On her awardwinning blog, Dainty Dress Diaries, Catherine Carton welcomes us into her ‘floral, chalkpainted, teadresswearing corner of the internet’.Here, in her first book, she shares over fifty of her favourite creative projects – upcycling, crafting, sewing, painting and gardening – many of which take unloved items and make them shine again.Getting crafty is fun, but it also gives us a few moments of peace in our hectic, pluggedin lives. Spend an afternoon making rosescented soaps or sewing a memory cushion; reuse old crockery and learn to strip paint and upcycle furniture; or get your garden blooming with simple raised beds or a buzzin’ bee hotel.The projects within these pages are for everyone, so take a break from the world, reignite your creative spark, and make your home a little bit more beautiful!
On her awardwinning blog, Dainty Dress Diaries, Catherine Carton welcomes us into her ‘floral, chalkpainted, teadresswearing corner of the internet’.Here, in her first book, she shares over fifty of her favourite creative projects – upcycling, crafting, sewing, painting and gardening – many of which take unloved items and make them shine again.Getting crafty is fun, but it also gives us a few moments of peace in our hectic, pluggedin lives. Spend an afternoon making rosescented soaps or sewing a memory cushion; reuse old crockery and learn to strip paint and upcycle furniture; or get your garden blooming with simple raised beds or a buzzin’ bee hotel.The projects within these pages are for everyone, so take a break from the world, reignite your creative spark, and make your home a little bit more beautiful!
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