Posts Tagged ‘Do it yourself’

Sew simple DIY decorative flags

Sew simple DIY decorative flags

I’m crazy about flags at the moment.  Not our countries flag, or the flags of any other. I am talking about the decorative type. They are so simply festive. Add them to any space and it’s suddenly a party. Inspired by  Lindsey & Adriano’s reception decor, which was featured on www.rocknrollbride.com, I have been busying

How far down the rabbit hole, does your creativity flow?

How far down the rabbit hole, does your creativity flow?

I was browsing etsy.com recently, when I stumbled into a really creative idea.  I’d like to know if some creatively inspired person in Cape Town is making these, if not, someone needs too. Book bags. No not a bag for your books  but a bag, or ebook reader cover, made out of an old book

The DIY Ethic

The DIY Ethic

My fiancé, while searching for the lyrics of a song, stumbled upon this interesting definition of DIY Ethic on Wikipedia. He sent this to me this morning, saying, ‘Honey, this reminds me of you’. I had a good laugh and decided it’s so accurate, I need to share it with you: The DIY ethic (do

Water, water, everywhere and not a single drop to spare

Water, water, everywhere and not a single drop to spare

Everyone, needs to watch Blue Gold:World Water Worlds.  A wise review, and I share this with the utmost agreement from Rotten Tomatoes: “I don’t give a crap if your busy!!! watch this documentary, this movie will take you to a new level of water appreciation.” It does, after watching this film, I’m counting every drop

Links and tips for the DIY Cape Town Bride

Links and tips for the DIY Cape Town Bride

As a bride you have probably started realising the same thing I did about 8 months ago, getting married is expensive. I started questioning, why this is the case. Weddings appear  have become an entire multimillion rand industry, generally aimed at tourists. Perhaps its cheap for a foreigners budget, but for us poor South Africans,

Excuse my silence

Excuse my silence

Hi All, Hope everyone excuses my silence this last week, but I’ve been busier than usual the last few day’s. A Mutha’s got to work sometimes too, you know. I have been extremely busy with 2 massive work projects which have been eating up all my time. Not that I’m complaining. 2 new websites in

Last weekends DIY project

Last weekends DIY project

For months I have looked at our old outside table and thought, ‘Don’t worry table, Mutha will come to the rescue, soon’. Not getting around to it though, left me feeling terribly guilty about the poor things state of shabbiness. What I love most about this personal blogging deal, is that it has given me

Projects always take longer to complete than expected…The Daily Grind

Projects always take longer to complete than expected...The Daily Grind

This weekend was so supposed to be all DIY. Guess I got side tracked a little by the Vivienne Westwood / Jewellery / handbag extravaganza. Who wouldn’t, right? Then there are a few other factors that come into play. If you are ever thinking of reupholstering chairs and think it will not take make longer

Going to be a DIY weekend! How to make your own pinboard

Going to be a DIY weekend! How to make your own pinboard

Not too sure if I have mentioned this before, but I enjoy, no, absolutely love, DIY projects. Looking forward to this weekend, I have a few  planned…. so I wont be posting till Monday again, when I can show off the results of my hard labour 1. Sand down our old oak outside table which

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