I’m all for celebrating the seasons through craft. I love to embrace the colour, themes and light throughout the changing year, but….you could hear that coming, right?……mud season really challenges me. There is less light, there’s bare earth, bare sticks… and mud. Brown seems to grab more of its share […]
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Homemade bird feeders
In January, we like to reassess the bird feeders in our garden. Some are looking tired, some neglected. With the drop in temperature, the birds need the extra calories, just to get through the nights. We want to help them and attract them to the garden at the same time. […]
Read moreSeasonal baking
It’s Christmas Eve. The children are in bed, wearing their new pyjamas, dreaming about tomorrow. Today they made culinary goodies to share with neighbours. Gingerbread, gold painted fudge and cookies that hang from the rim of mugs. This afternoon, we collected the turkey from the farm and delivered the goodies […]
Read more..making a list and checking it twice..
Last day of term. Getting the last urgent items off my desk. Checking I’ve everything in place for all the craft activities we have in store. Double checking events we don’t want to miss. It’s a day of lists. Ticking off and adding new items. If we were to be […]
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