How to Make a Mothers Day Card She’ll Treasure Forever
If you’re looking for a sweet and thoughtful gift to make for Valentine’s Day, why not have a go at creating this ‘Love Blooms’ papercut using the papercut template?
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15 Mindful Craft Ideas for Relaxation
Engaging in crafts can be an excellent way to unwind, relieve stress & express creativity. Why not try one of these 13 mindful craft ideas?
9 Free Botanical Floral Drawings: Flowers of the Spring Season Printables
Flowers of the Spring Season March is, without question, my favourite month. It’s my husband’s birthday month, the month my sons were born, and the start of spring, too! There is so much to celebrate. It’s also the time that everything is beginning to wake up from its winter slumber. The flowers of the spring …
10 Cute Easter Clip Art & 19 Springtime SVG Files For Spring Crafting
Get your craft on and make something lovely with this set of 10 cute Easter clip art illustrations. Perfect for crafting and making.
A Simple DIY Easter Bunny Garland (Free Bunny PNG File)
Make a simple Easter bunny garland using my free downloadable bunny png file.
Free Easter Banner Papercut Template
If you’re looking for a pretty way to decorate your home this Easter? Why not have a go at making this Easter Banner with our free downloadable template.
How To Make Salt Dough Ornaments for Easter
Create your own DIY Easter decorations by making simple salt dough ornaments.
How to Make A Spring Wreath With Faux Tulips
With spring on the horizon, I wanted to share this simple tutorial and show how to make a spring wreath with faux tulips.
Free Printable Valentines Stickers and Envelope Seals
Free printable vintage-style Valentines stickers and envelope seals to use on Valentine’s gifts, cards and craft projects.
Free Valentine SVG Papercut Template
If you’re looking for a sweet and thoughtful gift to make for Valentine’s Day, why not have a go at creating this ‘Love Blooms’ papercut using the papercut template?
Beginners Guide: How to Make Stickers with Cricut
Want to know how to make stickers with your Cricut machine? Then read this…
New Year New Goals: Free Printable Planner Pages and Stickers
A brand new year means only one thing! New year, new goals. This free printable planner page and stickers will help you achieve your goals.
Free Space SVG for Crafting and Design Projects
Use this free space SVG as a wall decal or t-shirt logo. Or print it and pop it in a frame! The uses are endless.
Make a Simple Yarn Christmas Tree Garland
Looking for an inexpensive way to decorate your home for the holidays? An effortless and cost-effective way to pretty up your home for the festive season is to make a simple Christmas tree garland from yarn.
Christmas Has Come Early with this Free Printable Template Letter To Santa!
With not long to go until Christmas, I thought I’d create a printable template letter to Santa to help everyone with their Christmas lists.
29 Simple Christmas Crafts to Make at Home
The festive season can be such an expensive time of year. One of the areas in which you can save money is by creating Christmas crafts for gifts and home decor.
Make an Easy DIY Gingerbread House Christmas Gift Bag
Want to make an easy DIY gingerbread house Christmas gift bag? It’s such a simple & effective make, to level up your Christmas wrapping.
Free Printable Scandi Christmas Stickers To Download and Use
Use these free printable Scandi-inspired Christmas stickers on gifting, Christmas cards and scrapbooking projects.
Create a Counting Sheep Sweet Dreams Wall Decal With Our Free SVG/PNG Files
I’ve created a free Sweet Dreams Wall Decal for you to use in your home. Either as a wall decal or you can print it and pop it in a frame.
Want Some Pretty Jam Labels? Use Our Free Printable Labels Template!
This free printable labels template is perfect for creating pretty jam labels to personalise your homemade jams and chutneys.
A Fall Floral Alphabet SVG to Use In Your Craft Projects
Flowers, leaves & fall berries create this handcrafted floral alphabet. SVG and PNG files are free to download.
How To Paint a Piano in 3 Easy Steps
Want to know how to paint a piano in 3 easy steps — without priming? My simple piano makeover tutorial will tell you everything you need to know!
DIY Halloween Decorations for Halloween Parties
Whether it’s a classic haunted house theme or a fancy-dress part, make sure the decorations create a seasonal and eerie atmosphere. These tips and ideas will help you plan and organise a fantastic Halloween party.
