11 Clever and Simple Ways You Can Upcycle Rubbish Into Useful Everyday Items This is a guest post written by John Stuart for PT Winchester. They sell all sorts of interesting things including webbing, various kinds of thread, different sorts of cord and plastic fittings that might be useful for bag making. Keeping hold of old items can often be looked down upon. However, there is a difference between hoarding and being economical and trying ... Read the Post...
9 Tips For Selling Your Handmade Crafts Online
9 Tips For Selling Your Handmade Crafts Online I was given the stickers mentioned by Stickerit.co. The opinions expressed are my own. If you've been following me in internetland for a little while, you'll probably know that as well as blogging here at Tea and a Sewing Machine, I sell craft kits and pdf sewing patterns in my Etsy shop, Peacock in a Pear Tree. I started trying to sell handmade crafts online in 2011, and to start with it ... Read the Post...
Decorating a Cake: How To Make Washi Tape Bunting
Decorating a Cake: How To Make Washi Tape Bunting Although I've like making things all my life, when it comes to being creative in the kitchen, I'm definitely a work in progress! When my mum taught me how to sew, knit and crochet, she also taught me how to bake. My mum made amazing birthday cakes. There was the blue one when I was 4, in the shape of a 4 with jelly diamonds, and the Mr Happy cake when I was 5. Also the rabbit cake she ... Read the Post...
How To Make a Tied Wreath
How To Make a Tied Wreath Last week I decided it was time to make my front door a present in the form of a tied wreath. A few years ago I made a new wreath for my door every couple of months. What with everything else that was going on, I'd stopped doing this and my poor door was wearing a wreath that I made 3 years ago! Making some more bunting to hang off the front of my house, it occurred to me that the bits left over could be cut ... Read the Post...