I’ve been promising you the new Make Do and Mend-able website for what feels like a looooong time, (I originally blogged about it here, waaaay back in May last year!) but I’m jumping up and down with excitement to say that it should be ready to launch this coming Thursday! I’m trying hard to … Continue reading
Someone posted about these in our Make Do and Mend-able Facebook group this morning, and it is such a FABULOUS idea, I want to share it with you! The idea is like all great ideas, ridiculously easy, you take a book, you leave a book, and people and communities can share books-hurray! The Little Free … Continue reading
I’ve been asked to write some blog posts for a website called Don’t Fret About Debt, that aims, as the name suggests, to help people get clear of debt. I was asked to come up with some suggestions to help people save money, while Making Do and Mending, and I’m their ‘featured writer’ for a … Continue reading
Isn’t that what every girl wants for her birthday..?! Except if you are of the Make Do and Mend mentality, you will be more delighted with a knicker making workshop and a book all about how to make sweets. So you can imagine how excited I was to get exactly these two things for my birthday last … Continue reading
We’ve had a great thread going over in the Make Do and Mend-able community FB group, about Christmas, and ideas for homemade, handmade, buy nothing new, make do and mend type presents and cards etc. I thought that it might a nice idea to do a linky, for people to link up their blog posts … Continue reading
The book! I bet you all thought I had forgotten about the book! If you are thinking, “what book?”, I am referring to my Make Do and Mend-able Back to Basics e-book! It’s a collaboration with other fabulous Make Do and Mend-ers, and aims to cover the basics of (at least some aspects of) Make … Continue reading
Today, we have an interview with Harriet Rockliff, part of the fab team behind the DoNation. What is the DoNation I hear you cry? Find out below! 1. Tell us all about the DoNation! What is it? How does it work? And what does it aim to do? The DoNation is a platform where people … Continue reading
On Saturday evening, I was lucky enough to be able to squeeze in (quite literally , it was standing room only!) to see The Minimalists on this book tour, in Romsey near Southampton. The Minimalists are two American guys (I think if you’re an American male, you have to be a ‘guy’, or maybe even … Continue reading
BigSmall is six! I have absolutely NO idea how that happened, or where the last six years have gone. As we all know, being six is a Big Deal. And merits much celebration. But is it possible to have a Buy Nothing, Zero Waste 6th Birthday (without the 6 year old even being aware of … Continue reading
What a crap braggy blog title that is-sorry. But I did. Much to my complete surprise, I won the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Volunteer of the Year award! I did a lot of work last year with Emma Croft, who is the Trust’s Waste Minimisation Officer. With her help, I ran some Swishes, and Repair Cafes, … Continue reading
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Other than my pants, the rest are charity finds
A money-saving, growing-our-own, making-do-and-mending husband-and-wife blog
Some of the cool and useful food, craft and sustainability skills that your grandparents knew, but probably didn't teach you!
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connecting people, place and planet
by Jack Monroe, bestselling author of 'A Girl Called Jack'
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Every month (except December) we bring people together* to give the objects we share our world with a second lease of life and to chat and have a cuppa whilst we're at it (*currently online)
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thrifty, creative & eco-friendly ways to raise children
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