Make a No Sew DIY Bee Costume for Halloween
Bees are a popular choice for Halloween costumes, especially for children. Best of all, this DIY Bee Costume is easy to make and can be customized to fit any age.
The Best Salt Dough Recipe (Just Three Ingredients!)
Ever wondered how to make salt dough? This is the best recipe I’ve ever made! Plus, it’s no bake and has just three ingredients!
‘Baby It’s Hot’ Ice Cream Logo {Free SVG/PNG for Craft}
Looking for a free summer SVG to create some cool craft projects? I’ve created a ‘Baby It’s Hot’ free icecream logo which is perfect for embellishing a whole range of items. From t-shirts and beach-bags, baby-vests to postcards.
Colour Your World | #8 Pantone Tangerine
Orange. I love it. And Pantone Tangerine is one of the most accurate representations of the colour orange. Fresh, zingy and bright. I thought about doing an interiors colour story, to begin with, but that would be too easy. There are so many beautiful — iconic — things for the home in this shade; Arne Jacobsen’s Swan chair, Orla Keily’s …
Miss Independent/American Flag Heart {Free SVG for Craft}
Looking for a free SVG to create some cool crafts? Our ‘Miss Independent/American Flag Heart’ design is perfect for creating crafty projects.
Inexpensive Recycling Bin Craft Ideas
The recycling bin is a trove of free craft supplies. From food containers to yesterday’s newspaper; the bin is full of creative possibilities.
Make Some Simple Salt Dough Easter Egg Ornaments
Make some simple salt dough Easter egg ornaments to decorate the home this Easter
Valentines DIY Tealight Holder Using Armour Etch (Free Love Heart Cut File)
Make a cute DIY tealight holder using my free love heart cut file for the Cricut!
How To Make a Spiced Orange Pomander
A clove and orange pomander is a lovely thing to make for the Christmas season. Plus it will make the house smell gorgeous and festive too.
How to Make Pretty Simple Decoupage Pumpkins (No Carve Pumpkin Idea)
Looking for a no carve pumpkins idea? With Halloween is just around the corner, some of us want something a little more chic than the average orange carved pumpkin (!); I thought I’d share my method for simple decoupage pumpkins. These do it yourself pumpkin decorations are so simple to make — and look really …
How To Make No Sew Easy DIY Bee Wings
I was chatting to a friend the other day about fancy dress costumes for festivals. She was saying that she’d got to buy four lots of fairy costumes for one festival they were going to, for her little girls. I mentioned that I’d once made a bumble bee costume and the easy DIY bee wings …
A Faux Tulip DIY Door Wreath For Spring
It’s been a long old winter hasn’t it? Just when we think that the temperatures are rising and the flowers are starting to bloom, the cold takes hold once more and we’re reaching for our woolies! I thought I’d speed things up a bit, and bring a bit of much needed spring colour to our …
Create a DIY Indoor Planter From a Recycled Coffee Tin
The days are getting longer and warmer and spring is on its way. Thank goodness! Remind yourself that brighter days are coming by creating this DIY indoor planter from a recycled coffee tin. Perfect for spring bulbs. It’s so simple to make. You can even add a little phrase if you have a label maker …
Ikea Bench Seat Hack {Turning a Shoe Rack into a Bench}
Rolling the clock back to 2015, when I turned a cheap IKEA shoe rack into sweet little bathroom bench seat, in this Ikea bench seat hack. I’d been desperate to do something lovely with this sad little shoe rack for a while — it was the perfect size for our bathroom and offered great storage …
Tiger T Shirts With My Free Tiger Striped Font SVG PNG Files
I thought I’d celebrate the Year of the Tiger by making the boys some t-shirts! I have designed a free tiger striped font for you to download and use on your own projects. Striped Fonts — Tiger or Zebra Alphabet Letters If you put an orange background behind this free striped font, as I’ve done …
Make a Leopard Print Love Cushion (free leopard print cut file)
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I’ve been busy making things for my own Valentine; my lovely husband, Mr D! I’ve designed card for him — the word LOVE in leopard print. And from it, I’ve created a free leopard print cut file. Perfect for use on cards, gifts — or pretty much anything …
Want To Learn How To Age Bronze Quickly? (With No Harsh Chemicals)
One of the things I wanted to know when we were doing our kitchen last year was how to age bronze quickly. When I was younger, I learnt how to age brass with salt and vinegar, so I could give a patina to my belt buckles. I wondered if the salt and vinegar method worked …
Colour Your World | #32 Pantone Very Peri {Colour of The Year 2022}
Pantone’s colour of the year 2022 is Very Peri — a rich hyacinth blue shade. I’ve chosen 8 things to buy in Very Peri for the home and wardrobe. Easy staples to inject a little of this violet toned blue shade in to your life.
