Freshly Found Tutorials
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Painted Vintage Cutglass
My granny loved cut-glass. I remember her visiting our home, and as a huge favour to my mom, she would wash the cut-glass collection that decorated the sideboard in our diningroom. I remember the sense of pride we all had as the pieces were placed back all bright and...
Crochet Tablecloth Waistcoat DIY
A quick fun project with a really rewarding outcome - DIY instructions to convert a circular charity-shop-find tablecloth into a trendy draped-front waistcoat. Rectangular crochet tablecloths are great for reusing as throws or bed covers, but circular ones are a...
Safety Pin Earrings
Safety pins possess good qualities as material for jewellery, being shiny, delicate and easy to come by. In my endeavours to live a more artisan lifestyle, I gathered some beads and bits and pieces to make myself a few pairs of earrings. ...
Workshops and Courses
The Story... Freshly Found began it's life as a blog in 2007. Quite soon it branched out into an etsy store, and then a few years later the online store was born at freshlyfound.com. We ventured from our online platform to wonderful face-to-face contact at...
Crochet Bud Vases DIY
These soda vases are a great way to re-cycle glass bottles. They are covered in a simple parcel string crochet. The string can be left plain or dip dyed to create a gradient of colour. (You can create this yourself with the free crochet pattern at the end of the...
Upcycled Cardigans
Today's story - Upcycle sweater - Tutorial Here's how it happened in real life to 2 warm and fluffy pullovers. They have been converted into cardigans - projects perfect for our chilly Southern Hemisphere weather right now. The first is family heirloom Angora...
Button Thread Bracelets – DIY
Finally! The tutorials are up for these button bracelets. They are a fun, quick project and a good way to use up a leftover buttons and crochet cottons. I've shown a few variations of colour and techniques. Mostly, I've used crochet cotton like J&P Coats...
Tissue Paper Daisy Chain DIY
Daisy garlands bring to mind images of freedom, fun and dancing in a summer field. The design of these light paper daisies linked to form a delicate paper daisy chain hopefully evokes the same feelings, and can be made any time of the year. The design is made from...
Crafted Book Art Vase
This week, I am going to show you how to fashion a vase - not from clay, but from a book! A bibliographic vessel - A Crafted Book Art Vase! It's a fairly quick to make, and quite attractive. Good for storing water-less flora like dried grasses and flowers. These...
Freshly Found DIY Inspiration
Button Bracelets with Cotton Thread
I made these button bracelets for myself. I did not want the buttons to be the star of the show, rather the pattern formed by the thread as it dipped in and out of the button holes. I hope to try out some more and document the process. Update - Tutorial here ☺...
Wooden Collection – the Same yet Different
Wooden Collection Story - There is something so pleasing about having collections of similar things - Similar shapes, Similar sizes, similar uses and similar colours. For a while I have been collecting wooden goodies - spoons, apples, egg cups, bowls, knife handles...
Paper Earrings – Heart Jewellery
Freshly Found Shaped Heart Earrings made from recycled book spines And recycled packaging materials... Happy Valentine's Day! Paper Jewellery for the Win!
Recycled Tapestry – FOUND! Tropical Parrot
This pretty polly was a stray from the SPCA. I knew I could give her a happy place to stay, so took her home with me, and set her free from the mouldy frame she was trapped in. She brightens a corner of my living room now. I can leave her cage door open and don't...
Recycled Cutlery Star – Twinkle Twinkle..
Recycled Cutlery Star - Made from vintage knives - the not so valuable ones you get for next to nothing at charity shops! Recycled Cutlery Star!
Needle Art Jewellery
Embroidered Jewellery originating from Vintage Table Linen! Vintage embroidery work, cut out and hand-stitched onto a felt backing.
Book Paper Trophy
I have been focusing largely on paper art and craft lately There are some gorgeous goodies in production at the moment. I am loving the challenge of seeing just how much can be done, with vintage book paper in particular. Last week I received an enquiry about a...
Confetti..
Confetti - A multitude of pieces of paper... Things have been quiet on the social media side, because I have been so busy with a multitude of Freshly Found projects and orders. This custom made confetti from differently textured papers is the most recent one to be...
Pressed Leaf Art – Light, Leaves, Paper and Wax
I had some fun mounting leaves between sheets of wax paper. These small samples are mounted on my window with my Washi Tape. I believe the leaves will be fairly well-preserved and maintain some of their colour. I made some autumn leaf panels too and soon I will...
