A couple years back, at Xmas, my wife gifted me a VERY large set of coloured pencils – like 120 pencils! The pencils are lovely, smooth, no bits on the paper etc., the kind of thing you expect in expensive pencils. The only issue is what happens when I want
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I like to reuse and re-purpose things others would rather just throw away. The idea here is NOT to blow my own horn but give you ideas for ‘stuff’ before you throw it away.
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BIC Ideas From Little Things
In my work I go through a pile of pens, constantly writing notes and filling coil books. Call me old school but I live by the maxim ‘Write it down and remember it 3 times as long!”. It doesn’t help being left handed! As odd as it seems pushing a
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The Knotty Life Continues
I haven’t been doing much in the way of bracelets lately. A case of life catching up mostly, and running out of paracord. I did manage to find some at Wallyworld last night so finally a chance to try out a two colour band on the leather strap. For a
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Crafting a Bigger Board
A while back I made up a small frame for tying paracord bracelets, worked slick, so I decided to make a bigger one for making belts. It worked great too… But… It was a bit of a pain with the two board, especially since the longer one was just a
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Jean-eology 101
So I am doing a bit of a weed-out of the bits and bobs I have stuffed into boxes over the years. Last mini-project was the SamBag, using a pair of his painter pants from when he was about 4 (he is 21 now so you know how long they
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The SamBag
Okay this one comes with a story. I am not a pack-rat, more a crow. I don’t save things just to save them, with a mountain of odds and ends in my shop downstairs. Well, actually I do but that is another story, and not a hoarding story! Anyway, many