Hey chaps! Hope over to the new Make Do and Mend-able site to hear from TV’s favourite upcycler, Max McMurdo, telling us more about The Great Home Hack. AND grab a code to bag yourself free entry to the event. AND enter the giveaway to win free tickets to my masterclass! It’s all going on…! … Continue reading
I posted recently a Summer Reading List, of books about all things sustainable, and was contacted by a wonderful lady called Nicola Baird (who I met at the Ecover Message in our Bottle launch) about one of the books that she has written called Homemade Kids. And she very kindly sent me a copy! It … Continue reading
Today, I am giving stuff away. For no other reason than I have it, I don’t need it, and someone else might like it. I thought about doing it for the 400th blog follower, or the 2500th Twitter follower etc, but I when I thought about it, I didn’t feel that comfortable with it-I want … Continue reading
I can feel the excitement in the air, and the tension is palpable… I know you are all on the edge of your seats desperate to know the FIVE lucky winners of my wonderful Message in a Bottle Ecover Giveaway… Drumroll please… In no particular order: Vivienne left this message about plastic bag use: “<3 … Continue reading
Yes, that’s right folks, it’s My Make Do and Mend Year’s first ever ever ever GIVEAWAY!!! Can you bear the excitement..? But this is not any old giveaway. THIS, is a giveaway with a conscience! You may remember my recent jaunt up to the Big Smoke to take part in Ecover’s Secret Blogger’s Mission, where … Continue reading
Knitting ideas, inspiration and free patterns, plus crochet, weaving, and more
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
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Let's fix our relationship with electronics
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)
The Visible Mending Programme: making and re-making
thrifty, creative & eco-friendly ways to raise children
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Proof that "We're going to live in a tent in a field" is easier read than done
