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The annual Christmas blog post

December 24, 2015 ~ Wolves in London ~ 4 Comments

Just popping in very quickly this Christmas Eve to wish you a wonderfully happy Christmas and an excellent start to 2016 and to share a few pics with you of the merry-making that's been going on around here. The Christmas bug was late to bite this year and so, unlike past years where I set … Continue reading The annual Christmas blog post

5 free Christmas gift tag printables

December 12, 2014December 11, 2015 ~ Wolves in London ~ 9 Comments

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

December 5, 2014December 5, 2014 ~ Wolves in London ~ 3 Comments

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

Make your own Christmas

November 8, 2014November 8, 2014 ~ Wolves in London ~ 10 Comments

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

Woodland Christmas ornaments

December 23, 2013December 22, 2013 ~ Wolves in London ~ 8 Comments

Struck down for the past few days with a horrible pre-Christmas lurgy, I'm just popping in to share some photos I finally got round to taking of my air dry clay Christmas tree decorations... Now, unless mine is the only blog you read, I'm sure you will have seen variations of these at a number … Continue reading Woodland Christmas ornaments

Christmas crafting

December 17, 2013 ~ Wolves in London ~ 3 Comments

After my frazzled, manic late-night making sessions of last December, I decided not to go for any homemade Christmas presents this year. A rather sensible decision, for me, what with temporarily living at my Mum’s, not having access to any of my supplies or, frankly, much time or energy spare at the moment… Everyone in … Continue reading Christmas crafting

Liberty fabric baubles

December 12, 2013December 12, 2013 ~ Wolves in London ~ 7 Comments

I know, I know, I had you at “Liberty fabric baubles,” didn’t I? There’s not much need to write anything more… I made up these little beauties a few weeks ago for my sister-in-law who was running a craft stall at a charity fair at the weekend. I’m not sure that nine little baubles will … Continue reading Liberty fabric baubles

17 homemade Christmas presents

December 9, 2013 ~ Wolves in London ~ 6 Comments

This time last year, I put together a round up of my top 20 tutorials for homemade Christmas presents that I’d found elsewhere on the web, for the delectation of my lovely readers reader. (Ha! That is actually almost true. I had only been writing the blog for a few weeks and I was so … Continue reading 17 homemade Christmas presents

Carrot and rhubarb jam (aka Christmas in a jar)

December 6, 2013December 5, 2013 ~ Wolves in London ~ 11 Comments

When we moved all our possessions into boxes and suitcases a few weeks ago and decamped to my Mum’s (so the builders could take our house apart and, hopefully, put it back together to be much better) I brought a gigantic box of tins and jars. When I say gigantic, I mean gigantic. It took … Continue reading Carrot and rhubarb jam (aka Christmas in a jar)

DIY advent calendar

November 29, 2013November 29, 2013 ~ Wolves in London ~ 25 Comments

I’m a complete curmudgeon when it comes to advance Christmas preparations. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love Christmas. Just not in September. (Or August, October or November, for that matter…) And, as we all know, September is generally the time you start seeing Christmas bits and pieces popping up. The first few times you … Continue reading DIY advent calendar

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Hello hello, lovely to see you, thanks for stopping by. I'm Sabrina: writer, plant lover and seller of houseplant boxes. This blog is where you can shop for a plant box, find advice with my plant care guides, or even take a deep dive into my archives and find general life musings from the past eight years!

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After the excitement of having a story chosen for an anthology and another shortlisted in a writing competition at the start of the year, I decided to get some new bio photos taken professionally. I did a shoot with the absolutely lovely @camillagreenwellphotography and am soooo happy with the results! These are a few of my faves. Camilla was so incredibly lovely, and also deeply patient of the fact I am the most awkward person ever in front of a camera, ha ha. (What do people DO with their arms?!)
It’s finally that time of year again…
Rainy Saturday morning. Off to exercise class and then back home to curl up on the sofa and read a book. (Almost tempted to light a fire, the weather is so fucking bleak for April 1st…)
Grief is a complicated thing. It is 15 years today since my first son died — ten months old, asleep in his cot at home when I was out at work. Everything has changed in the years since and in some ways I can hardly imagine how that other life of mine would have played out if he hadn’t died. At other times, I remember the phone call I got from the Homerton as I left work on that day, and the pain is just as deep as it was in the moment. It’s been written many times, I know, but grief doesn’t ever really lessen, you just learn to grow around it, to grow alongside it. You learn to adapt as the rest of the world continues on and people forget, and you become one of the only memory keepers. Which itself is another complicated thing.

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