Have you been naughty or nice this year? One way to ensure (passably) good behaviour in your household is to have Santa send out his scout elves from the North Pole to be sneaky peekers and …
DIY Upcycled Toilet Roll Advent Calendar Elves
Unfortunately my crafty advent calendar wreath from last year didn’t join the big international move, fortunately toilet rolls are fairly easy to stockpile and I had another festive idea just waiting to be created! Grab your kiddo …
No Sew DIY PomPom Curtains
My tiny studio is slowly but surely coming together and I’ve discovered that removing ancient layers of wallpaper certainly takes loads of time and elbow grease but it’ll all be worth it sooner than later. …
Mend jeans with Sashiko stitching
A few days before my big international move from Berlin to Toronto was to begin tragedy struck my fave pair of jeans: Unfortunately all of my sewing gear & refashionista stash had already been packed …
The Refashioned DIY Rainbow Unicorn Costume
My kiddo had a difficult time deciding just what she wanted me to create for her Canadian Halloween debut. A trip to the thrift shop and a sort through the racks soon provided the answer in …
Easy upcycled DIY Halloween Creepy Dolls
Now that I’m back in Canada the kiddo and I can decorate our house for Halloween without being labelled as the weirdos on the block, hooray! On a side note: Having been out of the country for …
My Upcycled DIY Refashionista Studio
Purging, packing, selling and donating in preparation for our big international relocation is well under way so I thought I’d better hurry up and share my upcycled DIY refashionista studio tour before it all gets …
The Refashioned Baby Vampire Costume
It’s Karneval time in Germany and that means my quirky kiddo got to request yet another funky DIY costume. My lovely little lassie has become obsessed with vampires (with zombies coming in at a close second) …
An easy button down t-shirt refashion
Quick and easy refashions are the best, especially when they involve a bit of scrapbusting! This boring button down t-shirt was fancied up in a flash by simply raiding my stash and replacing the buttons …
Quick & Easy Recycled Gift Boxes & Bags
With all of the excess paper and packaging we have in our recycling bins there’s absolutely zero reason to purchase gift wrap + presenting your gifts in fun, unique (& reusable) packages makes them even …