More Cards!

As I mentioned in my last post about the diamond scarves I have been busy making for my grandparents, it was their 60th wedding anniversary celebrations last weekend.  We all had a great time (perhaps surprisingly in Norfolk in February) eating too much food and hearing some lovely speeches. I made this card to go…

Diamond Scarves

I mentioned in an earlier post about my grandparents upcoming diamond wedding celebrations.  Not being able to afford a gift of real diamonds, I’ve made diamond themed scarves instead! The heather coloured one is for my Nanny (who my shop is named after).  I used this diamond trails pattern, but made it longer and repeated…

Lovely Pistachio Ice Cream

My husband and I have a list of 30 things to do before we are 30.  One of them is to cook the entirety of a cookbook.  This sounded like one of the easier ideas at the time but it is actually quite a challenge!  We spent a while looking for a book which had…

Pretty Card

What a week.  Started off with a cold but I recovered just in time for my birthday – I had a pancake party!  So not much time for being crafty between the sniffles and cleaning up sticky pancake batter (yes, it got everywhere)! It was also my sister-in-laws birthday this week so I did manage…

Double Glazed Apple and Lemon Cake

We went away for the weekend with a whole group of students and 20’s, which was great fun.  At the end there was left over food and after the students had pinched all the tea, cereal, and chocolate spread I was left with a near bushel of apples.  I also came home to a bag…