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Tag Archives: reclaim
Countering my Seasonal Blues
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas … As you’ll remember from a previous post, I encounter seasonal blues on an annual basis for a variety of reasons. I’m not the type of person to be defined by depression. … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Crazy Me, In the Kitchen, Stitchery
Tagged baking, blues, CBT, Christmas, Craft, crafting, decorations, depression, dried oranges, felt, felt decorations, fragrance, Gingerbread, gingerbread house, handcraft, handmade, homebaked, homemade, love, paper, paper chains, reclaim, repurpose, scent, seasonal, Sew, sewing, vintage
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Toffee Tin of Nostalgia
Recently my Granddad died. My Nanny, his wife, died 16 years ago and apparently, Granddad cleared out her stuff pretty rapidly. It came as a surprise to me then that there were a few of Nanny’s possessions left after his … Continue reading
A Quick Check-in with a Quick Refashion
Ballet = Pain. My quads ache like you would not believe. I will definitely do it again, it was a proper giggle, but will be a little more careful about how hard I work to get my position right. I … Continue reading
Posted in Attire, Crazy Me, Stitchery, Upcycling/Recycling, Vintage
Tagged Adult Ballet, Adult Ballet Class, blouse, blouse refashion, buttons, chiffon, Craft, depression, heart, love, pearl, personalise, personalised, reclaim, refashion, running, sewing, simple refashion, vintage
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Home-Grown; Good Old Fashioned Hard Work.
I guess some of you are wondering if I got off my arse at the weekend and did anything about my state of mind. I got up, washed and dressed on Saturday, shopped for some provisions, put together a salad … Continue reading
Posted in Crazy Me
Tagged challenge, companion planting, compost, depression, digging, gardening, hacking, hard graft, Home-Grown, planting, reclaim, repurpose, reuse, seeds, Veggie Patch
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You’re Winding me up!
This repurposing of a wool jumper is a very exciting task for me. It involves using many skills that I don’t yet have, and will later call upon skills that I have only recently acquired. The story so far was … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Upcycling/Recycling
Tagged ball, by hand, centre pull ball, cold wash, hank, jumper, knit, Niddy Noddy, reclaim, recycle, repurpose, reuse, skein, sweater, unravel, winding, yarn
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Recycling Yarn From a Charity Shop Find
Many apologies for the long wait for these posts. Life has its very own way of taking over and in the lives of those around me there are some really difficult times to be waded through so I am just … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Crazy Me, Upcycling/Recycling
Tagged A Crafty Coffee, charity shops, jumper, knit, reclaim, recycle, unravel, wool, yarn
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