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10 Easter DIY Craft and Decorating Ideas
Here are some really quick and easy Easter DIY Craft ideas to make your home or dinner table a Spring masterpiece. I’ve rummaged my craft room and put together my 10 favourite decorating ideas. Before we get started, I recommend you to use sugru because the glue is brilliant and has worked wonders for me,…
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Ribbon Bunting: DIY Craft Tutorial
Here’s a quick and easy ribbon bunting DIY craft tutorial for you, which will only take around 10 minutes to make Its now time to raid the drawers and find those roll ends and remnants of fabric and ribbon. This is a wonderful craft project to spruce up a basket of flowers, a cake or…
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Make Ric Rac Flowers: DIY Craft Project
I love the quirky look of ric rac and after lots of requests, I finally decided to stock it a couple of years ago. For me it is not an ideal ribbon choice in gift wrapping as I haven’t mastered how to tie a bow with it yet. With Valentines Day approaching I decided to…
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Join Jane Means at the Giftwrapped book launch
In a few weeks my new book giftwrapped will be launched to the world and going on sale worldwide. Many people have not wanted to wait until the end of November when it hits the shops, so I’ve had a busy couple of weeks signing copies and personally gift wrapping each one that has been ordered…
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Gift Wrapping Project – Lining gift boxes with Tissue and Ribbon
You’ve bought the gift and have found a nice little box to pop it in but have no idea how to do the tissue bit. This is something I am always asked to cover on my gift wrapping workshops and when I trained the staff in Harrods recently, they were desperate to find a quicker…
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Visit us at the Spirit of Summer Fair
The new London ribbon shop at Clifton Nurseries is proving very popular and we are delighted to be exhibiting alongside Clifton Nurseries at the Spirit of Summer Fair organized by House and Garden Magazine The 4 day fair will take place at Olympia, London from Wed 14-Sat 17 May and has hundreds of handpicked exhibitors showcasing…
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Jane Means to open London Shop at Clifton Nurseries
We’re delighted to be adding a Haberdashery Closet in the capital. We are often mobbed at our London shows including Top Drawer, Spirit Fairs and Country Living For years I have been asked where is your London shop, and after opening our doors in Lincoln in 2012, I always wanted the next quirky outlet to…
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Craft Ideas for the Fortnum and Mason Stationery Event
I’m really looking forward to being involved in the new stationery room launch at Fortnum and Mason in Piccadilly next week. Our ribbons are stocked in the store and I will be gift wrapping live in their revamped stationery room on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th April. As a ribbon stockist of the store i’ve already…
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Mother’s Day Wrapping Event at Clifton Nurseries
One of my favourite haunts is Clifton Nurseries close to the Little Venice Canals in the heart of London. Despite being in Central London, you feel like you’re tucked away in a unique oasis and it’s been a hidden gem since the mid 19th century. Last week I was there doing a photo shoot…
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Our Barking Mad Charity Dress Sale is back
On April 29th, the Barking Mad Charity Dress Sale will be making a comeback in Braceborough Village Hall near Stamford from 4-8pm. Last year my close friend Sarah Milne and I raised over £2000 for Three Counties Dog Rescue at the inaugural event which was opened by TV presenter Catherine Gee. After numerous requests we’ve…
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