I can imagine from the title of this post a few of you will have been like YUCK and a few more would be saying “I don’t need a tutorial for reindeer poop, I know how that’s made” … but bear…
Growing up my family had a few Christmas traditions that I remember. Christmas eve for example was a big night. There was cake, new jammies, a movie and leaving a treat for Santa. In the mo…
This year has been a weird one for everyone. But here in the crafty house we have been trying to find ways to hold on to some normality. For example, unless M brings it up first, I try not …
My Grandmother In my rose garden of memories, I see you standing there, An angel in disguise, Who taught me how to care. I long to hear your voice for real - not in my dreams. I am missing you so …
One of the things M loves about the cold weather is when we make hot chocolate. We have almost developed a tradition now, the nights get dark earlier, the hot chocolates come out. A favouri…
I’m in shock. I was snuggled up the other night on the sofa watching Fantastic beasts when M walked in. “Who is that?” pointing to Jude Law who plays young Dumbledore. I tell him, which pro…
2020 has been a bit of a crappy year. We all know this, but we are in October and I’m in my element. I just love it so much! So, what is so special about October? Why do I love it so much? …
If lockdown has taught me anything, its that there is always a way to adapt. And that covered how we dealt with food too. Round here it was hard to get things like rolls and bread, and when …
I’ve loved being creative since I was a child. I used to get art supplies as gifts and spend weekends getting messy at the kitchen table with my mum and sister. I remember spending hours wi…
It’s been a tough month. I’ve only managed to get out the house once or twice and then I’ve pretty much been hauled up in my room the whole time. The pain in my abdomen has been coming and …
The Summer holiday is over and the schools are opened full time as of tomorrow. So in order to keep my mind calm and send M in with some sweet treats in his packed lunch, I've been baki…
M loves his cookies, but there is a habit forming that “you can’t just have one” so rather than just making normal cookies, I decided to make mega ones. These are chunky cookies that are ki…
It’s been so long since I’ve been consistently blogging. I initially took a break as my mental health was worsening and things at home had started to become really toxic. Not wanting to del…
Possible TW - Cancer, Gynaecological issues, Death Bit of a weird few days but now that I’m home and have been really thinking about things I feel a need to post. Early hours on Thursday I w…
A few years ago now I discovered the 101 things in 1001 days idea and I really loved it. Its like a different spin on a bucket list or new year resolution's. So since i'm giving blo…
So much as happened since I put my blog on hold. Too much really to delve into but the most recent thing of course being the whole world getting hit with the Covid-19 pandemic. Here in the …