• Bridgerton inspired embroidery hoop
    Monday Happy List

    Monday Happy Things {Week 390}

    April 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 write. Monday Happy Things {Week 390} My daughter was so happy to reach the next level with her karate lessons. It’s been three years since her last grading, thanks to covid. It was really lovely to see her be awarded her new belt, definitely a…

  • Crafts for kids to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
    Crafts for kids - Royal crafts

    Crafts for kids to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

    April 2, 2022 - By 

    I’ve already shared some ideas for crafts for toddlers to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee later this year so I thought I would follow that with a post full of ideas for kids to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. I popped to the shops this morning and my local craft store had a display of craft materials for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. As you can imagine, everything was red, white and blue, but sadly there was not a single craft idea! Hopefully some of these ideas will inspire you if you’re looking for fun crafts for kids to celebrate The…

  • Easy Platinum Jubilee gingerbread crowns
    Crafts for kids - Royal crafts

    Easy Platinum Jubilee gingerbread crowns

    April 1, 2022 - By 

    I’m not sure how we will celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this year. We want to do something but we’re not sure what. Hopefully our village or street will be doing something special to celebrate. Even if we are only celebrating at home we will need special Platinum Jubilee treats and we tried out an idea for special Platinum Jubilee gingerbread crowns. We love baking gingerbread and these special iced crowns would make a delicious treats for kids and adults at any afternoon tea. Easy Platinum Jubilee gingerbread crowns We used our favourite gingerbread recipe but you could easily use…

  • Bridgerton inspired embroidery hoop
    Crafts for adults

    Bridgerton inspired embroidery hoop

    March 30, 2022 - By 

    I love all things Bridgerton. I admit that the first episode of Season 1 was a slow burner for me, but I quickly fell in love with the characters, costumes and sets. Since Season 1 finished I read all the Bridgerton novels by Julia Quinn and I’m excited to see what happens in Season 2. When I saw a Bridgerton inspired embroidery hoop class run by Hobbycraft I signed myself up. I find in person classes really hard to get to now I work full-time, so an online evening class sounded good to me. Bridgerton inspired embroidery hoop A few…

  • blackbird applique hoop
    Monday Happy List

    Monday Happy Things {Week 389}

    March 28, 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 write. Monday Happy Things {Week 389} Last week I celebrated my birthday with a Chinese takeaway and watching the final episode of Inventing Anna on Netflix. I received lots of books and craft kits which should keep me busy for the rest of the year!…

  • selection of craft books by Pen and Sword
    competition - Craft book review

    Win craft books from Pen and Sword Books

    March 27, 2022 - By 

    I don’t know about you but I love craft books. They are packed full of inspiration and I just love discovering new artists, new crafts and inspiration for my latest make. Pen and Sword Books, and their lifestyle imprint White Owl, kindly sent me a selection of craft books to enjoy. Let me tell you about them, and read on for your chance to win the same selection below! Pen and Sword Books publish a range of lifestyle books covering book binding to crochet, needle felting to spinning and all the crafts I enjoy too, such as embroidery, quilting and…

  • {Cricut Infusible Ink} Bridgerton tote bag
    Cricut Maker

    {Cricut Infusible Ink} Bridgerton tote bag

    March 25, 2022 - By 

    With Bridgerton Season 2 just about to drop of Netflix I’ve been on the look out for Bridgerton crafts! I found some really fun svg’s on Etsy and thought I would make myself a tote bag for work. The svg I found featured a pretty floral design with the words The Social Season Is Upon Us with the #Bridgerton. I wanted to use up some of the Infusible Ink I had and this seemed like a great project. {Cricut Infusible Ink} Bridgerton tote bag materials: Cricut Tote Bag Cricut Infusible Ink Cricut Machine Cricut blue cutting mat Cricut Scraper Tool…

  • Cricut-made Bridgerton quotation sign
    Cricut Maker

    Cricut-made Bridgerton quotation sign

    March 23, 2022 - By 

    I’m so excited for the return of Bridgerton on our screens this week. I don’t have any good series to watch at the moment and it feels like I’ve been waiting for  this show for months! Over the weekend I took part in an online workshop to embroider a Bridgerton inspired hoop. It made me want to search for more Bridgerton crafts and I didn’t find many. Which is why I wanted to make something else! My Cricut is the perfect machine for crafting so I used it to make this Cricut-made Bridgerton quotation sign. I adore Violet Bridgerton and…

  • Top Tips for Transforming a Room
    Family Life

    Top Tips for Transforming a Room

    March 22, 2022 - By 

    Disclosure – this is a sponsored post If you have decided to DIY a room’s transformation, you need to ensure that you prepare correctly. The more you can plan before, the smoother the transformation will go. After all, it can seem like there is always something that goes wrong with DIY at some point! Here are three tips budding DIYers need to know when prepping their projects. All the Prep That Goes into DIYing a Room’s Transformation – 3 Tips Have the Right Materials Have you got everything you need for the project? It can be really frustrating to discover…