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Day 1 Back to School – Pencil card
Hello and welcome to Day 1 of my ‘Back to School’ mini series. I came up with the ideas for this 7 day series based on what my son likes and what I thought he would enjoy receiving. I like to leave...
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Day 2 Back to School – Sweet Jars
Hello and welcome to Day 2 of my ‘Back to School’ mini series. In today’s video I decorated some little jars that I then filled with sweets that I’m going to put in Tommy’s book bag for him to have on...
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Day 3 Back to School – Decorated Notebook
Hello and welcome to Day 3 of my ‘Back to School’ mini series. In today’s video I decorated a little notebook ready for Tommy to take to school for his first day :-). I have to admit a mistake on the...
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Day 4 Back to School – Post-it Note Holder
Hello and welcome to Day 4 of my ‘Back to School’ mini series. In today’s video I made some post-it note holders. I used some magnets that I bought from First4magenets and I absolutely love them. I...
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Day 5 Back to School – Holiday Countdown Calendar
Hi and welcome to Day 5 of my ‘Back to School’ mini series. In today’s video I made a holiday countdown calendar for Tommy and decorated it to his style. As Tommy isn’t one of those children that looks...
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Day 6 Back to School – Bookmarks
Hi and welcome to Day 6 of my ‘Back to School’ mini series. In today’s video I make some fun decorated bookmarks. These are great and can be made in so many different styles. I layered a few pieces of...
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Day 7 Back to School – yummy treat bag!
Hi and welcome to the final day of my ‘Back to School’ mini series. In today’s video I decorate some wax bags, which are perfect for sweet treats. I used a stamp from the Stampin’ Up! Sweet stack stamp...
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Aleppo soap – my next soap…?
Well, now my Back to School mini series is out of the way, I need to spend some time on my soaps, so I did a little bit of research with some of the women I know over here to see if I should slimline...
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August Social Media Round-up!
It’s time for the August roundup! I tried to find the Laurel Oil to make some Aleppo soap, I went to the Syrian area and as I had never been before and would be walking round the street going in and...
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Soapy cupcakes – soap fail
This evening I wanted to make some soapy cupcakes with a citrus blend fragrance oil. Everything went as it normally does, I soaped at a lower temperature due to the coconut milk as I didn’t want it to...
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Soapy cupcakes – Second time lucky!!
Well, the cupcakes thankfully turned out fine this evening. I still need to work on my piping as I want to make it so the frosting looks really creamy and fluffy like this: So that’s what I’m going to...
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My soap inspiration!
I’m obsessed with the Cake Boss. I only found it recently on OSN (the sky company we use in Saudi). Despite my dad living in New York for over 15 years, I had never ever heard of it until I saw it by...
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Elegant Shaker Card – Video Sunday
Hi and welcome to Video Sunday! I’ve not been blogging or putting up as many videos as normal recently as I just haven’t had the time. I’ve been covering for someone at a Kindergarden which has meant...
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Texas baby!!
Thre’s no crafting from me for a couple of weeks as we are on holiday in Texas. Scott loves the state, he’s obssessed with Dallas Cowboys and Country music so we thought we’d have a holiday here....
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5 minute make – spider soaps!
I’ve really not been in the mood for crafting recently. I have loads of ideas and I am a vendor at the compound coffee morning at the end of the month so I really need to get making, but I just cannot...
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My first craft fair is in 3 Weeks!!
I stupidly signed up to have a stall at my Compound Coffee Morning at the end of the month. A compound coffee morning is basically a place where loads of women from all different compounds meet up to...
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Diary of a craft fair virgin – 19 days to go……
So far I’ve been reading A LOT about how to set up for a fair, the items I will need and so on, but the one thing I haven’t been doing is making!! This is a big issue when the products I sell are...
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Super quick Thank You Card – Video Sunday
Hi and welcome to Video Sunday! It’s been a little while since I have posted a YouTube video, so I thought I’d kick it off with a super quick Thank You card tutorial. In today’s video I used the Dots...
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Christmas scene
I’ve been making some Christmas Cards for the Compound Coffee Morning – In Saudi, the only recognised religion is Islam, therefore you can’t buy anything that depicts any other religion. You can...
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Soap – Video Sunday
Hi and welcome to Video Sunday! Today’s video is a bit different from normal, as I’m not actually making anything. I just wanted to show you guys a few of the soaps I have made that I’ll be taking to...
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