I had been ‘brewing’ this post for a while, then yesterday morning I turned over my calendar to December (a little late!) and this was the inspirational quote of the month. I took it as a sign that I should definitely get my post written up. Then, early yesterday evening, our Prime Minister announced that…… Continue reading Thankful Things
I hadn’t realised quite how long ago my last post was, until I looked at my most recently added photos when adding the ones for this post! Since then, I have had three cycles of salvage chemotherapy and it’s fair to say it was a bumpy ride (though as my medical team pointed out, I…… Continue reading Feeling Festive
This post has taken me a long time to write, but after much debating I decided I needed to write it so I can get back to crafty posts-it’s been a stumbling block for me for a while. 2019 was meant to be a very exciting year, and in some ways it has as we…… Continue reading A Mixed Bag of a Year
Merry Christmas everyone, I do hope you are all enjoying this hazy week between Christmas and New Year. It’s one of my favourite parts of Christmas as the wrapping and stress are all done, and we can relax and play with all of the new toys (I do love building Lego models!), visit friends and…… Continue reading My Christmas 2018 Crafting
Welcome to my festive version of WIP Wednesday, I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas. This week has some slightly different content to my normal projects. Some are ‘cheats’ as they are also finished, but I can explain why each could still be a work in progress! I’ll start with our offering to…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-27th December
This week’s WIPs have included some finished objects, and some non-crafty things! The run up to Christmas seems to have a surprising number of ‘extra’ jobs, some more fun than others. I finished the slippers last night, and took this (rather disappointing) photo earlier today just before I applied the sock stop to the soles.…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-13th December
Immediately after the craft fair last Saturday, Mr C and I began our Christmas preparations. For us, this involved wrapping all of the books for our advent calendar for the children. We had made the most of an offer at The Works and ordered 10 new ones to replace old/broken books and those which were…… Continue reading Book Advent Calendar 2017
Today I attended my first ever craft fair as a seller. I’ve been to tonnes as a buyer, but today was a totally different experience. I thought I’d share what I found out from my day. It wasn’t a great big fair, just a small charity fundraiser in the village hall. I don’t think I’m…… Continue reading 5 Things I learned From My First Craft Fair
This week has been a marathon of Christmas fair preparation, including getting packaging labelled, adding hanging loops and making little labels for the snowmen to say they aren’t toys. I haven’t made as much as I would like to, but I am at the point where I’ve accepted I can only make so much and…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-22nd November
Even though it’s still September, it’s getting festive here, and this week’s crafts have mainly revolved around Christmas (or sparkles!) I’m in the middle of completing orders for snowmen baubles, there are only a couple more to make now. They do look like a jolly little crew; it’ll almost be sad to separate them when…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-27th September
