If you’ve ever gone through the process of designing a room before, you’ve probably felt the frustration which comes when you can’t find the pieces of furniture which you need to complete your look. The market will always have limited choices, and the trends which are popular at the time will have a huge impact …
A couple of days ago it dawned on me how easy it would be to make my own Christmas Door Wreath. We normally buy a wreath from our local farm shop, but we just haven’t had the time this year to visit the shop to buy our wreath. A friend was over and we just …
I like to keep myself busy. Once the kids are in bed and fast asleep, I can be found in my favourite spot in the living room working on something crafty. I have many projects on the go. Currently I am working on a rag rug crocheted from old bedding, I am also crocheting a …
I’ve owned my basic Nikon Coolpix now for around 2 and a half years. I do love the camera, which is a basic bridge camera that is perfect for beginners. I have taken some photographs that I am rather proud of. Mainly flowers (they don’t move) and a stunning photo of The Flying Scotsman train …
I’ve been knitting for around 5 years now. I’m not amazing but I can follow a basic pattern (when I can be bothered and I’m not just winging-it) but I like knitting basic squares or panels and making them into ‘things’. Everyone gets knitted dishcloths for Christmas, or basic cowls. Practical, easy knitting. Learning Crochet- How …
Halloween isn’t too far away. Ok it’s quite far but everyone seems so excited already, we just couldn’t resist making these cute little bats early! These bats are perfect for toddlers to make as they are not too fiddly. I liked to chat to Willow about bats when making these. Discussing how they fly, what …
I had a pine table floating around for years. It was scratched, dull, one leg was near to falling off and it was … Useless. The kids occasionally sat at it to do some drawing or eat a sandwich, and was always covered in something sticky! It needed reviving and fast, I didn’t want to …
Ok, so it’s not Halloween for a while yet but Willow has a bit of a thing for all things spooky at the moment. Spiders are her favourite creature and bats, ghosts and witches all come in joint second. This morning she excitedly had the idea that she wanted to make some bats (?!) and …
