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  • Coasters

    I like coasters.  I know that they can be seen as a little old fashioned, but the reason that they have stood the test of time is because they are fundamentally a very sensible and essential item.  Now I have got that off my chest, and have probably been declared out of touch by some […]

  • The Book
  • The Book

    I have a lot to say, I probably have an opinion on just about everything ….. since I cannot talk unendingly to my friends I need a larger audience, hence “The Book”. I have already tried lots of titles in my head, but at the moment I cannot quite decide which one to go with, […]

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  • Overwhelmed

    I have lots of bits and bobs to put up on my little etsy shop (etsy.com/papieretlaine) but I just cannot take decent photos so they I have not put them up. Then there is my husbands website, he is a great photographer, but his photos of his paintings need to be taken in daylight and not […]

  • Joseph
  • Moi, le 27 october 2014

    Je m’appelle Joseph. Voici mon blog 2.0. Je suis un garçon, j’adore la mer Méditerranée et j’aime les jeux de societé avec mes parents ou mes amis ….. Je n’ai pas dis où j´habite. J’habite a mauvezin au Gers. Pour changer sujet un peu, je vais vous parler d’un livre qu je lit, il s’appelle ¨Harry est fou¨. C’est très ineterent. Il parle d’un garçon qui interiter le perroqué de son grand père. […]

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  • My Family

    I am blessed with a pretty cool family.  My husband is an artist (www.jgnkelly.com), and we have two sons.  The eldest has just asked for a computer for his 10th birthday – I am horrified.  I have always wanted to keep them away from computers and games and ….. but now I am having to […]

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  • Noddy Booties

    The last couple of months have been rather stressful, I am still not exactly sure why …. but one thing I do know for definite – I have got very little to no crafting done! I need to get my very basic shop going.  This is something which I REALLY want to do, but also […]

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  • Crochet Rabbit

    I loved making this rabbit, he always seems to be able to make me smile.  His arms are not stuffed, but are just tightly crocheted, and this makes them strong enough to pose rather than the limp limbs one often find on baby toys.  Admittedly, after enough chewing and washing he will get a little […]

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  • Vintage Doily

    This was a really fun project to make, however, I have to admit that by the end of the last round I never wanted to crochet another picot in my life! I make alot of my stuff without patterns, so I am not great with dodgy ill-defined ones (like some of the amazing crocheter I […]

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  • Getting started…

    This is the first post on this website and it is proving strangely difficult to write… When arriving in France I really did not know what lay in store, but over the last 4 years we have rediscovered what is important to us and how we want to live.  One of the side affects of […]

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  • The Idea

    I have always loved to upcycle, and with this website we hope to show you how you can use your imagination to create a beautiful home and reuse as much fabric, wool, paper and wood as possible.   I love to buy items and then recreate them, please feel free to send photos of my […]