I was going to write about my OU experience thus far, now that I’m about half way through the module. But the snow this morning has rather thrown my ability to study or think about studying. Also there was a dentist. Instead, I’ve been looking up rocky road recipes, for adapting to Easter flavours. I’m… Continue reading Planning Easter Baking
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Life and crafting adventures: mostly cross-stitch, crochet and papercrafting.
The Birthday Daffodils
The first of the daffodil cards, made with Daffodil Dreams from Simply Cards & Papercraft 240. It also came with some pretty papers, such as the one I used here. It has some lovely big scene sorts of stamps. And daffodils are such lovely cheerful flowers. I started simple – I’ll probably continue simple, but… Continue reading The Birthday Daffodils
Deck the Halls
I nearly chose the gnomes again. But, instead, March gets the Scenic Christmas stamp and stencil set from Simply Cards & Papercraft 223 and which I’ve barely used since I got it. Although it doesn’t have many sentiment stamps, so I shall allow myself to pilfer other sets for those if needed. Like with this… Continue reading Deck the Halls
Notes From My Office: March 2023
I saw a bit more of my office during February. Hopefully I’ve now managed to work it out so that this will continue through March. I do hope so, as there have been several magazines recently with stamps, dies and an embossing folder which sparked lots of ideas. In particular, a set of one of… Continue reading Notes From My Office: March 2023
Be a Mermaid
There’s a corruption of an alleged Oscar Wilde quotation I quite like: Always be yourself – unless you can be a unicorn. Then always be a unicorn. I suspect there are other variations for other creatures to be. Sadly, I have no stamps with any of them, but I do have this mermaid one about… Continue reading Be a Mermaid
‘Tis the Season
I went back to the Polkadoodles’ Christmas Gnomes set from Creative Stamping 102 this week. Partly, this is because I haven’t really tidied my craft desk – the bin was removed to another room and has yet to be replaced! – so the stamp set was still sitting where I’d left it after last week’s… Continue reading ‘Tis the Season
Nature Notes: February 2023
As the weather (finally!) appears to be getting warmer where we are there is an abundance of plant life coming back after the long hibernation of winter… The bulbs are coming back with dashes of violet, blue and yellow all over the garden (mainly from the squirrels digging up last year’s plantings and reburying them… Continue reading Nature Notes: February 2023
Dinosaur Adventures
One of my main crafting problems is that I collect supplies, if I’m lucky with at least a vague idea of what to make, and then do nothing with them. As they say: collecting craft supplies is a hobby in itself… Such happened last year when I found some Natural History Museum-inspired paper packs in… Continue reading Dinosaur Adventures
Believe in the Magic
I got lucky for a crafting session: Tiny and I went to a baby group where I (and the other mothers) was shown how to do a baby massage. Although Tiny got bored and hungry halfway through, it was still sufficient for a sleep in the pram on the way home and which gave me… Continue reading Believe in the Magic
The Baby Diaries: Part 1
Before I had my Tiny, I had all sorts of ideas about motherhood. All sorts of plans for my maternity leave, and for working (or not) when that comes to an end. And then I had my Tiny. It’s been, shall we say, a bit of a learning curve. Admittedly, I only read a couple… Continue reading The Baby Diaries: Part 1
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