A handmade cottage: a rustic vintage wedding

Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Transforming and upcycling your clothes

You don't have to be a super seamstress to update your existing clothes. Here's a few simple changes that will transform your clothes and give them a new lease of life ...

Beautiful buttons!

Change them. If you've got a pretty-but-plain shirt or cardigan, update it by swapping it's boring old buttons for some pretty colourful ones ... or even some rustic wooden ones! (which also compliment chunky knitwear).

I love collecting buttons ... and I felt these complemented this shirt perfectly.
They turned this regular shirt into something special and original.

Thursday, 29 May 2014

How to make simple rustic bunting - for any occasion

This video will show you how to make simple rustic vintage bunting that works for ANY occasion:

WEDDINGS, BIRTHDAYS, CHRISTMAS and GARDEN PARTIES!

Super easy and ideal for absolute beginners and experienced crafters.

Ralphy (my dog) and I show you how to make three types of bunting, in just 3 minutes ...

* SUPER EASY VINTAGE BUNTING * DOUBLE SIDED BUNTING *

and BUNTING LIKE YOU GET IN THE SHOPS!

Enjoy and don't miss Ralphy's party trick at the end! :-)

JM & R xx

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Our handmade wedding

Next week hubby and I will celebrate our first wedding anniversary! *beams*
So I thought this would be the perfect time to tell you about ... our handmade wedding. I suggest you make a cuppa and curl up in a chair for this one. Those about to marry might find this very helpful, and those who aren't might also find it useful as many of the crafty ideas we used are just great for around the house and garden, lace lanterns and bunting for example. I've got SO many things to show you so today I'm just going to give you a little taster of what we got up to, and in the coming weeks I'll go into more depth on each subject; show you the making of the dress, and photos of all the crafty bits and photos from the making-of! We didn't have a huge budget to play with so my thrifty knowledge came in very handy, and with the help of family we managed to craft the perfect day. I learnt quite a lot in the process so hopefully I can pass some crafty wedding wisdom ...

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