I’m Anne-Marie Smith – my passion is recycling, upcycling, design and craft. I have a studio (garage) full of vintage (or junk as my husband likes to call it). I’m a whizz at organising events (bossy). Oh and I love food whether that’s cooking, bottling, baking or eating it!

tea & toast & tapas is a lifestyle blog and online shop stuffed full of ideas, inspirations and handmade loveliness.

No 14 is the biggest upcycling and design project I’ve undertaken here. An original wooden chalet restored and updated but still retaining that seaside chalet feel with lots of vintage touches. Available to rent from Easter 2021 subject to campsite opening dates and Covid 19 restrictions (Contact for Details on Bookings)

The Pop-Up Artisan Market is a whole new venture. An online space for creative businesses based here in the Costa Brava to promote and sell their work to a wider audience. Particularly during these difficult times when the usual places like Arts and Crafts Markets and Events are cancelled and people who would normally buy their unique and original pieces for themselves, their friends and their families from independent traders have few means of seeking them out. Its been running since November last year and we are gradually building a following and adding to our traders all the time. Do get in touch if you think this is for you!

I’m Anne-Marie Smith – my passion is recycling, upcycling, design and craft. I have a studio (garage) full of vintage (or junk as my husband likes to call it). I’m a whizz at organising events (bossy). Oh and I love food whether that’s cooking, bottling, baking or eating it!

tea & toast & tapas is a lifestyle blog and online shop stuffed full of ideas, inspirations and handmade loveliness.

No 14 is the biggest upcycling and design project I’ve undertaken here. An original wooden chalet restored and updated but still retaining that seaside chalet feel with lots of vintage touches. Available to rent from Easter 2021 subject to campsite opening dates and Covid 19 restrictions (Contact for Details on Bookings)

The Pop-Up Artisan Market is a whole new venture. An online space for creative businesses based here in the Costa Brava to promote and sell their work to a wider audience. Particularly during these difficult times when the usual places like Arts and Crafts Markets and Events are cancelled and people who would normally buy their unique and original pieces for themselves, their friends and their families from independent traders have few means of seeking them out. Its been running since November last year and we are gradually building a following and adding to our traders all the time. Do get in touch if you think this is for you!

Schools are back is it too early to talk about Christmas?

September 13, 2018 /

I only mention it because I organise the Church Christmas Fair here in the Costa Brava and I started designing the posters and planning craft workshops way back in August!

With my crafty head on I found lots of lovely creations on Pinterest to inspire my own ideas. [Sources for each of the above images can be found at the end of the post] I’ve used a letter set for lots of different projects and impressed clay with doilies and lace, you don’t need a tutorial to make your own just experiment. I’ve also used Sharpie pens to highlight letters and draw on dried clay. Tags and decorations are not just for Christmas so will be looking to make some all year round bits and bobs for my own stall.

I even found a leftover pack of air dry clay from last year so maybe time for a little experimentation. Any of the online tutorials for making clay tags work with airdry, oven bake or make your own salt dough. Salt dough must be sealed with an acrylic paint, varnish or pva (modge podge) to stop it from going mouldy when you store it. Here’s a quick easy salt dough recipe.

Source top image: trees, stars, parcel tag, green, round, house, round and star, angels, heart

Images are not mine, unless specified, where available, links to originals and suppliers are provided, if any image belongs to you and is not credited please let me know so I can either provide a link or remove it.

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