Granny Square Bag

Granny square detail bag Last winter I spotted a cool granny square scarf in a magazine.  It had a designer price tag so of course there was no way I could afford it.  At the time I was just getting into crocheting and so I decided to make my own!  It turned out pretty good…

Banana and Orange Loaf

I mentioned it was my husband’s birthday last week; well I think it’s a tradition in most offices to take in cakes on your birthday.  He asked if I would mind baking him some to take in and of course I said I would!  There were about 30 to feed so I made a batch…

Music in the family

Both my parents are musical.  Unfortunately I didn’t inherit the musical genes- although my singing voice could be described as “creative” if you were being kind about my ability to hold a tune!  The good news is that I have a brother, who is musical, and creative in the right way.  He writes his own…

Dreaming Spires Card

One thing that is good about making my own cards is the chance to make a card which has something which fits the other person.  I think it is often quite hard to get good cards for guys, and trying to find one which doesn’t have a picture of beer or a football on it is…

Stuffed Aubergine with Goats Cheese

Looking back over my food blogs I realise I never write about savoury dishes.  I think the main reason is I tend to be quite free with most of my ingredients (thus making it hard to write down how much I have used) and also whatever I make gets eaten right away, which doesn’t allow…

Flower Corsage

I’ve got several projects on the go at the moment, and I really should be getting on with finishing some of them.  But the trouble with blogging is it can be easy to get distracted seeing what everyone else is up to!  This flower corsage by Veldagia looked cool but easy and I thought I’d give…

Waffle Knit Snood

If you have been following my blog you will have realised that I like to crochet.  I learned to knit before I learned crocheting but I have never been very good- I think the main problem with knitting is it takes longer (ok, I should probably practise more!) and I’m not  very patient person.  So…