It rained and hailed today, on and off. TF and I went for a long overdue shopping trip in the brief lull between the bad weather. Popped into the fabric shop for cat fabric and came out with… …cat and hen fabric. I’ve already cut into the cat fabric and […]
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Pencil Roll
BL has a few parties to go to in the next two weeks, so I’m busy making pencil rolls for her to take. These are exactly the same as the crayon rolls (tutorial here) except they have pencils and a different loop. Yesterday, I asked TF why he wasn’t colouring […]
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Flowers and crafting
Today, while I was hanging up the washing, the girls got excited and started shouting and calling me. Fearing a disaster, I dropped my washing and ran round to see what had happened. I won’t tell you what images were going through my mind, but it was not pretty and […]
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Two signs that Spring is close
Every year, I spot the bulbs pushing through and I hear the change in the bird song, but I never notice the hazel catkins. My husband is the one who points it out, but is slower to notice the snowdrops. I think it may be to do with height. He […]
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Maker of pretty things, living a country life in a 275 year old cottage, UK
