Making paper flowers out of recycled books, buttons and string

After seeing all the beautiful paper flowers in the Adeline Klam shop, I decided to have a go myself, using pages from an old book and some recycled magazines…

Hand felted slippers using various felting techniques

I recently had a go at felting, using both a wet techique and a needle. Here is a description of my first project : making a pair of slippers, using a bit of both techniques.

How to crochet with plastic bags

After learning to crochet, I decided to try making a washing basket out of some old plastic bags. Here is how it went…

Furniture made from a recycled pallet

This is a short post, just to show you some little stools and table made entirely out of discarded wood, including an old pallet found on the street.

A quick tutorial on how to make t-shirt yarn

I loved learning to crochet with t-shirt yarn. The best thing about t-shirt yarn is that you can make it youself really easily out of t-shirts (yes – really!) or other old clothes.

Gorgeous Japanese paper from Adeline Klam

Adeline Klam is a lovely shop that sells really beautiful Japanese paper which is great for all kinds of crafty projects.

Bienvenue and welcome to Paris en Rose, a blog dedicated to recycled crafts in Paris!

Hello, Thanks for visiting this site, and welcome to Paris en Rose!

Mural painting of a door leading to a secret garden…

I got a commission from my lovely mother (in-law), Judi to paint a mural on her garden wall, of an old door leading through into another, secret garden. There is an amazing time lapse video (see below) of me doing the painting. But first I want to show you the design process we went through to reach this stage!

How I learnt to crochet and why it worked out really well… read more

A hand bound notebook made with recycled plastic bags

My sister used to have ferrets, so for her birthday, I decided to make a personalised, recycled notebook out of an old Furet du Nord plastic bag, which has a cool picture of a ferret on it.

I actually got the inspiration from this Fabriano notebook (pictured below) that I saw one day in BHV, which came with an elastic band containing a few essential accessories, including a coloured pencil to match the cover of the book itself. So cute! Unfortunately, the price was a little above my means at the time, so I decided to recreate it instead. read more