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  • A stack of Wonka Scrumdidilyumptious bars with four loose bars beside them

    Wonka Scrumdidilyumptious Bars

    When I made last year’s Willy Wonka costume I made some Wonka Bars for my then 6 year old to take into school. This year I have decided to up the game by making some Wonka Scrumdidilyumptious Bars. The first step to making the bars was to find an inexpensive and widely available chocolate bar…

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  • Batch Upcycling

    Today was the first day of the year that I have looked outside and thought ‘it won’t be long before I can hang my washing outside’, and the idea filled me with joy. The idea of clean fresh clothes fluttering in a sunny breeze will be a welcome relief to both the senses and the…

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  • A folded maroon t-shirt with a child's handwriting on it, in gold, reading 'I am elderly now'.

    A T-shirt To Retire In

    Last year, my seven year old learned about the stages of life at school, as he traced his own background and learned about childhood, teenage years, adulthood, and old age. One of the stages of life they covered was later life; specifically the link between retirement and old age. They learned about being ‘elderly’ and…

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  • A row of five blue bird silhouettes on the line of a stripy top

    A Top Transformation

    Before Christmas I was kindly given a pile of tops from a friend who was having a sort through her collection (and I really do mean collection, stripy tops are her trademark) and had some that were too big for her. I was really grateful for them as Bean is rapidly growing upwards, and as…

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  • We Are The Dreamers Of The Dreams

    Last year I decided to make what I decided was going to be my magnum opus in terms of the things I have or will ever make, and it was a Willy Wonka costume, of all things. It came about after a post on Twitter where people were asking what was the greatest coat of…

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  • Custom Hot Chocolate Sign

    I’ve finally finished the last of the Christmas projects. This one was a bit of a hangover project that ran into January. It was supposed to be hung with he rest of the Christmas decorations: this one on the kitchen cabinet above where Russell usually makes the hot drinks, but it was pushed out of…

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