Yeah, well, maybe not, but there are plenty of snowflakes around here! With Bear out of action due to tonsilitis, we needed an easy, quiet craft to entertain the boys, and found a simple recipe. Combine red and green paper, add scissors, mix with some curling ribbon, and voila, a snowflake garland! One on the side door, and lots more […]
A very dear friend and I are currently part way through an Advent photo-a-day challenge. The same very dear friend gave us a cocoon for our phil&ted’s pram, and so as a way of a thankyou, I’ve made her a little camera strap for her camera. (This isn’t her camera!) Quite simple, just some wonky patchwork strips quilted with […]
Daddy busy mowing the lawns, and his little brother busy sleeping, a small boy wanders into my office. I sift through the craft box, and am inspired by the perfect craft. A mailing tube, a paper plate, and empty box. The addition of some curling ribbon for string, and our big boy was kitted out with his very own whipper […]
I have blogged before about a long lost quilt. One I started as a teenager, and finished a couple of years back in time for son nmber 2 to use it as a play quilt. Well. It seems Master Four, the sensible child, isn’t as sensible as I thought, and in a moment when mummy’s attention was turned, took […]
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