A momentous event occurred a few weeks ago. My sister gave birth to a baby girl. Of course, every birth is pretty momentous -- a life is begun where before there wasn't one -- but this was especially astounding as the baby was the first of her generation to not be a boy... Between me … Continue reading Dresses for girls: homemade baby presents
Craft
Turning one
We're just back from a lovely week in Somerset and I've got lots of photos I want to share with you of some of the beautiful places we visited. However, since I think I would need to change this blog's name to Gardens wot I have visited if I were to follow on with yet … Continue reading Turning one
Finally finished: a toddler cardie
Oh, the sun, the sun of the past few days! Can it really signal an end to this interminable winter at last? I am keeping all fingers and toes crossed that it is so. And so, with the appearance of some warmer weather, it is, naturally, perfect timing for me to actually finish the cardigan … Continue reading Finally finished: a toddler cardie
7 uses for old socks
Happy 2015 all! Well, I’ve not written any resolutions yet (or my yearly ideas of things I could...), I’ve not cleaned the house for the new year, or put away the Christmas decorations or even written a list (and I am a big list writer)… But I did clear out the sock drawer this morning. … Continue reading 7 uses for old socks
A snowflake bedroom
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
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
Wolves in London 