We had some friends visiting last weekend and I wanted to bake something in advance for us to have as dessert so I wouldn’t spend the whole time in the kitchen. I was pretty busy finishing off the advent calendar I was making so I turned to this old favourite recipe of mine which I…
This year I decided to make my nieces Christmas present- an advent calendar with pockets to hold a little gift for each day. I’m hoping that it will get used again in future years and we can buy the gifts each year! I thought it would take a day or two but I definitely should…
I signed up a while ago to say that I could demonstrate crochet at my nearest Hobbycraft (Warrington, UK). They got back to me and I’m going to be in store on 17th November! I’m quite excited about this as I like to share my skills, and they have said that I can bring along…
It is really starting to feel like winter to me, which means soup is back on the menu. I was planning on making a pumpkin soup but my local shop was all out, so I came up with this combination instead. It does a great job of both warming and filling you up! I am…
I included these in a previous post about a gift I made for my mum. I found that they are quite handy for all kinds of things- gift bags, batching up yarn and ribbons, and as mini work bags when I am working on a small project (like some of these Christmas decorations I have…
My grandparents are coming up on their 60th wedding Anniversary in a few months’ time and I have been thinking about making them some “his and hers” diamond themed scarves as a gift (since we can’t afford to give them actual diamonds)! I came across this diamond infinity scarf, and I think it could work…
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