Using capillary action a cardboard cut out sitting in a saturated solution of dissolved crystals can create some amazing creatures!  You ca...

It is heading for Winter here, and although winters where I live never get much colder than -1 degrees celcius, and some morning frost, ...

A few days ago, a friend of mine who has a market stall called Wytchway  was asking on facebook about where she could buy some waterproo...

I really like washi tape.  If you have read my blogpost about decorating wooden pegs , or my post about setting up my filofax  you w...

In my constant struggle to declutter and keep myself and the house organised, I have decided to be creative with storage . It is more a ...

One of my goals for 2014 is to be more active in promoting and supporting cottage industry, small family businesses, arts and crafts, an...

Up to H in my alphabet challenge blogs, and today's post is about Happily Handmade items, beautiful things made by clever artists. Bead...

Blog post brought to you by the letter C as part of my Alphabet blog challenge. My Mother taught me how to crochet when i was about fo...

Dear Batlings, Today's missive may be nothing more than a feverish rant, but i do believe it has some merit: say no to mass produced ta...

Today's blog is a feature on that amazing Steampunk artisan Kim, from the etsy store Sassysteampunk . First things first: what is St...

  Dear Batlings, I have become obsessed with tiny glass bottles, cork stoppers, and creating olde worlde apothecary labels. (I hope you li...

I bought two working quartz movement watch faces recently, i want to make bands for them so they can be used... however I cannot work out wh...