Hello hello! Happy Tuesday-in-that-odd-bit-between-Christmas-and-New-Year. I hope you had wonderful Christmases and are ready for amazing 2015s. I'd meant to post this in the run-up to Christmas but, of course, what with everything else, I got a bit sidetracked and it never managed to make it out of draft mode. Still, it's not specifically about Christmas, … Continue reading A snowflake bedroom
Homemade presents
On the mantel: December
Ahhh, the Christmas mantelpiece. It’s the one I remember most fondly from my childhood. Hundreds of cards jostling for space. An ever-growing nativity scene, ultimately boasting four baby Jesuses made out of clay, the child/sculptor’s name scrawled into the bottom and the constant pestering to my Mum to decide which of us had made the … Continue reading On the mantel: December
Print your own Christmas wrapping paper {and free printable}
I have to confess to suffering a little from blogger’s fatigue around Christmas time. Scrolling through my feed on Bloglovin is a bit of a groundhog day experience. It starts sometime in November. Ah, a homemade advent calendar, another homemade advent calendar, oooh, that’s interesting, a homemade advent calendar. And so on, through the month. … Continue reading Print your own Christmas wrapping paper {and free printable}
5 free Christmas gift tag printables
Well, I might not have got round to actually buying any Christmas presents yet, but, let me tell you, I am all over my plans for wrapping them up… I’m on an eco bent this year once again, and intend to make all my wrapping paper this weekend. Meanwhile, I’ve been building up a collection … Continue reading 5 free Christmas gift tag printables
5 lovely Letterpress Christmas cards
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you might remember that my sister set up her own Letterpress card business a year or so ago. She’s super talented (and I don’t say that just because I’m her big sister) and her wedding invitations and cards are always beautiful. So beautiful, in fact, that … Continue reading 5 lovely Letterpress Christmas cards
Homemade Christmas decorations: 7 of the best
There’s something about Christmas that never fails to bring out my inner crafting obsessive. Perhaps it’s memories of endless paper chains and papier mache bells and baubles as a child (the latter usually too heavy to actually be strung up anywhere in the house, for fear of head injuries if they pulled down the bit … Continue reading Homemade Christmas decorations: 7 of the best
Grow, forage, cook: a Christmas hamper
If there’s a better present in the world than a hamper at Christmas, I’ve yet to come across it. Oh, wait, I do know of a better one: a homemade hamper, stuffed to bursting with delicious goodies made over the previous 12 months. (Note to readers: please do feel free to read this as a … Continue reading Grow, forage, cook: a Christmas hamper
Make your own Christmas
So Halloween has been and gone, bonfire night is over, hmmm, I have a feeling something else is coming up? But just what is it? *Scratches head* Ha ha, just kidding, of course. Christmas looms large on the horizon from about September, usually with the result that I feel super-Christmassy in November and completely over … Continue reading Make your own Christmas
Homemade birthday T-shirts
The sproglet turned two at the weekend and I couldn't resist making him a birthday T-shirt. (Is this an addiction? Quite possibly. But one I just can't seem to beat...) We had a brilliant party in the local park, with a gazebo bedecked with bunting. I felt I was fulfilling my SE London parental … Continue reading Homemade birthday T-shirts
Pretty soap packaging
Since moving back to our house after the builders moved out, we’ve only succeeded in getting two rooms anywhere near a finished condition. The kitchen has a single coat of paint up on the walls, but that at least makes it look better than everywhere else where the bare plaster sings out in all its … Continue reading Pretty soap packaging
Wolves in London 