Celebrate the beauty of upcycling with DIY and crafting projects to spark your imagination all year round. From handmade wedding decor, festival fashion and upcycling. There’s a craft project for everyone no matter what your skill level to make life that little more beautiful. For crafts that are brimming with colour search #PaigeJoannaDIY & stay tuned for monthly content within the Thrift Made Fun Community.
I'm back with another sewing make (look at me go)! This time it's the beautiful Tilly and The Buttons Bobbi pattern I have made into a teal corduroy Pinafore Dress. It was on my sewing table for 2 weeks and probably one of my most extensive makes to date. In this post, I will show some closer details and talk about my experience making it. I'll also mention some little tips I picked up whilst sewing as well as other pointers sewing corduroy. Keep reading to find out more.
Continue ReadingIt’s nearly wedding season which means lots of happy brides getting excited and making finishing touches to their special day. As a recent bride in May 2019 I know how fun it is to create personalised touches to make decorations have a special finishing touch. With that in mind, I have collaborated with Swizzels to create a craft tutorial inspired by the nostalgic and much loved sweet, Love Hearts! The craft tutorial is to make fabric Bride and Groom envelopes, perfect for styling on your dinner table. Keep reading to find out more.
Continue ReadingGuess what's back, back again! The Thrift Made Fun monthly feature is back on the blog, can I get a whoop whoop. Last year I started this feature but with my wedding day and job change, I ran out of time to focus on it. This year however I am bringing it back and I am so excited to work on thrifty content. Keep reading to hear all about this up-cycled embellished jacket and more information about Thrift Made Fun.
Continue ReadingIf you follow me on Instagram you would have seen that I started up sewing again last year. In the summer I modeled for the Tilly and the Buttons Indigo dress pattern. It was doing this and meeting the awesome ladies that work for the team that inspired me to take up sewing again, to make clothing. In this blog post I talk about how I learned to sew, my motivations and my current favorite make; the Indigo Dress! Keep reading to find out more.
Continue ReadingNothing beats a touch of personalisation at Christmas to make gifts all that more special. In today’s blog post I am reviewing the Brother PT-H200 P-touch Craft Label Printer. It is a fabulous addition to any Crafters kit and a great way to make things special. Continue reading to find out more about the Brother PT Craft.
Continue ReadingAs part of my Craftemeber Craft challenge on Instagram, day 15 is all about scraps. In this blog post, I show you how to turn scraps into Re-Usable Face Pads. They are extremely easy to make & good for the planet. Continue reading to find out more.
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