Wardrobe Recycle

I am still on the de-cluttering mission at home, trying to get rid of stuff I haven't worn in ages. In the process I came across this Aztec printed beauty buried in the depths of the wardrobe that I haven't ever worn. I fell in love with the colours and the print but it is even too 80's for me. I would look like John Collins on a Mexican cruise no matter how I styled it !

I couldn't bear to part with it so I thought why not recycle it and turn it into a high waisted skirt instead that I could then wear winter or summer.

All I did was so easy, cut the top off and stitched the waist up.

A new skirt which I love out old a dress Ive never worn and saved a tiny bit of space in the wardrobe?!

New from the old Brilliant x

Home made maracas

One of my new resolutions is to re-use and recycle and turn the boring into the fantastic. So with that in mind i decided to make Rex some home made maracas using some empty plastic bottles. I filled one with macaroni and one with rice. Rex loves touching and feeling everything so for decoration with a purpose i stuck on some velcro dots and squares. Rex loves them and so easy to make they entertained him for all of 5 mins a day. Make sure unlike me that you glue the screw lid shut otherwise like Rex your little one will start snacking on and distributing rice and macaroni round the house.