It’s oh so quiet….

I’m still here! Apologies for the lack of posts. I have been working away like made on the book AND the new website, and am pleased to report that significant progress is being made on both…! Here’s an update: The Book-Make Do and Mend-able Back to Basics I originally, naively, embarked on this project as … Continue reading →

Top Ten Tips for Buying Nothing New

In yesterday’s post all about sustainable New Year’s Resolutions, I promised you some top tips of you are contemplating making Buying Nothing New the resolution for you this year. Here goes: 1) If the thought of a year Buying Nothing New is making you feel a little trepidatious (I assure you you will find it … Continue reading →

Sustainable Resolutions

New Year’s Eve, and even before the old year is officially over, thoughts are turning to the shiny new year, and all our hopes and aspirations for 2015. If you are wanting to try and make your life more sustainable, dare I say it, ‘greener’, then here are some suggestions of do-able resolutions, and awesome … Continue reading →

Make Do and Mend Christmas Linky Round-Up!

I set up a linky post a little while ago, asking you all to link up any blog posts from your archive, that fit in with the theme of a Make Do and Mend Christmas. And link up you did! Thankyou so much to everyone who added their brilliant blog posts 🙂 I’ve collated them into … Continue reading →

Your Top Make Do and Mend Tips

I asked for Your Top Make Do and Mend Tips a little while ago, and you very generously came up trumps (yet again!) As suspected, I was too last minute to get organised with business cards, but I am love the idea of collating all your fave tips and having them printed onto business cards or … Continue reading →

Make Do and Mend Christmas Linky

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 →

Make Do and Mend-able Facebook Community

I’m sure you have all noticed how much I LOVE the weekly #makedoandmendhour Twitter chats It is such a fabulous community of wonderful people sharing all their awesome Makes, and Mends. It’s also a great place for people to ask for help with all things Make Do and Mend, and its such a lovely feeling … Continue reading →

E-book update

I blogged at the beginning of June about the Screw Work Lets Play 30 Day Challenge that I had embarked on. The challenge I had set myself was to create a collaborative Make Do and Mend Back to Basics e-book. I thought I should give you all an update….. I asked you all for feedback on … Continue reading →

Make Do and Mend Monthly Magazine Blog Post Thing-April

I’m back in the land of Make Do and Mend, after a little sojourn to the land of Energy Saving while the Great Energy Race was on. I know I missed March’s Magazine Blog Post Thing-for all those of you who were waiting for it with bated breath, and I apologise 🙂 So here wo … Continue reading →

A Good Idea Indeed….

OK, so the response was a fairly unanimous and resounding YES PLEASE to the proposed Make Do and Mend Monthly Magazine (well, blog post…). I am just now a little concerned that I won’t match your expectations, but here goes! Post-Christmas, and we think January Blues, Austerity, New Year’s Resolutions, Bright Shiny New Starts, and … Continue reading →