Archive for the ‘Makeovers’ Category

Cutlery Garden Markers Tutorial

Sunday, March 7, 2010 8:56 4 Comments

I’m not a girly girl, I don’t “squee” very often, but I have to admit I let out a sound probably usually only reserved for images of puppies and ducklings when I saw these awesome garden markers. Take a trip to the opshop and pick up some old cutlery, hammer the hell out of it [...]

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Valentines Plate Tutorial

Monday, February 1, 2010 14:17 18 Comments

This is less tutorial (it’s as simple as drawing on a plate) and more review, but I recently discovered these porcelain pens in Spotlight and I am completely in love.
You Will Need

One Porcelain pen – they’re made by “Pebeo” and I found them in my local Spotlight in the craft section with the regular ink [...]

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Make Your Own Canvas Tree Collages

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:34 4 Comments

Tiffany Bird of Simply Modern Mom recently wrote about making over her master bedroom on a budget. The transformation was amazing, turning a fairly standard mismatched bedroom into a sanctuary within her home.

One of the things that stood out for me were the tree canvases above the dresser, like most artwork they’re simple but very [...]

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Seven Ideas To Recycle And Re-use Old T-Shirts

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 14:33 1 Comment

My camera decided that last week was a good time for it to die, so there’s currently a brief pause on tutorials from me, but never fear, as I have been scouring my favourite links and sites to find the best tutorials, ideas and patterns out there to turn your old t-shirts into fabulous new [...]

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T-shirt Into Drawstring Bag Tutorial

Saturday, July 12, 2008 20:57 6 Comments

I woke up inspired this morning, and so decided to share it with the world, so here’s my tutorial for turning an old t-shirt into an awesome bag, in this case it’s toddler sized for my son, but size wise you’re only limited by the size of your t-shirt.
You will need:

one kick arse retro t-shirt
Some [...]

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Inspiration Board Tutorial

Saturday, July 5, 2008 9:10 3 Comments

This week’s tut is fairly simplistic, I have the headache to end all headaches so I haven’t been able to put as much time into it as I would normally, as far as I’m aware I haven’t missed any massive steps, but let me know if there’s something that I’ve let slip
As mentioned [...]

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