In our house, Hubster and I don’t buy each other gifts for Mother’s and Father’s Day. Our children aren’t really old enough to want to buy us things so until they are old enough, we are happy to just get cards. You can’t beat hand made things from children though. Boo made things for Mother’s…
Last weekend, I attended my second BlogOn conference at the Museum of Science and Industry. Once again, I have been filled with enthusiasm for blogging but this year, I have also been filled with enthusiasm for crafting too. One of the brands at the event was Black Sheep Wools and I am lucky as their…
The new baby is really making me struggle to remember what day it is, so imagine my surprise to realise Mother’s Day is just around the corner. While, in an ideal world, Hubster would provide the children with diamonds to shower mummy with, I fear this is unlikely. I therefore decided to have a crafting…
I’m not too keen on encouraging little children to participate in the sending of Valentine’s cards but hearts and lovey things can be so cute that I wouldn’t like Boo to miss out. So Baker Ross sent us some lovely Valentine’s crafts and I thought it would be a lovely idea for some bonding time…
This week we received a lovely box of Christmassy crafts from Baker Ross so what better way to spend my first afternoon of maternity leave? We got crafting Christmas style. The first thing to catch Boo’s eye was a pack of cards in the shape of baubles. They came in a pack of six complete…
I’ve seen loads of these button art things on Pinterest. I think they are so cute so, I thought I’d have a go myself. I had a box frame from IKEA so I thought I would use that. I had bought it to frame Boo’s first pair of shoes but, being a late walker,…
So I know I’ve blogged about Christmas before. I know it’s only September but listen. If, like me, you plan to make loads of stuff each year but, come December, you’ve made nothing then this year, why not try and be organised? I am trying my best. I will hopefully be heavily pregnant come December…
So it’s St Swithin’s Day. If you don’t know the tale, the feast is named after a ninth century bishop who wished to be buried outside the door of Winchester Cathedral but, his body was moved in the tenth century and that is when the legend began. The old rhyme goes: St Swithin’s day if…
So this week we are getting into our Easter crafts. I saw a brilliant photo on Pinterest of eggs with eyes and little plants growing out of them. I thought it looked amazing so we had to have a go. With loads of chickens, we always have loads of eggs so to find something to…