How To Paint a Chest of Drawers in Cottagecore Style
Simple, homespun interiors have been in fashion for decades; under different guises. The Cottagecore aesthetic appears — once again — in this year’s top 10 interior trends. And it shows no signs of slowing down or decreasing in popularity. In this post, I’ll show you how to paint a chest of drawers in Cottagecore style. …
Make a Cardboard Dove DIY Christmas Garland (Plus Free Dove PNG File!)
I love creating seasonal garlands. Edible biscuit garlands at Christmas; paper Halloween banners or cute Easter bunny garlands. They’re always fun to make; plus they help make the house look seasonally festive too. My new creation makes use of all the delivery boxes that keep arriving at this time of year! It’s a cardboard dove …
Alternative Christmas Decor | DIY Alternative Christmas Tree
I shared this idea for an alternative Christmas tree a few years ago but —with Christmas looming on the horizon — I thought I’d resurrect it! Folk are always looking for creative new ways to decorate their homes (Pinterest is full of alternative Christmas decor) and this alternative Christmas tree is too good not to share. …
How to Make Festive DIY Paper Fan Decorations For The Holiday Season
Looking for a really easy, crafty make for the holiday season? I’ve been making wallpaper circle fans for many years now. I first wrote about them in 2016 and they were made out of pretty wallpaper; perfect for a summer party. But DIY paper fan decorations are also fantastic for Christmas too! These round paper …
How To Age Brass and Bronze With Vinegar and Salt
Have you ever wanted to know how to age brass and bronze? If you don’t want to wait for it to age naturally, I’ve got a little trick, using just a couple of household staples; that takes hours — rather than years — to work! Aged Brass = Lots of Brass We’ve been having the …
How to Make a Pom Pom Wreath (Like Anthropologie)
Have you ever wanted to learn how to make a pom pom wreath? Last Christmas I saw an amazing pom pom wreath in Anthropologie. I loved it — but it was so expensive. I decided to try and see if I could make one myself! Ever since the twins and I learnt to make pom …
Simple Tutorial: How To Make Pom Poms with a Pom Pom Maker
Ever wanted to know how to make pom poms the easy way? I once wrote about our Camp Bestival adventure where we all spent a brilliant afternoon in a pom-pom making workshop. It was such a different method to the one I used when I was a child. I remember spending ages cutting out my templates (usually from …
How To Make a Bumble Bee Costume out of Bubble Wrap and Duck Tape!
