Latest Posts in June 2008

How to: Make a quick and easy summer dress for $8
How to: Make a quick and easy summer dress for $8
18 June 2008
Emily Tan writes: And yet another quick and easy summer dress to make! I can't help it, when summer comes around all I want to wear are dresses. And making a pretty one is so quick and easy (unless, like me you don't have a sewing machine and have to handsew -  
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How to: Create your adorable oddity
How to: Create your adorable oddity
17 June 2008
Emily Tan writes: "You saved our lives, we are eternally grateful" is the line that struck me when gazing at this adorable army of oddities peering up at me. Although they're not green they're everybit as adorable as the wee Toy Story aliens. Created by The  
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Free Summer Dress Pattern from Fitzpatterns
Free Summer Dress Pattern from Fitzpatterns
17 June 2008
Emily Tan writes: If the sun ever really returns this cotton mini dress would be perfect for prancing around in it. You can download and print the pattern for free online at Fitzpatterns. What I love about this idea is that if you're not a sewer but have an old  
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Make a colourful fiesta skirt from old jeans
Make a colourful 'fiesta' skirt from old jeans
16 June 2008
Tiering and layers are hugely influential themes in this season's designer collections, so why not make your own, unique layered clothing? It's easy, fun, and will leave you with a really fashionable item that could cost nothing to make.  
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Green Monday: make a snake toy from old tights
Green Monday: make a snake toy from old tights
16 June 2008
Over on Hippyshopper we've been looking at how you can offload your old tights without sending them to clog up landfill. Happily, there are now specific recycling schemes set up to deal with the ever-growing mound of holey hose, but here at Crafty Crafty we like  
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Food Craft: Terry Pratchetts Discworld Cake
Food Craft: Terry Pratchett's Discworld Cake
16 June 2008
Emily Tan writes: In honour of the incomparable Terry Pratchett who I finally got to meet at a booksigning on Saturday after over a decade of fandom, I'm posting this other fan's tribute to the author. This talented Discworld fan made this gorgeous cake for her  
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How to: Make a lightbulb lamp
How to: Make a lightbulb lamp
16 June 2008
Emily Tan writes: For the lightbulb that just keeps on shining, Bumpus over at instructables has posted this amazing tutorial on recycling old lightbulbs into oil lamps.Horrified, at the $650 price-tag attached to these "designer" light-bulb lamps, Bumpus set  
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