My upcycled paper plate buttons

I discovered a couple of polka dot paper plates hidden at the bottom of my kiddo’s crafty stash box and inspiration whacked me over the head, hard! How adorable are those giant buttons? Create the …

My Scrappy Upcycled DIY Wall Hanging

Add some colour to your walls with my crazy quick no-sew decor tutorial! Check out all of my upcycled home tutorial here & continue your passion for refashion with my  Confessions of a Refashionista e-book series: …

My DIY Upcycled Vintage Living Room

Take a peek at the before and after video tour of my handmade, upcycled, thrifted, vintage living room and then have a scroll through my tutorials for the nest for all of the projects mentioned …

Kawaii Kimono Scrap Patchwork Art

Even after creating this and this and these, I still have loads of gorgeous kimono scraps left from my 2013 swap that I’m struggling to put to good use:  Thankfully our new digs had an incredibly awkward …

the terrific tassen teppich: an upcycled mug rug diy

Tassen Teppich (Mug Rugs in English) are marvelously quick scrap-busting creations that also make adorkable little gifts: Break out your heap of scraps & let’s get making the terrific tassen teppich: an upcycled mug rug diy:

Sad no more! (a DIY solution for oily wood)

I spied this lurvly solid wood bench in a second hand shop window: I immediately pulled over for a closer look & discovered 4 things: it was once the end part of a bigger piece (there …

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 …