Ever wanted to know how to make a bumble bee costume? With Halloween just around the corner, I thought I’d share one of my favourite DIY fancy- dress outfits. It’s made in very much the same way that I created the DIY grasshopper costume — you can read that tutorial in another post. This bumble …
A Free Printable Halloween Banner
The nights are starting to draw in and there’s a nip in the air — which can only mean one thing. Halloween! To celebrate, I’ve created a free printable Halloween banner. Perfect for turning your home into a spooky Halloween house! This year’s Halloween will be a little different, as the Covid-carousel is in full …
The Perfect Fathers Day Gift for a Music Lover
I’ve written about my papercuts every once in a while, over here on the blog, but I often forget to mention when I’ve created a new one. Until now! With father’s day coming up next month, I thought I’d share my latest creation. It’s a hybrid of a genuine cassette tape and a papercut and …
How to make a DIY pom pom blanket
Remember when I learned how to make pom poms at Camp Bestival? The boys and I went a bit pom pom crazy and made TONS of them in the weeks that followed! I trimmed our laundry basket with some of the larger pom poms. But with all the tiny, colourful ones we made, I created …
Colour Your World | #31 Pantone Classic Blue {Colour of The Year 2020}
Last week, Pantone announced that their Colour of The Year 2020 is Classic Blue. Amazingly, this shade appeared 4 years ago, in the 2015 Pantone spring forecast! It’s unusual to see a colour make a reappearance — and particularly to then be promoted to colour of the year. Last time, I created a post full …
How to make a Grasshopper Costume
Ever wondered how to make a grasshopper costume? Since my little twins started nursery and school, I’ve had various demands for fancy dress outfits — for plays or theme days. A new school term is underway and I’m wondering what weird and wonderful costume requests will be coming my way over the next few months. …
How to Make a Silk Flower Wreath | Tutorial
The internet is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? Want to learn to make a curry? Ask Google. Want to know how to get wax crayon off a table? Google it. Want to know how to make a silk flower wreath? Hopefully your search has sent you over to my blog! I’ve seen so many beautiful …
Colour Your World | #30 Living Coral {Colour of the Year 2019}
Happy, happy new year everyone! I had so many grand plans to share more Christmas decorating posts over the festive period but, if truth be told, switching off from the screen (and social media in general) was way too appealing. Once I’d cracked open that first mince pie, my resolve went straight out the window. …
Decorating a Staircase with Honeycomb Balls
Fancy decorating your staircase with honeycomb balls and paper pom poms for the festive season? Not long now folks… just a few more days and the Christmas countdown will be well and truly on! A month today, we’ll probably just have finished our Christmas dinner and will be lying comatose in front of the TV. …
Colour Your World | #29 Pantone Terrarium Moss
Terrarium Moss. Whilst it’s an odd name for a colour — without even seeing it — you can imagine exactly what shade it is from those two words. I was given a lovely terrarium a few years ago. I’d intended to fill it with tiny plants — succulents or cacti — but I ended up cramming …
Learning how to make pom poms at Camp Bestival
When I talk to people about our festival antics, some people occasionally express surprise about the kind of things we get up to when we’re there. I guess, festivals come in all shapes and sizes, and if you’ve only ever witnessed Glastonbury on the TV, you could be lulled into thinking that all festivals resemble …
Colour Your World | #28 Pantone Almost Mauve
I often wonder what the Pantone Institute were thinking when they named some of their shades. Some have such obscure names; think Serenity and Lucite Green. Whilst others are really obvious; Tangerine and Custard, for example. I wonder if the big-wigs at Pantone ever argue? Disagree on what something should be called? One thing’s for sure, I bet …
Colour Your World | #27 Pantone Lime Punch
Oh hello sunshine! So nice to see you. This weeks’ predicted heatwave has finally arrived and I’m sitting here feeling a warmth that — unusually — isn’t coming from the central heating; for the first time in months. I think spring is actually here at last. A little late to the party but fashionably so, …
Colour Your World | #26 Pantone Blooming Dahlia
Just as I think we’ve finally turned the corner — and winter seems to be making an exit — Mother Nature chucks us another curve ball. Although it was still light at almost 6 o’clock yesterday (a couple of weeks’ ago it was dark at 4pm so a vast improvement) we’ve had yet another sprinkling of …
Colour Your World | #25 Ultra Violet {Colour of the Year 2018}
