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    AD/Setting interior goals for our home

    July 5, 2022 - By 

    (Disclosure – this is a sponsored post) At the start of the year we decided to start a family bucket list. Traditionally a bucket list is a list of experiences you want to achieve in your lifetime. Ours was more of a shared place to list all the activities and places we weren’t able to visit over the last few years due to the pandemic. Keeping a family bucket list We keep our family bucket list as a shared list so we can all access it and add to it via our phones and tablets. If we have a spare…

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    Monday Happy Things {Week 403}

    July 4, 2022 - By 

    Starting the week by writing the Monday Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while. It’s a chance for me 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 always love to sit down and write. Monday Happy Things {Week 403} Yesterday I finished stitching The Summer Sampler mini quilt from Pretty Fabrics and Trims. There was a lot of hand quilting and stitching 🙂 It was a fun project and I learned a lot from the quilting of…

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    London inspired embroidery hoop

    June 30, 2022 - By 

    Sometimes it can be difficult to come up with a name for a blog post. So todays’ post is called ‘London inspired embroidery hoop’ – a little snappier than my commute inspired hoop! I’ve been commuting to work via the Underground for some months now, every day is the same (except for the odd tube strike day). London inspired embroidery hoop Most days I sit and wait for the train, sitting on a bench by the station sign. One day I decided to take a photo of the bench and see if I could transfer my photo into an embroidery.…

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    Fun Painting Projects For Kids {giveaway}

    June 29, 2022 - By 

    We recently received a copy of Fun Painting Projects For Kids: 60 Activities to Unleash Your Inner Artist by Louise McCullen, author of Messy Little Monster blog. I knew this would be really popular with my crafty readers and I’m delighted to have a copy to giveaway today. Fun Painting Projects For Kids Learn important skills to help you become a better artist with this super-fun collection of art projects. Louise McMullen, founder of the children’s craft blog, Messy Little Monster, brings her experience as both a teacher and a mother to ensure there’s a project for every artist, whatever…

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    Monday Happy Things {Week 402}

    June 27, 2022 - By 

    Starting the week by writing the Monday Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while. It’s a chance for me 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 always love to sit down and write. Monday Happy Things {Week 402} We had another busy week. I  finished the embroidery hoop I had been working on, based on a photo I too on my commute to work. Since then I’ve been working on The Summer Sampler mini quilt which I…

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    Exploring London theatre: Back to the Future the Musical

    June 26, 2022 - By 

    Last weekend we were invited to  celebrate at this year’s Olivier, WhatsonStage and Broadway World Award-winning Best New Musical, Back To The Future, at the Adelphi Theatre. We hadn’t been to the theatre for years so were really excited to visit and see a show based on one of our favourite films. Exploring London theatre: Back to the Future the Musical Back to the Future tells the story of Marty McFly, a rock ‘n’ roll teenager who is accidentally transported back to 1955 in a time-travelling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr Emmett Brown.  Before he can return to 1985,…

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    The Summer Sampler mini quilt {update 3}

    June 23, 2022 - By 

    Ever since I finished my little underground hoop I’ve been thinking about what I wanted to work on next. I’ve been waiting for the Summer Craftpod box to arrive but then I thought back to my list of outstanding projects. I keep a little list of sewing projects over there in my sidebar. I look at them every time I open my blog and they are a reminder of the things I want to make. Over the last week I remembered the Summer Sampler mini quilt I had bought. It was a sweet Block of the Month Club which I…

  • Healthier cooking with the Ninja Air Fryer
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    AD/Healthier cooking with the Ninja Air Fryer

    June 22, 2022 - By 

    A few weeks ago we were offered the chance to try an Air Fryer. All my friends have air fryers and I’ve wanted one for a while but they seemed like a big investment. Thankfully Very jumped to the rescue and kindly gifted me an air fryer from their range and tasked me with making a healthier meal for the family. Healthier cooking with the Ninja Air Fryer Apparently air fryers have been around for the last decade but sales have soared in the last couple of years. I think we’re the last people to get one but I don’t…

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    Monday Happy Things {Week 401}

    June 20, 2022 - By 

    Starting the week by writing the Monday Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while. It’s a chance for me 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 always love to sit down and write. I was really tired after our amazing half term adventures so most of last week was a bit of a blur. Monday Happy Things {Week 401} The hot weather last week was exhausting so it didn’t feel like we did much.…