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Rag Balls – Compelling Decor for Your Home

Rag balls - Are you looking for a quick, hopeful decor project for your home?  Something therapeutic to make, but simple and not too time consuming....
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Bleach Print – Artistic Revival of T-Shirts and Jeans

Bleach Print - Floral Pattern A remarkable route to revive or recycle your gear!  Create a pattern by using the Bleach Print method.  Instead of...
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Linocut Angels with Bookprint – Create for Christmas

Linocut Angels Are you inspried to create your own unique handcrafted decorations for next Christmas?  Begin thinking and planning way in advance,...
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Paper Pulp Jewellery Craft – Exciting Earrings

Paper Pulp Jewellery The continual quest to see what paper can do for us is a delight to me.  These dangle Paper Pulp Jewellery Earrings have been...
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Hanky Face Mask – DIY Inspiration

A Hanky Face Mask!  At first when I published this post, the jury was still out as to whether or not home-made masks are good to wear as protection...
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Drawer Dividers – DIY from Recycled Printer Paper

Drawer dividers are a great way to neaten up space in your cupboard or dresser drawers.  Are you, like me, inspired by those early Mari Kondo...
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Paper Origami Shirts – DIY Gift Voucher Card

A quick tutorial to fold Origami Shirts  - suitable for Father's Day or Birthday greeting or just for fun!.  This pattern is based on the well-known...
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Christmas Puzzle Wreaths from Recycled Papers

This set of Christmas Puzzle Wreaths were a delight to create from recycled materials.  Can you tell just what I used?  The puzzle pieces used for...
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Handcraft and Crochet – Authentic String Mop

We decided we needed a larger, stronger mop at home. We were not able to find one that was substantial enough to clean our home filled...
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Vintage Embroidered Linen Brooch – DIY

This is the ideal handcraft to preserve the essence of sentimental embroidered family heirlooms.  The table cloth with a mould stain, or frayed...
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Create a Village of Playing Card Houses

You need 21 playing cards to make a cute card house.  Its a great way to use up a pack with a missing or damaged card, You will be able to make 2...
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Book Fold Candle Holder – DIY Bibliogami Project

Bibliogami is the art of making useful or beautiful objects from books.  In this project Candle Holders are made from roll-folded books.  The Book...
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Fish Print – Aquatic Baby Blanket

Fish Print Blanket.  A recent project for a special little boy with an underwater themed bedroom. I screen-printed the simple fish shapes...
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Geometric Screen-print from Bright Colours

These are the new kids on the block - Geometric Screen-print covered Ottomans.  I created them with bright Aquatex fabric paints, printed onto...
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Stencil Print Christmas Wreaths – Leaf and Bow

If you are looking for a quick Christmas Project, these Stencil Print Christmas Wreaths are a great idea. Create these decorations from recycled...
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Hand Print Patterns – a Journey in Design

Hand Print Patterns - There is much excitement here at Freshly Found, as lockdown has provided a wonderful opportunity to explore a variety of...
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Himmeli Geometric Decor from Recycled Papers

Himmeli Geometric Decor We used recycled materials to create most of the decor for this special event.  We crafted The Himmeli geomteric decor...
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Paper Roll Pot – Marbled Black, Grey and Cream

I am keen to push my paper crafting passion in some new directions. This paper roll pot was a fun project to start the year with. It looks good on...
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Cape Honeysuckle Leaf Print on Hexagonal Paper Vase

The Story of The Hexagonal Paper Vase My continuous exploration to see what I can do with paper and what paper can do for me  resulted in this...
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Heart-shaped Hot Air Balloons – Corporate Client Commission

Freshly Found received a commision to create a fleet (?) of heart-shaped paper hot-air balloons for a jewellery store client.  Because Valentine's...
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Springbok Trophy – Folded Book Craft

An exciting recent commission to create a Folded Book Buck Trophy!   You may have seen that years ago I had made a quick prototype.  Consequently I...
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Poster Print Made into Origami Cranes

I love to recycle!  Usually I recycle papers that are forgotten or destined to be pulped.  These paper origami cranes are on another level!  They...
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Tapestry Cushions (Pillows) – Found and Featured

I am always on the lookout for treasures.  When I find someone's beautiful handiwork, that has been forgotten or has never had a chance to shine, I...
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Twist Dyed Tablecloths with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint – DIY

What a wonderful opportunity for free creative expression.  A friend asked me to help her create a number of Twist Dyed tablecloths for a function....
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