I love having friends round for dinner. Last weekend I rustled up one of my favourite Gino D’Acampo recipes; Lemon and Sage Chicken. I don’t know why supermarkets only sell unwaxed lemons in batches; I suppose it is because they know you will buy more if you need one. I briefly entertained the thought of…
I made this necklace a few months ago, and I love it, but none of my existing earrings tone in with it very well. I don’t think everything has to match perfectly but I do like it to “go”. So, I decided to try and make a pair which would – they aren’t the most…
I think most of us have made our own cards at some point, even if it was only as a small child at school. Making a card in itself isn’t difficult, but I think most people struggle with making something they are really happy with. So here are some of my top tips to help…
I love this coffee and walnut cake. It’s a Delia Smith recipe, and I’ve made it many times as it always turns out gorgeous! If you can’t eat nuts, try substituting milk choc chips. This year I have decided to make this cake for Easter and decorate it accordingly. I don’t often go in for…
Win your choice of one of these five bracelets! I have been having lots of fun this last week or so making some more items for my shop. As you may know it was one of my New Year’s resolutions to sell a few more items through my online shop, and I guess this starts…
My husband and I are both involved in helping out at our local foodbank. It’s a great way to help people who are in crisis for whatever reason – job losses, family deaths, delays to benefits, etc. This week my husband went to help move our food store to a new warehouse. I wanted to…
I had a really good response to this post on some shamballa bracelets I made. So I thought I would do a how to post to show how they are made. If you like this bracelet, you can win it now in my current giveaway! Also keep an eye out for similar items in my shop…
I’m very privileged to have both a wonderful mum and a wonderful mother-in-law (and I’m not just saying that because they both sometimes pop by this blog)! So of course I wanted to make sure they got handmade cards for mother’s day. I started with these great butterfly stickers from a local craft store (similar…
This is a quick pattern I use often for making decorations for hats and cards. I have also used it to make hanging decorations which I sell in my shop! The pattern works for most wool and hook sizes, just match your hook to the label on the yarn. Start by making a magic ring…
I have decided to start stash busting and make some space to buy new wool. (My husband only knows about the stash busting part so far…) These two hats used up the leftover heather I had from my Nanny’s diamond scarf (so soft!) and most of a ball of cream I also had lying around. …
Yes, I’ve been baking again. I couldn’t help myself! Chocolate cake is too easy and tasty to resist. I have made this loaf cake before and it went down very well with some friends, but unfortunately I didn’t write down what I did. So this time I kept track of how much of everything I…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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