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Etsy shop coming soon!

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Hello everyone! I have some exciting news!  Eve of Destruxion the Etsy shop is coming soon! Very soon in fact as at the launch I will be selling some Christmas decorations. Here's what some of them will look like! They are about 4.5 inches big, not including the ribbon. I would love to hear your thoughts on them. Which one is your favourite? I will also be offering customisable versions of this shape. Here are couple of pics of my proof of concept makes, I have some lovely  fabrics on order to offer my customers a choice of colours. Again, I would love to know your thoughts. What colours or shapes would you like to see? The next product I am going to be offering at launch is... memory cushions. I will be turning T-shirts and tops into cushions. The memory could be a life milestone, a child's first, a departed loved one or just the good times. My sister entrusted me with a band T-shirt from a band she worked with and here is the resulting cushion! I ha

Upcycled play food

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Hello everybody! I have been spending a lot of time recently on a Facebook group called the Up-Cycled Cloth Collective . They are a movement dedicated to keeping textile waste out of landfill. There are thousands of inspiring people doing their best to dye, sew and embroider all sorts of fabrics. I really want to try and do more of that sort of thing myself. A lovely little human recently had her first birthday. Her talented mother made her a play kitchen for her birthday present out of recycled materials. So I thought she needed some upcycled play food to go with it. I made 5 little bits. Photos are posed on my own children's play kitchen, which is not recycled but has been well used. First up, I made a milk bottle. This is made out of an old T shirt, with cardboard from a cereal box inside to stiffen it. It is stuffed with fabric and batting scraps. This was my raw material - this is all that could be salvaged from an old T shirt of my sons'. My first