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
Oh My Goodness. October. Very officially Autumn, and well on the way to Christmas…Eeeek! Apologies for the lack of a linky last month-September kind of ran away with me… The idea is that we all share each month what we are Making, Making Do with, and Mending, and if you have a blog, you can … Continue reading
Here we go then, this week’s #makedoandmendhour! Pics we shared: 1. Brilliant bug house! Made from an old CD cabinet, broken fence panel and discarded bricks! From @kykaree 2. Alarm cable inner strands awaiting upcycling by @SueArcher6 3. Bottle top bead curtain! Linked together with fishing line, by @smalldustytown 4. 36ft of free shelving from … Continue reading
July already, how did that happen?! I missed this week’s #makedoandmendhour, as I had to help out selling refreshments at a school event, but the super lovely, amazing “eco-chic” Chris from GDUK Style very kindly stepped in to host the hour. Check out Chris’s website for LOADS of inspirational upcycling and styling ideas, and she … Continue reading
Hurray for May! And the sunshine, and for finally starting to feel like summer might just be on the way 🙂 I blogged at the start of the week about Me Made May, so it seems sensible to dedicate May’s edition of the Make Do and Mend Monthly Magazine Blog Post Thing to all things … Continue reading
Last year, in a vain attempt to be more exciting than a Lego Advent Calendar, I made up a calendar of “Things We Can Do Together”. I resent feeling obliged to spend money on pointless bits of crap to put in an Advent Calendar, and there are lots of cool things to do, and things … Continue reading
I blogged yesterday about how I think that the blog and in fact I, have gone off track a bit lately, and how I want to get back to Making Do and Mending. So I have come up with a list of things I still want to have a go at before the year is up: … 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!
Inspired by Make Something Month
Author, trainer, coach
connecting people, place and planet
by Jack Monroe, bestselling author of 'A Girl Called Jack'
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)
Makes, remakes, mends, darns, sews, arts, and crafts.
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
My Make Do and Mend Year 