Monday, December 14th, 2009
How To Make A Christmas Stocking
So, as my two babies continue to grow inside my tummy and I continue to constantly pick myself up off of the floor after such an enormous, heartwarming show of kindness at our good news things are still moving on apace here at the house.
We continue to decorate most inches [...]
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
At this time of year the emphasis can very much be on the dining table; the colour of the table cloth, the size of the place-mats, the font you use to write the name cards, it goes on… but what about the chairs?
They are equally as important as the table and often overlooked in the [...]
Friday, November 27th, 2009
To finish up what I’m sure has been a long week for many of you I’m leaving you with a lovely Christmas craft that is so simple in its design and appearance but looks delicious hanging up in a simple arrangement.
Whole cranberries come in my absolute favourite shade of red. A blue/red that shines and [...]
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
So here it is, my Gingerbread House for 2009. I’ve made it early for two reasons.
1, Because I’m obsessed with Christmas
2, Because I like to give you, the reader, a chance to decide whether or not you’d like to make one. There’s nothing worse than being presented with an idea that you would have loved [...]
Friday, November 13th, 2009
How To Make A Stocking Advent
Aha! Now this is a bit of a Christmassy scene isn’t it? The reason I’m publishing this project at this stage in the proceedings (fairly early) is to give you plenty of time to make it. If you work or have a very busy family life then you’ll need time [...]
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
The Snowfall Scarf Pattern
Scarves hold a certain amount of romanticism for me and I’m trying my hardest to explain to you why that is? Gosh, I don’t know. Perhaps it has something to do with the movies that start in the Autumn when kids are back at college? Leaves on the ground, college scarf around their [...]
Monday, December 15th, 2008
Christmas Crafts - Colour not Complexity
I have to say that the build up to this year’s Christmas has been my absolute favourite…EVER! I’m here at my computer with The Priests version of ‘O Holy Night’wafting out from my iTunes player and all is well with the world.
Well of course all is not as well everywhere and [...]
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
I wanted to make a special little Christmas tree for my two nieces. They are almost one, can’t quite get my head around that, and they will be with us on Christmas Day. I thought that if we were to make Christmas a very special occasion from their first year onward then they may develop [...]
Monday, November 24th, 2008
Carpet Crafting at Christmas - Golden twig wreath makeover!
It’s Sunday afternoon, my husband is outside removing the compost from the gutters, yes COMPOST. We have two oak trees that bookend our house and they drop each and every leaf in to our gutters. If left alone the leaves turn to compost and things grow out [...]