No jibber jabber from me today, just a few pictures.I revisited the paperweights I made for Christmas and used Valentine's Day images to create some nice, weighty, non-cheesy Valentine's Day presents.For a detailed step-by-step for making these (and a lot more jibber jabber), see my post on how to make your own paperweights. Today, I'm … Continue reading Weighty issues: Valentine’s gifts
presents for men
Moustache mugs, a perfect man present
When I embarked on the whole homemade Christmas plan last year, the one person I was really worried about making something for was my brother. I find him hard enough to buy for every single birthday and Christmas as it is. With all of the products available to buy in all of the shops that … Continue reading Moustache mugs, a perfect man present
10 gift ideas for cooks
This is going to be my last post about my partner's birthday, I promise... But, I realised that, though I've already posted about the things I made, I haven't yet said anything about the other 25 presents that made up the box of his 30 presents for his 30th birthday. Some of these were a … Continue reading 10 gift ideas for cooks
His birthday scarf
It was an uphill slog at times, but I did manage to finish the birthday scarf on time for my partner's birthday, hooray. (See my original post, Three secret projects, for the very beginning of this project...) Of course, almost every day I regretted having chosen a moss stitch pattern. A moss stitch pattern, I … Continue reading His birthday scarf
Wolves in London 