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5 alternatives for your classic christmas tree

It’s almost December, and almost time to get in the holiday spirit! And while a classic christmas tree sure looks very charming, it’s also very sad to see how it loses its needles, and how in the end it – completely bald – it ends up on the side walk, waiting for its definitive end. So why not try something...

Tutorial – How to make a wooden christmas tree

Five years ago I took 2 large pieces of cardboard, cut out a christmas tree, and wrote a tutorial about it. That cardboard christmas tree lasted a few years, but in the end it got recycled together with yesterday’s newspaper. The year after, we decided to go for the same theme, but bigger, and with a longer expiration date. A...

2016: New Year resolutions and a sweater or 3

2015 has closed its door behind us for more than a week now, and, to be honest, I don’t miss it one bit. Not that 2015 didn’t bring any fun, on the contrary, but still. Just when I thought I would boost my own – and hoping I’d boost some of yours as well – positivity, both hubby and myself...

Book binding for lazy housewives – The washi tape method

In my previous post I already mentioned Kathleen’s blog calender, which you can find on her blog Verbeelding. Apart from that, Kathleen also shared a very handy  sewing planner. I’m starting to consider Kathleen as my personal organiser 🙂 To keep all those sewing plans nicely together, I wanted to make a booklet, as I’ve already done before. But since I’m pretty inpatient and...

Fabric!

That she had some fabric lying around, and whether I was interested. She, that’s my cousin. And me, well, of course I was interested. Especially when I heard that her husband wanted them out of the way and was threatening to throw it all out. Fabric? Thrown out? NEVER! Some fabric turned out to be three full bags. Big bags....

We wish you a washi Christmas

After 2 faithful years, our cardboard Christmas tree gave up on us. Not because it wasn’t sturdy enough, far from it, but because the renovation dust got a bit too much for it. So I gave it a proper fairwell and added it to the paper to be recycled. So I searched for a new alternative. At that time, I...

Swear jar

Sometimes, we tend to work hard, here at the Abfabulies home. So hard, that sometimes we have a verbal overflow. When we are cutting plywood, for instance, and we took the wrong measurements. Or when the cat decides to swirl in front of our feet on a dark staircase (no lights yet, remember?), preferably when we are carrying a toddler....

Sofa cover

Our house is what you call a work in progress. And that’s one of the reasons why the furniture in it only has our second priority. And why it’s a bit of a melting pot of everything. You should know, I’m a bit of a horder. Whenever somebody asks me whether I can do something with their old table, couches,...

Christmas crafts – part 2

Another pinspired one, these helping hands oven mitts. What you need: oven mitts (the paler, the better), fabric paint, and a cooperating toddler. Result: Christmas presents for the grandmas. Easy peasy.  

Christmas crafts

Ever since I saw these tin can lanterns on Pinterest last summer, I’ve had used tin cans filled with water in our freezer. Since I was going to make cosy garden lights. So now I’ve turned them into cosy christmas lights. And it worked better than I had expected. I didn’t even hit my fingers once.