The last last minute gift – instant DIY sweater Bracelets

As Heiligabend (Christmas eve) is the big-gift-giving-stuff-your-face day in Germany my last minute gift making time has been shortened by a full 24 hours! eek! Enter the last lastseriouslyabsolutelast minute handmaderecycledrefashioned gift: Cuffs & bracelets …

Wrap it up…for free!

I’m a packaging saver…envelopes, tissue paper, bubble wrap…you name it…I have a neatly packed bag full of it! Why recycle when you can upcycle…right? This year I decided to raid (some of) my packaging stash: …

Bodacious Upcycled DIY Bows

Aaaaa gift wrapping – a chore I hate to love. I think the perfect gift should be accessorized but as buying bows and ribbons isn’t the most sustainable way to prettify a present I like to create …

The 10 minute jewellery box transformation

Guests are arriving in just over a week for their first ever European Holiday so I’ve been creating (& buying) a load of welcome-to-Berlin-I-haven’t-seen-you-in-ages gifts to lavish upon them. While  wrapping everything up nice & …

The DIY Upcycled Secret Book Safe

Yay! My wonderful Anne of Green Gables book arrived from England! Boo! This is what it looked like when opened: I contacted the seller & they sent me a shiny new copy lickety split! Hmmm…what …