Does it count as a Card of the Week if I haven't really completed it yet? Some years ago now, I stitched the Mouseloft Hummingbird kit. And then did nothing with it. It’s wafted around my craft room ever since, trying to find a home. Finally, this week, I’ve got around to at least planning… Continue reading Card of the Week: The Unfinished Hummingbird
If In Doubt – Organise!
It is, perhaps, a little early for a Spring Clean in my craft room, but it is definitely time for a good reorganisation. Mostly because my desk is currently covered in magazines, stamp sets and crafty gifts which haven’t found a home yet. And various non-crafty things which also need a home, and my desk… Continue reading If In Doubt – Organise!
Card of the Week: AN-Ice Christmas
I feel like the theme for this month’s cards will be House Mouse designs. I’ve collected a few more, you see. Some festive or wintry, like today’s card, and some more general. And I just can't resist playing with them. I made this as a Christmas card, but I don’t see why a different sentiment… Continue reading Card of the Week: AN-Ice Christmas
Stitch by Stitch: Where In The World Am I?
Back in – July, was it? – I packed away my big cross-stich project of a world map because of a move. I’ve only just unpacked it. I’d done so well in the first half of 2021, doing some each month, feeling like it was possible to finish. Like it might be finished by now.… Continue reading Stitch by Stitch: Where In The World Am I?
Card of the Week: Birthday Mice
With Christmas and New Year festivities now over, I’m back to birthday cards. Maybe Mothering Sunday or Easter cards, or random just-because cards. Maybe, this year, I will manage Christmas cards throughout the year, so there isn’t a mad rush in the autumn. I know, I say that every year. But this (last) year I… Continue reading Card of the Week: Birthday Mice
The Start of 2022
Year Two of the Great Plague of Covid is now behind us. The Great Plague, of course, is still with us. Not that it affected either Christmas or New Year plans for me, other than to use a walk-in centre to get my booster jab and having to deal with a headache side-effect for a… Continue reading The Start of 2022
Nature Notes: December 2021
As M does all of the garden-related work, I’ve let him do this post! "December has been a slow month in the garden for many different reasons: as well as work commitments and deadlines for reports, there have also been two large storms to contend with (although Arwen blew itself out before getting to us).… Continue reading Nature Notes: December 2021
Cards of the Week: Season’s Squeakings and Cocoa Dreams
In these dark winter days of gloom, it’s good to have a little light relief. Something to brighten the spirit, even if it’s grey outside and the papers are full of doom. When it comes to cheery cards, naturally I turn to House Mouse stamps from Stampendous, but I also have a few cute Margaret… Continue reading Cards of the Week: Season’s Squeakings and Cocoa Dreams
Christmas Cake for the Disorganised
Sometimes I manage to bake a Christmas cake well ahead of time, in October, and then feed it regularly with more brandy. Other years, I fail entirely and then get to mid-December and wonder about quick recipes which don’t need months to mature or regular feeds. Or hours in the oven. But even Delia’s Quick… Continue reading Christmas Cake for the Disorganised
Cards of the Week: Stags and Trees
There are yet more cards to be made from the Crafter’s Companion set of the last few weeks, but I have also made some with last year’s sets. The stencil and stamp set I used for these came from Creative Stamping 90: the Stampendous Winter Stag set. It came just in time last year for… Continue reading Cards of the Week: Stags and Trees
Life Ever Crafting 