I write this in the middle of a thunderstorm. Although that seems a bit of an exaggeration: it’s raining and occasionally there’s thunder. It isn’t very stormy, though, and I haven’t yet seen any lightning. It’s a rainy end to June, after the sunshine and mini-heatwave of a few weeks ago. Typical of a Glastonbury… Continue reading Nature Notes: June 2022
Card of the Week: Christmas Nap
One of the things I like about these House Mouse stamps is that they don’t require much inspiration. Just some colouring and maybe a colourful backing paper. Very useful for those days when there are too many possibilities and you don’t know what to do. Stamp, colour, stick, done. Of course, then you have to… Continue reading Card of the Week: Christmas Nap
The Midsummer Crisis
We have reached that part of the year when days are at their longest. When the sun shines (though hopefully not as excessively as last week), and there is hope and optimism in the air. A lifting of the spirits caused by all the light and warmth, by the birdsongs and colours from the flowers.… Continue reading The Midsummer Crisis
Card of the Week: Hexagons
Sometimes, you have to make a card for someone a little bit tricky. Generally men, though not always. Usually because the more flowery stamps and sentiments which seem so common just aren’t right. In such instances, simplicity is very much key. I know, complicated cards aren’t what I’m known for. I like ones I can… Continue reading Card of the Week: Hexagons
The Sunshine Shawl
After the admittedly not very complicated in the end cardigan (which still needs its buttons), I thought I’d ease myself back into larger craft projects with an easy shawl. I had four balls of a (clearance) WI Soft & Cuddly yarn, 50g (125 m each), in an Orange Mix colour, and the need for something… Continue reading The Sunshine Shawl
Card of the Week: Dolphins
I thought this week I’d take a break from Christmas cards. Not because I have run out of inspiration or motivation, but because the sunshine made me think of other things, especially the seaside and holidays. So I had a rummage and pulled out the Beneath the Waves stamp set and embossing folder by Stampendous,… Continue reading Card of the Week: Dolphins
Notes From My Office: June 2022
I have hopes for June. Partly, perhaps, because the sun is more consistently shining, and that always lends an air of hope and optimism. But also because, finally, after about six months, the daily overtime is over, and I can begin to use my accumulated toil, and the holidays I haven’t touched since Christmas, to… Continue reading Notes From My Office: June 2022
Card of the Week: White Christmas
I seem to be on a roll with making Christmas cards at the moment. (Famous last words: I’ll probably run out of inspiration or motivation now and give up until the end of November.) Or perhaps it’s just that I seem to have collected quite a few festive embossing folders, despite not being able to… Continue reading Card of the Week: White Christmas
Nature Notes: May 2022
We’ve been (sort of; it’s laziness more than anything) participating in the No-Mow May thing, to allow for the clovers and daisies and other lawn wildflowers to grow for the bees and the butterflies. We’ve also found that we have bluebells at the edges of the lawn, and by the fence which backs onto the… Continue reading Nature Notes: May 2022
Card of the Week: The Red Christmas Card
It does make a difference, knowing what you’re doing, to how long it takes to make a card. After spending several days on last week’s Green Christmas Card, the red version took me barely any time at all. And I actually finished it (mostly; I’m sure there are finishing touches, like gems, I will add… Continue reading Card of the Week: The Red Christmas Card
Life Ever Crafting 