Baby Shower Favor Bags

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Baby Shower Favor Bags 2

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 [...]

My Twin Pregnancy Diary - 26 Weeks

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

26 Weeks Pregnant - Cherry Menlove

I had a dream on Friday night that was so vivid I can still remember how I felt in it.
I was walking along a street in a town just outside of Pasadena, California. I had shorts and a white t-shirt on and could feel the sun on my face. I was walking down to a [...]

My Twin Pregnancy Diary - 23 Weeks

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

23 Weeks Pregnant - Cherry Menlove

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…. It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and [...]

My Twin Pregnancy Diary - The First Four Months. I’m Not Going To Lie To You.

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

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Please note: Everything that I write about on this site is something that I have made, created or experienced. I can only ever give you my experience and my point of view. Sometimes things are great and sometimes things are not so great. I’ll share both sides as that’s the stuff of life. My pregnancy [...]

Our Tree

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Living Room Christmas Tree 09 - 1 - Cherry Menlove

The tree is up and sitting there looking rather pleased with itself. I have a few more decorations around and about in this room but I didn’t want to do too much decorating until I’d seen the tree finished.
OK, so here’s the bit where I sound all floaty …BUT…..
A Christmas tree in the room brings [...]

This Year’s Gingerbread House

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

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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 [...]