Published by Hardie Grant Hardback £20 eBook £10 With the book world going bonkers about The Great British Bake Off everyone is talking, eating and dreaming cake, so it is a good time to review a book by the Queen of the Cakewalk and founder of the popular baking boutique Fancy Nancy, Juliet Sear. The… Continue reading Want to make a really special cake? Then look no further, we bring you CAKEOLOGY by Juliet Sear
50 Projects by Designers and Artists ‘Design objects that you can make yourself? Actually it’s a contradiction in terms.’ Says Thomas Barnthaler in this inspirational book that started life as an experiment. International star designers were invited to create something that readers could make for themselves. It had to be a piece of furniture, an… Continue reading For the creative, a fun book full of artist’s designs ‘DO IT YOURSELF’ BY THOMAS BARNTHALER
We were all brought up with Lego and there is still plenty of it around. This is a brilliant if a bit cheeky way of storing your keys. If you have a brother, boyfriend, girlfriend or know a child that has some Lego, they might give you some in return for a Lego key ring.… Continue reading How to make Lego key rings and a place to store them.
I found an old box of my husband's Meccano pieces in the attic and thought the industrial vibe would transform into a great lamp. You can find bits of Meccano in second hand shops and on line or buy new from places such as Argos RRP from £9.99 You will need Turquoise flex and a… Continue reading Make your very own lamp out of vintage mechano
Recently I found an ancient, well 1990’s Dylon leaflet about marbling on fabric and so intrigued were we that we decided to create a marbled cushion. Traditionally marbling was done on paper and was achieved by floating oil colour on water or size. If you try and do this on fabric, the fabric feels hard… Continue reading Marble your own fabric to create these stylish cushions!
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