A new year means only one thing here on The Listed Home — a new colour of the year! I had no idea that when I started this blog series three years ago that I’d still be writing them so far down the line. But I adore this little collection of posts; and I especially …
Colour Your World | #24 Pantone Pink Yarrow
Colour is such a tonic isn’t it? It brightens up the dullest of days and definitely forms the largest part of my wardrobe. I’ve never been one of the chic, black brigade; I’ve tried — in vain — to be dark and interesting. But it’s just not me; I always end up feeling drab and …
Operation She Shed | #5 The Build {Painting The Interior}
Part 5 of Operation She Shed is all about painting the interior. I said from the start that these posts weren’t going to be that sexy — and I wasn’t kidding — but in order to see the butterfly, you have to begin with a dull old chrysalis. Or something like that. Anyway. Just to put this …
On life lately {and why making Easter bonnets is good for the soul}
Today the boys and I have been making Eater bonnets. A simple thing… and whilst we made them, my mind began to wander. I began this blog 4 years, 5 months and 8 days ago. To the day. When I started writing I had no idea that it would become such a permanent fixture in our lives. Or …
Colour Your World | #23 Pantone Lilac Gray
The next in my Colour Your World series is Pantone Lilac Gray. Of all the colours I’ve showcased so far, it has been the most difficult to source products for. Slightly more red than standard ‘grey’, this warmed up shade has definitely more than just a hint of lavender. It’s such a beautiful, restful colour — and I found …
Operation She Shed | #4 The Build {Boarding & Insulating}
Part 4 of ‘Operation She Shed’ — and this time round I’m talking about boarding and insulating. Now, I warn you, this isn’t going to be the sexiest post in the world. The pictures are not the best quality and the content is more function than form. That said, I never intended to just show …
Colour Your World | #22 Pantone Greenery {Colour Of The Year 2017}
I can’t believe I’m into my third year of Pantone posts! When this series began I didn’t really have any agenda; I just loved looking at the colours and creating boards to tie in with them. Amazing that we’re into yet another year. And to kick off this year’s colours, it seems right and proper to start with the colour of …
Colour Your World | #21 Pantone Buttercup
I think anyone who knows me — or reads my blog — will have a good idea what my favourite colour is. It hasn’t always been that colour though. It’s changed throughout my life. In my teens it was purple. I wore purple dungarees and lavender suede desert boots — with purple ribbons for laces — I had violet streaks …
Colour Your World | #20 Pantone Snorkel Blue
There’s been so much going on recently though, it’s hardly surprising. We’ve barely been at home and the couple of free days that I do have — during the week when the boys are at nursery — seem to be over in a flash. I certainly don’t seem to be able to fit as much in as I’d like. But hey. Better …
Wallpaper #1 | How To Make A Paper Circle Fan Decoration
Have you ever wanted to know how to make a paper circle fan decoration? They’re super easy to make and look fabulous! Here’s a quick tutorial showing how I make mine. Making a House a Home When my sister and her husband sold their house recently they couldn’t find anywhere they wanted to buy. So — as a stop …
Operation She Shed | #3 The Build {Part One}
In January this year, my boy and I finally embarked on the project that I’ve been desperate to start since I began working for myself around a decade ago; Operation She Shed. I’ve always wanted a dedicated work-space. Having a room in the house is OK but when you work from home — on a full time basis — you can begin to …
Operation She Shed | #2 It’s all about the base
Now — apologies if you’re looking for an inspirational, design-led post, full of colour and style. You certainly won’t find it here!!! Inspiration, maybe, but certainly none of the others. I wanted to document this she shed journey from start to finish and the build is not exactly what you’d call ‘pretty’. Anyway, around this …
Colour Your World | #19 Pantone Serenity
“Weightless and airy, like the expanse of the blue sky above us, Pantone 15-3919 Serenity comforts with a calming effect, bringing a feeling of respite even in turbulent times. A transcendent blue, Pantone Serenity provides us with a naturally connected sense of space” — Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director – Pantone Colour Institute When I read …
How to make a rocketpack — Camp Bestival 2016
So I’ve mentioned that next month we’re off to Camp Bestival. Now any Bestival/Camp Bestival aficionado will tell you that one of the best things about the festivals each year is the hotly anticipated theme and this year it’s Outer Space. Some revellers take this very seriously indeed. Others give a little nod to it (and will don a …
