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Make it and Mend it
http://makeitandmendit.blogspot.com
To inspire people to live more sustainably and creatively and stylishly by sharing stories and examples that bring to life the skills and behaviours that used to be second nature (like sewing, DIY, knitting, growing things, cooking from scratch, upcycling etc) but have since been swallowed up by the throwaway society.
- Added on: May 3rd, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Clare Flynn
- Listed in: Lifestyle Home and Garden
- Tags: sewing sustainable gardening creative living refashion make and mend
Recent Posts
If you want to get ahead get a hat! ... like Cheryl\'s
It seems these days Cheryl Cole can do no wrong and sets the fashion wherever she goes and whatever she wears. Last week was no exception when she braved the elements wearing a bobble hat.Yes, you heard it right, the bobble hat, that bane of our chil...
Tips and workshops from Christmas past
Want to pick up tips about ‘make do and mend’ Christmases? London’s Geffrye’s Museum, dedicated to the quintessential style of English middle-class living rooms from the 1600s, has a special Christmases Past exhibition focused on making every...
STOP PRESS: Christmas pudding shortage fears!
It seems the shops are in for a bumper year for sales of Christmas puddings because of our interest in the good old days and our craving for comfort food ... or at least they would have been if there were enough shop-bought puds to go round.According...
Hot comfort food
The recession’s being blamed again, this time for our growing indulgence in comfort eating! And while foods like baked beans top our list of comfort tastes Simon Cowell chomps his way through Angel Delight as his way of combating stress!But Simonâ€...
Rehabilitating hobbies
Now that the days are drawing in and everything looks so gloomy, it's a good time to think about taking up a hobby.We've had a bit of a rant before about how boozing seems to have become the hobby of choice for so many people and that the concept of ...
It\'s National Baking Week - so I had a go
I was amazed at the lip-smacking descriptions of the cakes baked by members of our Facebook page and so was inspired to have a go at baking myself.I haven't creamed any butter or beaten any eggs since I was a girl - being single it always seemed to m...
