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A staple guns makes reupholstering easy Tutorial at Pillarboxblue Box "I have been called the denim whisperer, because of all the things that I make with old jeans. From sunglasses cases, magazine racks and pocket organizers. I just love upcycling with old denim. So when my office chair was in need of a makeover then this Ikea hack had to involve denim. This isn’t my first denim chair upcycle, in the past I’ve upcycled a dining room chair and foot stool with old jeans. I’m sure it won’t be my last either. Upholstering in denim is a lot easier than it looks, especially with a bit of staple gun magic".... Read more

Refreshing drink for adults and kids, perfect for parties Tutorial at Creative Homemaking Blog "Ever since I visited Spain, many moons ago, I fell in love with sangria. It’s not the alcohol I used to love about it but the great assortment of fruit! But as I’ve given up alcohol a few years back I didn’t have the chance to enjoy a real sangria ever since. Until yesterday when I decided to make a non alcoholic sangria recipe!  This version is pretty similar to “the real thing” without the alcohol buzz which I don’t miss at all. This lovely recipe is so nice to sip on and/or to “snack” on the fruit. I used a lot of lemon and orange as I think citrus is the perfect choice for a refreshing summer drink".... Read more

All you need are vinyl stickers and plain notebooks Tutorial at The Beauty DoJo Blog   "Today is an exciting day, because I have a brand new DIY project just for you! Did I mention that it’s super easy too? Something that I can never have too many of are: notebooks! I love keeping a stockpile of cute notebooks to write down my thoughts, ideas, and to do lists. These vinyl letter notebooks are super simple to make and you can customize them anyway you want to fix your lifestyle".... Read more

You'll be surprised at how easy it really is to sew Tutorial at Coloured Buttons Blog "This watermelon softie has just been published in the new summer edition of Casa Creativa and Sew A Softie day seemed the perfect opportunity for me to post it here also. It’s not quite as easy as my little felt zenkis like Millie but it’s still a very simple and straightforward softie to sew and really fun to make by yourself or with your kids…although I’m not sure if my little kitty’s terribly impressed".... Read more

Build a base out of wood to match a sink you love Tutorial at Grandma's House DIY Blog "I knew from the minute I laid eyes on it that it would become our kitchen sink and that I would be building a custom kitchen sink base for it! Never mind that it had been sitting in a shed for god knows how long and it had, in fact, been filled to the brim with a mouse nest and had probably raised hundreds (if not thousands) of rodents for decades and was, in fact, totally covered in the resulting excretions. Nope, none of that bothered me! I took one look at this sink and my heart soared. It was perfect! Ok, so it definitely ended up “too high” for most people’s standards but, in the end, both Joe and I love our kitchen sink! Once we had our appliances installed I gathered my materials for building the kitchen sink base".... Read more

Recycled books and bamboo skewers keep your knives sharp Tutorial at A Crafty Mix Blog "A few weeks ago Kimm from Reinvented posted a picture on Pinterest of a knife block made from a few books and I fell in love. It was so gorgeous and unique and I had to make one for our kitchen. Just gluing the books together didn’t work to well for us though. I found that some of our knives tore the pages. Probably because I use those knives as screw drivers when I’m to lazy to fetch the real thing Cleaning the knife block was also a bit of a problem. Those sharp knife points keep popping out the bottom and stabbing me. Long story short we had to make some changes to accommodate our bent, all purpose knives. If you’re keen to make one here’s how we did it using old damaged books, skewers and plywood" ....Read more

T-shirt dress tutorial and printable pattern for size large Tutorial at Mary Martha Mama Blog "I went about my morning, doing this and that, and I descended the stairs to the basement to do laundry.  And somehow, I have no idea how, I accidentally got bleach on my dress.  My t-shirt dress.  Again, not fancy, but the perfect-fitting, comfy, wonderful t-shirt dress of my dreams.  Ruined. Yes, I could go out and buy a new one.  But I looked and they didn’t have them any more.  So I decided that I needed to make a clone.  And that’s just what I did.  So today I’m sharing my tutorial for how I made it".... Read more