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recycled paper craft roundup

Last Updated on February 18, 2011 by Melissa Goodwin 3 Comments Links in this post may be to affiliate products. This website may earn commissions from purchases made through links in this post.

From Make Projects Magazines, junk mail, catalogues…turn unwanted paper into beautiful creations for yourself or as gifts for friends and family. Melissa GoodwinMelissa Goodwin is a writer and the creator of Frugal and Thriving who has a passion for living frugally and encouraging people to thrive on any budget. The blog is nine years old […]

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Making it yourself: fulfilling a human need?

Last Updated on October 24, 2014 by Melissa Goodwin 1 Comment Links in this post may be to affiliate products. This website may earn commissions from purchases made through links in this post.

I’m taking the lazy way out today and sharing with you a video I saw on The Atlantic. I love this quote: “It’s fun using the things that you make because they have stories.” That sums up everything I feel about making things yourself. If you buy something from the shop it doesn’t really have […]

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frugal toys for baby

Last Updated on September 6, 2010 by Melissa Goodwin 4 Comments Links in this post may be to affiliate products. This website may earn commissions from purchases made through links in this post.

You don’t need to spend a lot of money on toys for baby. Oh, I know it is tempting, there is so much fun looking stuff out there. But there is a lot of truth in the old idea that babies prefer to play with the empty box. There are plenty of things that you […]

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winter wool projects part four – knitting roundup

Last Updated on May 21, 2014 by Melissa Goodwin 2 Comments Links in this post may be to affiliate products. This website may earn commissions from purchases made through links in this post.

This is the last post in the winter wool projects series. Below are a few links to some knitting projects meant to challenge. I understand that it is very cold down south. Mum’s pipes froze and she went without water. Minus five. I don’t miss that. So if you’re down south, you probably don’t want […]

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winter wool projects part three – learning to knit

Last Updated on March 24, 2018 by Melissa Goodwin 5 Comments Links in this post may be to affiliate products. This website may earn commissions from purchases made through links in this post.

The first thing that I remember knitting was a little tank top for Mr Mousey. Short and sleeveless. In pink. Lucky Mr Mousey. Knitting isn’t really a craft I do often, though. At the moment I am knitting up some new dishcloths and in the past I have made the usual scarf and even the […]

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winter wool projects part two – crochet roundup

Last Updated on March 24, 2018 by Melissa Goodwin 2 Comments Links in this post may be to affiliate products. This website may earn commissions from purchases made through links in this post.

I said in my last post that a little crochet goes a long way – I have to retract that after looking at some of the projects completed by members of Ravelry. There is a whole other level of crochet that I didn’t even know was achievable (like Tunisian Crochet). Below are a few random […]

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winter wool projects part one – learning to crochet

Last Updated on March 24, 2018 by Melissa Goodwin 4 Comments Links in this post may be to affiliate products. This website may earn commissions from purchases made through links in this post.

It’s finally resembling something like winter here and my fingers are itching for a wool project. Oh, there are the quilts I’m working on, and the dishcloths, and the long list of projects ‘to do’ but I have a hankering for some wool work. I love having a hand project on the go. On one […]

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