Welcome to the fascinating world of Chinese Zodiac animals! The Chinese Zodiac, also known as Shengxiao, is a traditional classification scheme that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating 12-year cycle. Each animal is associated with specific traits and characteristics, making the Chinese Zodiac a rich source of inspiration…
Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while over the last few years. It is my chance to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of the adventures we have as a family. It’s a post…
I love to add a couple of handmade decorations each year. This year I stitched some felt initial hoops for our family stockings, and thought I would add some cross stitched Christmas trees too. I used a simple template I designed and 3D printed. I’ll share the file in case you want to print and…
December was such a busy month that we didn’t have time to make our annual gingerbread house. For the last few years we’ve tried different ready-made gingerbread house kits as every supermarket seems to make their own. This year we opted for Vintersaga Mini gingerbread house kit from Ikea which featured in my Gingerbread Gift…
Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while over the last few years. It is my chance to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures. It’s a post I love to write and…
I love challenging myself to read and this year I’ve set a target of 35 books to read throughout the year. I love to read all sorts of books and still read with my daughter. She’s a big fan of Holly Webb and we were delighted to hear about her latest book, Sky. Staying with…
We’ve all been there, scrolling through our social media feeds and feeling jealous of those stunning holiday pics being posted by our friends. But we can’t all afford to jet off to Iceland or Alicante. Especially not just to take some pictures! Worry not, though, because you don’t have to jump on a plane to…
Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while over the last few years. It is my chance to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures. It’s a post I love to write and…
I don’t know about you but I can’t function if I haven’t had a good nights sleep. Just before Christmas my son caught a cold, which meant that we all caught it, one after another. Unfortunately this meant a lot of poor nights sleep, just when we needed more sleep, not less. I’m always interested…