Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
When you are hosting an event where gifts from your guests are very likely, it is always nice to be able to send them away with a small gift in return.
With this in mind, I decided that for my baby shower I would make some favor bags for my guests.
We used some clear plastic gift [...]
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 [...]
Friday, February 5th, 2010
Bright colourful corners are so welcome in my house right now and for the past week I’ve walked past this table and it’s cheered me up no end. Not only can I smell the candy and the sweets wafting up but it’s so cheery that I cant help but be cheered by it.
Creating a table [...]
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 almonds…….oh [...]
Monday, January 25th, 2010
The right gift can occasionally be hard to think of. Especially after Christmas when you’re all spent out and the last thing you want to think about is buying more presents for people. But the fact is that folk are born in every month of the year and in my family we have a number [...]
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
How to Make Homemade Truffles
Truffles are another thing that I’d put off making because I thought they were difficult. NOT SO! And the great things is that if you use the quantities laid out in this recipe you’ll have truffles coming out of your ears. These truffles not only taste scrumptious but make really awesome homemade [...]
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Simple gifts.
Jars of jam.
Tied around the top with pretty fabric, ribbon and ric-rak.
Finished with a sweet pea picked straight from the garden and homemade gift labels.
Would you like the gift labels as a free download?
I’ll see you tomorrow!
Lots of love
Cherry x
Jam Week - Day One, Day Two, Day Three, Day Four, Day Five
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Is it Thursday already?? That is ridiculous!!!
Homemade Jars of Marinade & Dressing to Give as Gifts
Whenever I write about and publish something that is homemade or handmade I have in the back of my mind that there are people out there with less time than me to do this sort of thing. Lots of people [...]
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
It’s Thursday so it’s all about celebrating
Having & Front Garden Herb & Plant Sale
My collection of herbs and small plants is getting out of hand. I don’t have a gardener (which, unless you’re an MP, is a normal state of affairs) but I do have an addiction to garden centres. This means that I buy plants [...]
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
It’s Thursday so it’s all about Entertaining & Celebrating.
Creating a Guest Bag for when Precious Ones Come to Stay
I’ve found it so encouraging since we moved in to the new house that so many family members have dropped by to offer help and check in on us. My dad has helped me get some rather [...]