This month has been all about water and the importance of making sure that as well as ourselves we keep the creatures in our gardens hydrated this summer. With the unprecedented growth spurt a lot of our plants seem to have had in the last month or so there has been a greater demand for… Continue reading Nature Notes: August 2022
Author: C
Life and crafting adventures: mostly cross-stitch, crochet and papercrafting.
Card of the Week: The Layered Stag
One of the problems with card-making is that it’s all too easy to collect patterned papers. They’re just so pretty. This is especially true of Christmas paper pads. Of course, collecting the patterned papers in and of themselves isn’t really a problem. The problem is in doing something with the papers. I do have a… Continue reading Card of the Week: The Layered Stag
The Dangers of Shopping for Baby
Let me start by saying that I do not intend for this to turn into a baby/parenting blogsite. I think there are enough out there already, I couldn’t find that much to write about babies or parenting, and I have other interests. However, there may, from time to time, be occasional things which relate to… Continue reading The Dangers of Shopping for Baby
How to Cheat at Baking
One of my favourite recipe books is Delia Smith’s How to Cheat at Cooking, first published back in the 1970s. The main point of the recipes is about making packet-foods or ready-made components taste “home-made”. Or, at least, not like they’ve just come out of a packet. It’s about adding or combining flavours from actually… Continue reading How to Cheat at Baking
Card of the Week: Summer Flowers
The summer holiday feeling is strong this year, especially with all the dry, sunny weather. Lethargic sort of weather. Or maybe that’s just because the heat makes sleep harder. Just as well, really, that I have all that extra time off, from all the overtime in the first half of the year. Having made over… Continue reading Card of the Week: Summer Flowers
Card of the Week: Newborn Mouse Card
Sometimes, when you need to make a specific sort of card, you don’t actually have the most suitable stamps or sentiments to hand. There are two ways out of this sort of predicament: a trip to a craft shop (or online); or a bodge from the stamps in your stash. Despite the fairly large notice… Continue reading Card of the Week: Newborn Mouse Card
Notes From My Office: August 2022
The trouble with summer is that the long sunny sorts of days have a tendency to lend themselves to lazing, not to crafting. And this last month has been particularly warm and lethargic. I expect August will end up being a bit lethargic, too, though less warm. The start of the year was busy and… Continue reading Notes From My Office: August 2022
Nature Notes: July 2022
In the interests of learning the Art of Delegation in anticipation of less time later in the year, I'm handing at least some of the Nature Notes over to M to write, especially since he's the one who really knows what's going on in the garden. Over to M... Blueberries and Black Widows With the… Continue reading Nature Notes: July 2022
Card of the Week: The Skiing Snowman
In the midst of this week’s heatwave, in trying to find a way to cool down, I couldn’t resist the skiing snowman from the Creative Stamping 100 set from Crafter’s Companion. Also, the thought of snow helped. I didn’t use this stamp – or many from this quarter of the set – last year, partly… Continue reading Card of the Week: The Skiing Snowman
Stitch by Stitch: Sunshine on the Sea
About this time last year, and after making such good progress, I had to pack away my cross-stitch project because of a move. I’ve only just managed to get around to starting again. I did get it out of the box back in January or February, but the ability to concentrate just hasn’t been there,… Continue reading Stitch by Stitch: Sunshine on the Sea
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