Colour Your World | #17 Pantone Rose Quartz {Colour Of The Year 2016}
It’s the first of my Pantone posts for 2016 and what better way to start of than with one of their hotly anticipated colours of the year? This year Pantone have bucked the trend and chosen not one but two colours. The first is Pantone Rose Quartz. Now I’ve always said that I’m not particularly ‘girly’ …
Colour Your World | #18 Pantone Peach Echo
Peach. It’s not a shade that I’m immediately drawn to — either in fashion or interiors — if I’m honest. For me, the colour ‘peach’ is straight out of the 1980s. It conjures up satin bridesmaids dresses with puffed sleeves, dubiously coloured bathroom suites and fussy, festoon blinds. It certainly doesn’t bring to mind the punchy coral shade in …
Watercolour Flowers (And The Art of Brush Lettering)
This year I promised myself that I was going to learn how to write properly. I don’t mean stringing works and sentences together either; I do that regularly on my blog, in typed form. But more the ‘art’ of handwriting. Brush lettering in particular. You’d think that this is a skill that I’d have perfected by …
Colour Your World | #16 Pantone Lavender Herb
So funny to think that, when I started, I had no idea that it would take me nearly a full year to complete the 2015 palette. I’m really looking forward to exploring the SS16 Pantone colour report and looking at all the new shades that have been selected for next year. It’s been so lovely …
Colour Your World | #16 Pantone Titanium
The next in my Colour Your World series is Pantone Titanium. Granted it’s not as zingy as Woodbine or restful as the gorgeous Dusk Blue — that I featured back in May — but it’s edgy, cool and works in any setting. Titanium. A glorious dark, graphite grey. Team it with acid yellows, soft pinks or fiery oranges and you’ve …
How To Make a Beach Hut Birdhouse
Ever wanted to make a beach hut birdhouse? Read on! In the past I’ve given a boring old chest of drawers a makeover, as well as giving a little shoe-rack a new lease of life and turning it into a bench-seat. But last weekend, I decided to make a beach hut birdhouse for the garden. I’d already …
Colour Your World | #15 Pantone Sandstone
Since I began this series, although I’ve created home and womens’ fashion collections — based on the Pantone shades — I haven’t focussed on kids’ fashion at all. I guess, when you think of fashion for little ones, brights spring to mind or — at the very least — the stereotypical ‘pink for a girl, blue for a boy’. A colour that I certainly …
Colour Your World | #14 Pantone Woodbine
The 14th colour in my spring/summer 2015 colour series is ‘Pantone Woodbine’. I LOVE this colour. It’s a little greener than it’s yellow-rich counterpart — chartreuse — and it’s one of my favourites to wear. I perhaps call it ‘olive green’ rather than Woodbine though. But hey — who am I to argue!? Leatrice Eisman from The Pantone Institute describes …
Colour Your World | #13 Pantone Treetop
It feels like an age — 2 months in fact — since the last Pantone post in this series. I’d hoped to have the full series finished by now but the year has been rolling on and life has been so busy, I just haven’t had a chance. We have just 5 colours left in the Pantone spring/summer …
Colour Your World | #12 Pantone Dusk Blue
We’ve looked at various shades of blue since I started this series of Pantone posts. It’s such an amazing colour and there are so many variants. From the greenest, turquoise to the darkest tone of indigo, the colour blue covers an amazing spectrum. We’ve already looked at Aquamarine; an ethereal powder blue. Not actually what I’d call Aquamarine …
Home is Wherever We Are Together
Home. A little tiny word with enormous meaning. What feelings and emotions does the word ‘home’ evoke? What does it mean to you? I’ve been thinking about this long and hard and I can’t think of a single straight answer. Home means so many different things to me. I can’t narrow it down to just one …
A Chest of Drawers Makeover With Chalk Paint
Disclosure: I upcycled my IKEA chest of drawers with chalk paint I’d bought. But I was gifted some beautiful drawer-knobs to complete my chest of drawers makeover too. Trinca-Ferro have so many lovely designs to choose from — pop along and grab some inspiration from their website. The Easter bank holiday gave me so many opportunities to roll up my sleeves and …
Colour Your World | #11 Pantone Glacier Grey
I can’t believe that we’re over the halfway mark now! Since I started looking at the Pantone Spring/Summer report, we’ve seen some great colours; Aquamarine, Lucite Green and Custard to name a few. This week is the turn of Pantone Glacier Grey. Now anyone who knows me, knows I’m partial to a little bit of grey …
A Rainbow Flower Arrangement Styling Challenge
