I use this simple salt dough recipe for a lot of different craft projects - it isn't just for Christmas decorations! Salt dough is cheap and cheerful! Simple ingredients, easy to prepare and hard-wearing. A perfect combination. Simple Salt Dough Recipe It doesn't matter what quantities you are using. It works on a principle of half, half and ...
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Food Waste Friday / A Good Week
It's Friday Guys - My turn once more to host Food Waste Friday! Each week since March 2008, in order to motivate her to waste less food, Kristen The Frugal Girl, has posted a picture of any food that has gone bad over the last seven days. She found this embarrassing practice so helpful, to her, that she invited other bloggers to post their own photos, and ...
An Apprehensive…Today I Am…
'Today I am' posts appear on other blogs and I really enjoy reading them, but I'm always reluctant to post one myself. Who cares what 'little ole me's' doing? ;-) But I have a very busy week and really would like to get something up here at my virtual home so here goes...enjoy? or not? haha! Today I am... Sealing the recently painted salt dough shapes I ...
Food Waste Friday / My Mind’s Been Elsewhere!
It' Friday Guys - My turn once more to host Food Waste Friday! Each week since March 2008, in order to motivate her to waste less food, Kristen The Frugal Girl, has posted a picture of any food that has gone bad over the last seven days. She found this embarrassing practice so helpful, to her, that she invited other bloggers to post their own photos, and ...
A Weekend Of Not Buying It
So inspired by Katy's post last Monday, I wanted to do my own picture-book version today. What does a weekend of non-consuming look like Simply Being Mum style? ...
Birthday Gifting – Non-Consumer Stylie*
It was my Mom's birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday Mom. When asked if there was anything she'd particularly like for her Birthday her reply, as always, was 'There's nothing I want at my age'. Music to my ears. This gives me license to do Birthdays how I like to do them. Non-Consumer Stylie* ...