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Flowery Bedding

19 January 2012

I’ve just been to Primark for the first time! Yeah I know I’m so 5 years ago, but we didn’t have one in Cambridge for ages and then they put it in the part of town that I never go to.  So I’d missed the whole Primark experience. But today I was in the right [...]

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{DIY Makeover} Blue Chair

8 November 2011

I’ve started making our old painted chairs over again.  In 2008 I painted them white and added some white and rosy Cath Kidston fabric to the seat to perk them up a bit as they were dark wood with tapestry seatpads.  I liked the ladder backs on them and hey they were free so why [...]

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Thrifty Christmas is Coming…

13 October 2011

Ok don’t shout at me! I know we are only in October so I’m doing a soft launch of this year’s ‘Thrifty Christmas’ now. That way it’ll give people time to make their gifts over the next couple of months.  In fairness I’ve not written or made anything yet, but I’ve also been hording tea [...]

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{Giveaway} Bright Young Things Knitting Book

18 July 2011

Morning all! Miss L and I went to the John Lewis ‘Christmas in July’ Event last week and it was lots of fun, but I’ll save all the yummy things they will have in store until later in the year. Even I can’t write about Christmas shopping in the middle of summer! Anyway as I [...]

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The Dresser is here..

17 January 2011

And it looks beautiful First off I’d like to say a massive thank you to my Dad and Paul for going to get it!  It’s not orange (yay!) and there are a couple of water stains on it, but you can’t really see them at all as they are on the back. It doesn’t need [...]

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{Thrifty Christmas Guest Post} Citrus Christmas

11 November 2010

Today’s Guest Blogger is my very good friend and coffee buddy Karen from The Rubbish Diet one of the most creative women I know.  I spotted on Facebook that she had made some fabulous looking Christmas oranges and I thought you’d all like to see them.  So over to Karen… Citrus Christmas If you’re as [...]

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Thrifty Christmas is now Live

30 September 2010

Thrifty Christmas is now live!  I’ve put it over on it’s own page this time so you can find all sorts of fabulous Christmas Present ideas to make here

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How to Paint Laminate Kitchen Cupboards

11 January 2010

I have to admit I tried this 2 years ago and I screwed up!  I didn’t sand, take them off the cabinets, I used one coat water-based eggshell which has peeled terribly helped by Betty’s claws – classy! So here’s the new and improved ‘How to Paint Laminate Cupboards’ as I’m really pleased with how [...]

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Thrifty Back to School

10 August 2009

UK Readers, the nice people at Voucher Codes have sent me some voucher codes for ‘Back to School’ shopping to share with you.  There are codes for Tesco, Barrett, M&S, Kickers, Borders, Waterstone and lots more.  Have a look and hopefully it might save you a bit of money, which is kind of essential these [...]

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