Have you ever created a rainbow flower arrangement? A couple of weeks ago I was asked by the lovely folk at Rose and Grey to take part in a styling challenge. Now, you know me, I love a challenge. And, particularly, when the challenge involves something ‘interiors’ — or homes — related, I’m there like a shot! The task sounded simple …
Colour Your World | #10 Pantone Marsala {Colour Of The Year 2015}
Each year, within the palette of colours for Spring/Summer, Pantone appoints it’s number one colour — the one that will filter down, from catwalk to highstreet, and will influence the buyer’s choices for selecting the product we see in the shops. Previous shades have included Tangerine Tango, Mimosa and Radiant Orchid but this year it’s …
Colour Your World | #9 Pantone Custard
I was really torn with this colour post! Usually I pick a collection of either fashion or homes pieces but I absolutely LOVE yellow!! I have found it so difficult to choose, so as a result, the post for Pantone Custard will showcase both. ‘Custard’ is a bright, sunny yellow shade. In my mind it’s …
Colour Your World | #7 Pantone Strawberry Ice
Pink. Hot, candy, baby, blush, soft — whichever tone floats your boat — there’s sure to be the perfect shade for you! In this instance, the pick from colour gurus ‘Pantone’, for spring 2015 is Strawberry Ice. As it’s name suggests, it’s the colour of fresh strawberry gelato — a vivid, mid-pink colour — with quite a …
Colour Your World | #6 Pantone Toasted Almond
So I’ve decided to mix things up a little; this time we’re looking at Pantone Toasted Almond. And having concentrated on home-ware for the last 5 weeks, I suddenly had a burning desire to look at some fashion! I LOVE how this colour has evolved over the years. This spring it’s ‘Toasted Almond’, although over the …
Colour Your World | #5 Pantone Classic Blue
The fourth colour in our Pantone spring forecast series is Classic Blue. This is a colour staple in terms of fashion but it’s sometimes overlooked in modern interiors because it can feel quite dark. But team it with fresh white walls and pick up another accent colour, to warm things up a little bit — pink, coral, chartreuse, turquoise or purple — and you’ve …
Colour Your World | #4 Pantone Lucite Green
In the third part of our look at the spring colour forecast, we’re looking at Pantone Lucite Green. It’s quite a retro colour; reminds me of 1950s kitchens and cars (and also toothpaste for some bizarre reason)! It’s a soft, jade green; Pantone say — ‘Light in weight and also in tone, Pantone Lucite Green seems …
Colour Your World | #3 Pantone Scuba Blue
Last week we began looking at Pantone’s spring colour forecast and focussed on the first colour in their palette — Aquamarine — and how we could use it in our homes. This time we’re looking at ‘Pantone Scuba Blue’. As it’s name suggests it’s another aqua inspired shade — although probably most people would call it turquoise! It’s a vibrant, …
Colour Your World | #2 Pantone Aquamarine
So a couple of days ago I was talking about the colour forecast for this spring and I started thinking about how we’d use some of these shades in the home. This time round I’m looking at Pantone Aquamarine. It’s always a little easier to keep up with trends and fashions for our wardrobe — as the …
Colour Your World | #1 The Annual Colour Predictions
This is the first in my ‘Colour Your World’ series — talking about the Pantone annual colour predictions. As a designer, I’m always looking at trends and predictions — and my most favourite thing by far is COLOUR! When the design world’s colour guru, Pantone, releases it’s colour report for each season, it’s amazing to watch how these shades …
A Papercut Art Present for My Friend
I mentioned in a recent post that we had just celebrated my best girlfriend’s birthday. It was her 40th and I wanted to give a really special present, so I thought long and hard about what we should give to her. Eventually I decided to make something, rather than buy a gift. I have spoken in the past …
Me and Mine August 2014 | Scenes from Shambala Festival
This month’s ‘Me and Mine photos will certainly be some of the most memorable in years to come. This August — having been to SO many festivals as a couple — we took our children to Shambala Festival for the very first time. Many would balk at the idea of taking two tiny people to a 4 day festival but this is …
The excitement of small things {How to make covered buttons}
Ever wondered how to make covered buttons? They’re the perfect way to make a plain garment look fabulous. They’re really quick and easy to make and when you create them with Liberty Print fabric, especially, they look sensational! The Excitement of Small Things Over the last couple of months, my lovely boy and have been …
How to Upcycle an Old Desk
Creating a lovely space for working from home can be a fun project but buying new furniture can be expensive. I wanted the furniture in my home office space to be quirky and cool so I learnt how to upcycle an old desk. It gave an unloved piece of furniture a new lease of life. …
