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    5 Fantastic Family Craft Projects To Make For Easter
    • Apr 7
    • 3 min

    5 Fantastic Family Craft Projects To Make For Easter

    Easter is a fantastic excuse to get out the craft kit and do some family making. We've got 5 fantastic ideas to keep kids, and grown-ups alike, entertained during the holidays. With a mix of making, designing, painting, colouring and glueing, each project is an explosion of spring colour and creativity in its own right. And you guessed it - we've even included a lampshade! 1. Easter Egg Wreath Simple, but effective is often the best kind of crafting, especially where younger
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    DIY tutorial – Bottle lamp adpator + lampbase upcycle
    • Aug 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    DIY tutorial – Bottle lamp adpator + lampbase upcycle

    Our bottle lamp adaptors are a great way of enjoying your favourite spirit and making a table lamp, surely a winning combination? For today’s post we’ve taken this one step further and added a simple, but effective decorative touch to our handmade base using copper tape, more commonly seen in gardens as a defence against pests. Converting any bottle to a lamp is quick and easy using one of our bottle lamp adaptors leaving time for you to make up a bespoke lampshade making kit
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    DIY Tutorial – Summer Stick It PVC coasters
    • Aug 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    DIY Tutorial – Summer Stick It PVC coasters

    Bring bright bold colours to your summer dining with our fun and easy to make Stick It PVC cork coasters. As with all our Needcraft kits that use Stick It PVC, the coasters are totally customisable using your own choice of fabric. Better still the cool coasters can be made in under half an hour. We’ve opted for a colour popping fabric with a matching Chic Fabric Adhesive Tape edging. Whatever style you go for they would make a gorgeous gift for a friend, or simply sit back
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    DIY Tutorial - Vintage Doily Dreamcatcher
    • May 24, 2021
    • 3 min

    DIY Tutorial - Vintage Doily Dreamcatcher

    Garden parties, BBQ's, camping trips or alfresco cocktail parties, however you're seeing friends over the bank holiday weekend, bring a touch of boho style to your outdoor space with our quick and easy DIY Vintage Doily Dreamcatcher. Great for upcycling, cotton doilies are beautiful pieces of vintage textile and handily are relatively easy to find on Etsy and Ebay or your local charity shop. Cheap as well as simple to make, all you'll need is a Dannells plain ring, some embro
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    DIY tutorial - Felt Flower Easter Wreath
    • Mar 30, 2021
    • 3 min

    DIY tutorial - Felt Flower Easter Wreath

    What better way is there to celebrate Easter than with a little easy crafting? This door wreath is a lovely way of welcoming in the Easter weekend and is super quick to make. We'll teach you how to make two different types of pretty felt flowers, with our step by step guides and how to assemble your wreath using a plain lampshade ring and some ribbon - it really is that simple! Great for scrapbusting, this project is one the kids can even try too. In place of using a glue gun
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    Mother's Day Make - Mini  Empire Fairy Light Shades
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 3 min

    Mother's Day Make - Mini Empire Fairy Light Shades

    There is nothing nicer and more satisfying than hand making a gift for someone else - especially if that's your Mum or someone you hold dear. These DIY Mini Empire Fairy Light Shades take a couple of hours to make, using basic lampshade making techniques and you can add a personal touch with your choice of fabric scraps and assortment of trims. The result? A pretty and unique Mother's Day gift! To make our Mini Empire Shade template, we used our Lampshade Design Service and i
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    How to make a mini lampshade garland for Spring
    • Mar 31, 2020
    • 2 min

    How to make a mini lampshade garland for Spring

    Clear your mind and get creative - that’s our new mantra. In these unusual times we couldn’t think of anything better than letting your mind focus on making and getting the reward and satisfaction of making something from scratch. Using scraps or fat quarters of pretty spring fabric, off cuts of Stick it lampshade PVC and a few simple steps, you’ll find this mini lampshade garland comes together in no time. It’s even something you could even make with the kids at the weekend
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