🎉 Celebrations

“We used Janis the Speaker for the speeches at our wedding!”

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See what our members are up to

🎄 Homemade decorations

Me and my new best friend Donna the Sewing Machine made this Christmas tree!
Jihyoun used the Sewing Machine
🧵 Make your own

I made some Christmas stockings.
Dalston Member used the Sewing Machine
🎄 Save Christmas

In the Christmas excitement, we spilt red wine on our white carpet. Borrowing the Carpet Cleaner saved Christmas!
Nick used the Carpet Cleaner
🎃 Bring doors back from the dead

I cut up and converted a pile of old doors that I had lying around from a recent renovation into tombstones, and turned my garden into a cemetery.
Andrew used the Jigsaw
🧇 Throw a waffle party

I had a waffle party, with sweet and savoury toppings, for my friends on my birthday.
Crystal palace Member used the Waffle Maker
🧵 Make your own costume

I used the Sewing Machine to make a costume for an event I’m going to - I needed to sew a coloured edge onto a lab coat which would take forever by hand!
Sarah used the Sewing Machine
🎈 A party to remember

We had an outdoor cinema for my daughter's 15th birthday party. It went down a storm!
Ruth used the Projector
📽 Celebrate with a movie night

I hired the Projector for a birthday movie night with my friends.
Bromley Member used the Projector
🎂 What are best friends for

I borrowed the Projector and Projector Screen to equally embarrass and celebrate my best friend with a careful curation of photographs and films from our 10 years of friendship.
The slideshow played in the background of her 30th birthday party. A must for any celebration!
Ruby used the Projector & Projector Screen
🌱 Somewhere for everyone

We have a communal garden which is so overgrown now, no one can use it!
I cajoled two of my sons to help me spend a day clearing it as we want to have a BBQ next week for a birthday party.
Michelle used the Strimmer & Secateurs
🎓 Time for a graduation party?

It was my graduation party - I don’t have a garden so my celebration was in the local park.
Susana used the Gazebo
🎄 Straighten up the tree

I sawed off the end of the Christmas tree so it would stand upright!
Dalston Member used the Hand Saw
🦌 Festive upcycling

This is one of our all-time favourite stories from Christmas 2019. When we decided to makeover our kiosk at Crystal Palace Library, our poor wooden counter had to be sent away.
It was taken to a magical elves workshop a.k.a. Men in Sheds Penge and was transformed into two reindeers that had the honour of taking Santa to the Pengemas festival!
🎈 Avoid single-use

We organised our daughter's birthday in the park and we wanted to avoid single-use items as much as possible to reduce our waste. So we borrowed the Party Kit. A no-brainer birthday party!
Camille used the Party Kit
💍 Find something special

I lost my wedding ring for 3 weeks after camping in Sussex. I saw that Library of Things had a Metal Detector, so thought it would be worth a try using it for another look.
Within 20 minutes I’d found it!
Alex used the Metal Detector