Monday, December 13th, 2010
Aha! Welcome to the week. Preparations for Christmas have been somewhat stalled here at my house in West Sussex due to a rather busy few days spent dealing with various bits and pieces. But it’s Monday, the start of a brand new seven days on planet earth and I’m ready to rock and roll. Today [...]
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
It is certainly time for a project around here. I’ve been waffling on about the snow and the tree and the snow (again) for days. So today I’ve got a craft project that is PERFICK for this time of year. My mittens are the latest addition to the decorations around here and are really simple [...]
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
My heart takes on different guises. Sometimes it races and rushes. It is busy and excited and loud and vibrant and runs around the house. And then I get worn out and have to sit down with a cup of tea. It’s while I’m calmer that I think of things to make and do. I [...]
Monday, November 8th, 2010
I finished the stockings. Simple, fun bright stockings that will attract the eyes of my five month old babies. I’ve started what I hope is a tradition in our little family as I’d like to aim to make them both a stocking each Christmas. I’ll let you know how I get on with that idea, [...]
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
I’m managing to get on top of the art of starting things early. If I want to make the babies stockings for Christmas then I start them in mid-October. And if I make Halloween Trick or Treat bags and want to show you how to make them too then we have to have Halloween a [...]
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Sometimes, all we need is something simple to make or do. We don’t need complicated or tricky but quick and colourful. That is what these Easter Treat Favor bags are, quick and colourful. They are also one of the best ways to use up your fabric stash and as I’m wanting to clear a lot [...]
Friday, March 12th, 2010
It’s Mothering Sunday this weekend in the UK and I’ve put together a gift bundle that may inspire you to wrap your gift to Mum a little differently this year. The usual thing to give on a day such as this is a gift of sorts, a card and some flowers. But you can wrap [...]
Monday, March 8th, 2010
Hello! Welcome to the week here at Cherry Menlove.com We have so much to tell you, show you and give you this week that I’m bursting to get going. So I shall……. Mothering Sunday is this coming Sunday here in the UK so we’re getting ahead of ourselves and uploading the how-to for this darling [...]
Friday, February 12th, 2010
For this project you will need four different types of fabric, a different type for the front, a different type for the back and two further types of fabric for the contrasting decorative hearts. Start by measuring and cutting the material for the front and back pieces of your placemats. Our placemats measured 12 x [...]
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
I’ve decided to create a table full of all things things ‘Valentine’s Day’ and I’ll show you everything that it contains over the next couple of days. But today is the day of these super simple candy favor bags with a Valentine trim. I have used clear cellophane bags to hold various bon-bon’s, chocolate covered [...]
