Driftwood Dreaming

Upcycling pallets projects

I love recycling and upcycling – particularly if I get to use some powertools in the project! One of my favourite upcycling projects is turning a wooden pallet into something useful. My place of work throws pallets out, so I save them before they go off to the tip. You can find pallets in skips...

Crafts Gardening Upcycling

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January 18, 2021

Lock down garden project – before and after

In April 2020 as the pandemic was starting to take a hold, I was furloughed from my job. I decided to put the time to good use and get on with my garden and house renovation plans. My biggest task in the graden was my lawn! It was in an awful state, mainly moss, very...

Gardening

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January 15, 2021

Do you love beach pebbles?

There is something magical about a beach pebble. No two pebbles are the same. The pebbles vary from beach to beach, from coastline to coastline, from continent to continent. Some are so smooth and soft, others rought and jagged. Their colours range from pure white, through the spectrum to pure black. Some have beautiful patterns,...

Coastal Crafts Photography

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January 11, 2021

Your own personalised beach!

While we are in the middle of a world wide pandemic, many of your will be dreaming about your beach holidays and weekend getaways. For many of us in lockdown, getting to the beach is not an option at the moment. So why not bring to the beach to you!!! My Beach in a Jar...

Coastal

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January 8, 2021

Drilling holes in beach pebbles and sea glass

Over the years the question I have been asked the most is how do I drill holes through my pebbles and seaglass. When I’m down on the beach, if I find a particularly lovely looking pebble or piece of sea glass, I like to make them into a key ring or jewellery. Here are some...

Coastal Crafts

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January 8, 2021

Friday’s Fab Find – Readly

So after a few years away dealing with life, I have returned to writing my blog. It will mainly be ramblings about my creative crafty encounters with making things, painting things, and printing things. I hope you enjoy my musings and the photos I plan to share with you. Please feel free to add comments,...

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August 30, 2015

Large seaglass pendant – coastal style jewellery

Today I have made something a big bigger than my normal jewellery. This is a large sea glass pendant that includes three pieces of turquoise sea glass, along with two pearls, crystals, beads and diamante spacers. The pendant itself is 8.5cm long. You can find more details here at my Etsy shop. Here it is…

Coastal Crafts

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August 6, 2015

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New! Coastal Beach House Signs

I’ve been hanging on to some of my star fish for a while now as I’ve always wanted to make some coastal signs. Well now I’ve finally made some and I’m really pleased with the results! Handmade from bits of wood, painted in lovely coastal colours to reflect the colour of the sky and the...

Coastal Crafts

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July 25, 2015

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Disney Inside Out Hama Perler Bead patterns

My daughter and I went to see the latest Disney Pixar film called Inside Out yesterday. It was only released in the UK yesterday and we have been waiting a long time to see it. We were not disappointed! It was a really excellent film – very clever and really funny but also sad and...