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 […]
Making it yourself: fulfilling a human need?
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 […]
frugal toys for baby
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 […]
winter wool projects part four – knitting roundup
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 […]
winter wool projects part three – learning to knit
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 […]
winter wool projects part two – crochet roundup
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 […]
winter wool projects part one – learning to crochet
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 […]