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    DIY Tutorial - Upcycled Halloween Lanterns
    • Oct 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    DIY Tutorial - Upcycled Halloween Lanterns

    Halloween is annual celebration where anything goes! Costumes, pumpkin carving, huge piles of sweets…there’s plenty of excitement and fun to be had by kids and adults alike! Hand in hand with Halloween is crafting and we thought we’d walk you through this striking upcycling project using up what you might already have at home. Making as good a decoration by your front door, as it would as a lantern for little hands to carry while trick or treating, everyone in the family can
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    DIY kid’s Halloween lantern with FREE PDF templates
    • Oct 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    DIY kid’s Halloween lantern with FREE PDF templates

    Perfect to occupy the kids for a morning, these creative Halloween lanterns are super easy to make using our free PDF template download.
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    Halloween printed lantern kit DIY tutorial with FREE PDF templates
    • Oct 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    Halloween printed lantern kit DIY tutorial with FREE PDF templates

    Halloween is nearly upon u! Make this simple, but effective DIY printed lantern, to create your very own bespook (!) Halloween decoration!
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    How to make a birdcage lampshade DIY tutorial
    • Oct 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    How to make a birdcage lampshade DIY tutorial

    Bring colour and a sense of humour to your home, by making this DIY birdcage shade on a budget. Follow our step by step tutorial!
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    Whirly Crochet Mandala - FREE pattern download
    • Jun 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    Whirly Crochet Mandala - FREE pattern download

    Creativity can be applied to everything if you try hard enough and this bright, Whirly Crochet Mandala proves just that! Made from one of our plain 30 cm Lampshade rings, Jenny Conduit, Editor of Crochet Now magazine, used her talent and knowledge for crochet to turn four fun coloured cotton yarns into this sunny crochet wall hanging - great for brightening up a blank wall space! Ideal for beginner or intermediate crocheters, you can download Jenny's FREE Crochet pattern bel
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    Would you make your first handmade lampshade a whopper like this?
    • Dec 5, 2017
    • 1 min

    Would you make your first handmade lampshade a whopper like this?

    Just look at this huge lampshade! Made by a professional, right? NO, Wrong! Made as a first attempt by this brave couple from Ayrshire. Why start so big I hear you ask? Stewart and Beverley were having so much trouble finding a lampshade that would sit over their chandelier and were about to give up hope when they spotted our lampshade kits and thought they’d give lampshade making a try. Another month or so of fabric hunting passed until they found the perfect piece and set t
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    How to make a bottle lamp
    • Sep 26, 2017
    • 2 min

    How to make a bottle lamp

    DIY bottle lamp tutorial. Learn how to make a bottle lamp with this easy to use adaptor. No drilling needed! There’s so much room for creativity with this simple bottle adaptor kit! Make use of those beautiful and cherished bottles and upcycle them into statement DIY lighting pieces for your home. This really is a very quick and easy project, suitable for adults and children (with adult assistance). Follow the instructions and watch the video below to learn how to make a bott
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    4 Great Home DIY Projects!
    • Aug 22, 2017
    • 1 min

    4 Great Home DIY Projects!

    Make these lovely home-dyed napkins using plant and vegetable dye with Mollie Makes! Fantastic way to up-style your ottoman with Sugar and Cloth. Sophie Robinson suggests painting with happy colours on her 10 Ways to create a happy home post. 4. We love this DIY video tutorial by Sea lemon on cement planters you can easily make at home. Share this: Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Ope
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