Have you heard about The Great Home Hack-the UK’s first ‘home hacking event’?! Running over three days from the 13th-15th March, at Fulham Palace in London, The Great Home Hack will showcase the very best of British upcycling. And I’m going to be there, running a Masterclass-eeeek! The event is curated by Upcycler extraordinaire, Max … Continue reading
I promised you the flapjack recipe a couple of days ago, so here it is! I’ve always been a bit hit and miss with flapjack, and it’s either overdone and a bit on the crunchy side, or underdone and falls apart. But now I think I have nailed it. And not only that, it tastes … Continue reading
As promised, here is the lowdown on how I made the blanket for my wonderful new nephew 🙂 I intended to have a go at a ripple blanket, following the pattern from Cute and Easy Crocheted Baby Clothes by Nikki Trench, that I got out from the library (and had to renew twice as I … Continue reading
Not ours, I hasten to add! Buy my brother and his wife have had a beautiful baby boy, after a very tough couple of years, and he has already bought so much joy and happiness 🙂 The Smalls are very excited at their new very important roles of big cousins, and are looking forwards to … Continue reading
I was asked to contribute some of my thoughts on food waste recently by a very lovely called Bibi. In amongst our e-mail correspondence we ended exchanging our favourite zero-waste recipes. I sent Bibi the link to my Dead Bread recipe, and Bibi sent me a fabulous recipe for Baked Rice, from an Italian Vegetarian … 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
It’s half-term here in Wiltshire, and right on cue we have rain….! The Smalls and I had a sneaky lie in this morning, leafing through a Make and Do book I picked up in a charity shop for 60p (biggest bargain EVER!), picking out things we might like to make, and making a list of … Continue reading
Hurray! I have finally, and very belatedly, finished my January make for the #mmaw2015 challenge 🙂 I decided a little while ago that I wanted to try and work my way through Tilly Walne’s fab book, Love at First Stitch. It makes sense, as it is aimed at beginners dressmakers, and with each project it … Continue reading
I had an e-mail the other day from the lovely people at TRAID-a charity working to stop clothes being thrown away. They have stores across London, and run some great events, including clothing repair and upcycling. The e-mail was asking if I would like to join them for their event next week (Thursday 19th) at … 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
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A money-saving, growing-our-own, making-do-and-mending husband-and-wife blog
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