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5 Creative DIYs & Crafts To Do At Home: Easy Embroidery Kit For Beginners

5 Easy Creative DIYs and Crafts To Do At Home

The embroidery kit featured in this blog post ‘5 Creative DIYs and Crafts To Do At Home’ was gifted by LoveCrafts to feature in a blog post. This post is not sponsored, and all opinions are my own.

Getting creative is an important part of my self-care routine. Switching off from social media (and the internet in general), and making something helps me feel accomplished and mindful. Today I’m sharing 5 Creative DIYs and Crafts To Do At Home!

A lot of people have spent the past few months in lockdown, quarantine, or on furlough. With the ‘extra time’ you may have at the moment, why not cultivate your skills in a new hobby? Finish those DIY projects you’ve been putting off, go through your wardrobe, or simply spend some time writing to yourself.

I wrote a blog post a while ago featuring 5 things to do while stuck in self-quarantine, and now I’m back with another 5 activities to do at home. This time, I’m focusing on creativity: arts, crafts and DIYs.

These are all things I’ve been doing recently, now that I’ve finished my Master’s degree but can’t go back to work yet.

Keep reading for 5 Creative DIYs and Crafts To Do At Home.

1. Upcycle Your Furniture

Upcycling idea: paint details on your furniture. I used nail polish!

Get the paint out!

Have a browse on Pinterest, it’s full of brilliant upcycling ideas for your furniture. I’ve seen some great upcycling ideas for using wallpaper over on there.

My white bedroom furniture features some adorable roses and bows, so I jazzed them up a bit!

Spending some time painting while listening to chill music was a great distraction, and a nice way to pass the evening. I used nail polish and glitter, so I didn’t have to buy any paints.

2. Refashion Your Clothes

DIY refashioning idea: cut out shapes from metallic fabric and stitch them onto plain clothing.

I’m certainly not a pro seamstress, but I’m learning.

First I prioritised fixing clothes with holes, tears or missing buttons. Then I made a pile of jeans and trousers that need hemming with the sewing machine (I’m short!). After that, I decided to get creative!

I’ve sorted out the majority of my wardrobe. I’ll be selling some clothes, donating a lot when I’m able to, and refashioning some clothes too.

One refashioning project I decided to work on recently involved a pink metallic skirt. It didn’t fit me any more and was a bit worn out, so I wasn’t happy to sell or donate it. I decided to cut out some heart and star shapes then sew them on some plain tops. Cute, huh?

If you want to live more ethically, refashioning is a great way to find a new purpose for the clothes you don’t enjoy any more.

Again, Pinterest is a great platform to check for ideas, as well as YouTube. Side-note: I recently started uploading YouTube videos again!

3. Drawing, Colouring & Painting

Printable Mandala Colouring Page.

Colouring is my go-to when I’m feeling a bit lost and uninspired.

I love to draw, but sometimes the inspiration doesn’t come to me and I end up staring at a blank page or screen. I have two colouring books for such occasions!

You can also find a lot of brilliant free printable colouring pages online.

Here are some of my favourite free printable colouring pages:

Rainbow owl watercolour painting.
I’m not the best at watercolours, but sitting outside on a nice day to paint is a lovely experience.
5 Creative DIYs & Crafts To Do At Home: Digital Colouring.
Printable Fox Colouring Page from SuperColoring.com, digitally coloured by me using Sketchbook.

I’ve also been creating more digital art, using the free program Sketchbook on my Macbook and Tablet. I finally learned how to make vector art on Photoshop, which has become another new obsession of mine!

5 Creative DIYs & Crafts To Do At Home: Digital Collage Vector Art.
Vector art created from my photographs, put together in a collage on Photoshop. Featuring Venus!

If you’re interested, check out my greetings cards on Thortful, and my Redbubble Shop, featuring some digital art designs I’ve created over the past few months. I have also reignited my old Tumblr, to showcase some of my art and photography.

4. Scrapbooking & Journalling

5 Creative DIYs & Crafts To Do At Home: Bullet Journalling.

I’m a big fan of both scrapbooking and journalling. I use a bullet journal daily for organising my life, and a book of shadows for witchcraft.

I also have several scrapbooks focused around different ‘eras’, e.g. childhood + school, life during my undergraduate degree, and life during my master’s degree.

Journalling is a brilliant way to get in touch with your emotions, improve your writing skills, and focus on your mental health. I can’t recommend it enough.

5. Learn a New Craft!

5 Creative DIYs & Crafts To Do At Home: Embroidery Kits from LoveCrafts.

Many of my friends have decided to try their hands at new hobbies over the past few months, from knitting to baking to macrame or crochet. I love seeing their creations pop up on Instagram.

For me, embroidery stood out as a crafty hobby I wanted to try. I’m a big fan of slow styling, creating things for myself, and enjoying the therapeutic process!

LoveCrafts got in touch, and asked if I’d like to try out one of their crafting kits for a bit of creative self-care (gifted). After having a browse, tempted by so many different crafting kits, I settled on a beautiful embroidery set from Hawthorn Handmade.

Hawthorn Handmade Wildwood Embroidery Kit.

Just look at how beautiful the floral design is! The kit comes with full instructions on how to make the different stitches and put the hoop together – it’s perfect for a beginner like me.

LoveCrafts have a huge array of crafting kits, for beginners as well as experts. Check out their Beginner’s Hub, and find their Embroidery Kits here.

I’ll update you when I finish my embroidery hoop, and if all goes well, perhaps this is the new hobby for me!

LoveCrafts Embroidery Kit for Beginners

If you have a garden or outdoor space, getting creative outside is always a good idea. It’s so therapeutic! Start a new outdoor DIY project, improve your gardening skills, or grow your own edible plants for more sustainable living.

I recently shared my top 10 plants for witchcraft, so if you’re in a witchy mood, have a read!


I hope you enjoyed these 5 Creative DIYs and Crafts To Do At Home, make sure to let me know if you try any of them out.

If you’re looking for some more ideas about Creativity or Self-Care, have a read of my other blog posts.

All the best,

- Emily

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  1. Brilliant ideas, thank-you for sharing. I need to try upcycling my clothes! Found your blog on Pinterest, I love it.

  2. This was a lovely post! It’s always so fun to find fellow craft bloggers – I’m a big fan of upcycling! I’m trying to get into sewing, but it’s not my best skill admittedly. Macrame is fun too once you get the hang of it 🙂 xx

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