make it: Print Read more [...]

Jan
24

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Tutorial: Coke Bottle Purse

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You will need: 2 x 1.5 litre coke bottles (or similar) a zip hot glue gun a knife How to make it: Cut your bottles off, at the same place, at the bottom of each bottle. Measure your Read more [...]

Jan
3

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Screenshot with Mac OX

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This is something I want to do every now and again, and every time I have to fluff around trying different combos til I get it right. I figured I'd do a post to help me, and any others who want to know/remember Read more [...]

Dec
26

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Tutorial: Christmas Cake Balls

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So Christmas is over, and like most people, you probably have a lot of Christmas cake left over. So make yourself some Christmas Cake Balls. You will need: Christmas cake (or pudding) Juice Read more [...]
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