Grey area

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I love a splash of colour as much as the next person, but when it comes to clothes I do often stick to neutral colours I know I should try and wear more colour but when neutral colours look this good how can I argue? Add a spot of sequiny sparkle into the mix and I'm sold!

My pallet obsession continues...

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I have a thing for pallets. Every time I see one discarded in a skip or leaning up against someone's bin looking lost and lonely, I want to rescue it, take it home and spruce the fellow up and make him pride of place in my home. As I have so many 'works in progress' at the moment, I am making do with swooning over these fine looking pallets instead.

Make Do and Mend- New TV show co-presented by yours truly

(Presenters: Lucia Kempsey, Simon Wright, Jo Behari)

Last summer I was shortlisted for a craft expert TV presenter role, and after a lot of nailbiting and embarrassing appearances in front of the camera, I got it!

Last autumn we filmed 20 episodes for Channel 4 for the series which is called Make Do And Mend and features 3 experts: me, the craft expert Jo Behari, the DIY expert and Simon Wright, the food expert. We spent time with a different group of people each week, in a different town or city teaching people how live life more thriftily. We tackled all sorts of projects for the show, I showed contributors how to make and upcycle all sorts of things including including reupholstering, altering clothing, charity shopping, making driftwood mirrors, and tonnes more simple projects, and all on the super-cheap!

The show starts next Monday at 12.05pm on Channel 4 and runs for 20 episodes each weekday for 4 weeks. Please watch if you can and also head over to the Make Do and Mend Facebook page

Bonkers about Buttons (and fifties style dresses)

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A rather disjointed post but I just love these two images. This dress is adorable, love the contrast of the grey and red underskirt. Think it might go prettily with this lovely necklace seen on Bonkers about Buttons.

On a shoestring

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OK, so some of these are probably not really shoes you could buy on a shoestring really, but they are all ones I would like to own! I'm all for having a shoe closet like Imelda Marcos but I think I'm gonna have to settle for one full of smelly old plimsolls for the moment.

All things bright and beautiful

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Mark making

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I love how these monochrome designs are so striking. The tape is available to buy (see link) - yes!! Buy it and stick it all over your house - that's what I intend to do!!

Unbearably cute

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A couple of adorable little handmade chaps to confide your deepest secrets in. The mohair bear is by Missy Ballance and she sells patterns too! So you could make your own little version of cute

Pirate Fashion

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Loving these military/pirate style jackets

Lightbulb moment!

Flippin' amazing! Absolutely loving this unique way of repurposing an old lightbulb, into something beautiful - found via feefearn, this is the work of Souther Salazar. You can see more of her work on her blog. Click here to visit his etsy page.

New website!!!

Yay!!!! I finally got myself organised and got myself a new website with the help of my boyfriend (who designed it) and Applebox Designs (who did all the tech bit and the online design). There are workshops, tutorials, surface pattern design and more to have a gander at on there so go check it out the new Bettyjoy website here and let me know what you think.