As it’s National Embroidery Month I am excited to have another wonderful giveaway to share with you today – you can win tickets to The Creative Craft Show in Birmingham featuring Sewing for Pleasure and Fashion & Embroidery. We’ve teamed up with the organisers of The Creative Craft Show Birmingham to offer you the chance to win a pair of tickets to the fantastic crafting extravaganza incorporating three creative shows. Taking place at the NEC from 16th – 19th March 2023, visitors will be treated to expert exhibitors from across the country selling the latest supplies, inspirational features and a…

Are you making anything at the moment? I had a burst of energy earlier in the month and have now fallen into a bit of a slump, searching for my next project. For the last few years I’ve been keeping a list of my crafty projects on the homepage of my blog. It helps remind me of all the craft kits I have (so I definitely don’t need to buy any more!) and I love to see them crossed off over the year. As it’s currently National Embroidery Month I wanted to offer my readers the chance to win 1…

I’ve teamed up with Little Tiger Books to bring you a lovely giveaway today. They recently published Solve Your Own Mystery: The Missing Magic, a fantastically imaginative detective story for readers looking for an interactive adventure. Solve Your Own Mystery: The Missing Magic One puzzling mystery. Several slippery suspects. Endless possibilities! Welcome to Haventry, a town where the ordinary and extraordinary collide! With ghosts, werewolves and zombies living side by side, trouble is always brewing. And when a fiendish crime is committed, YOU are the detective in charge of the case. It’s the first day of Magicon, the world’s biggest magic convention,…

We love to celebrate Halloween with some spooky gingerbread skeletons or a trip to a pumpkin patch. This year we have decorated our house with little munchkins and are busy planning how we will carve our pumpkins. It’s a really fun season and I’m delighted to team up with Little Tiger Press to share a wonderful giveaway with you. Midnight Magic: Witch Trap Black cats born at midnight Are magic, it’s true! Just waiting to have An adventure with you. Trixie and Midnight are playing outside when they have a run in with a witch, who seems particularly interested in…

Now the children have gone back to school I’m hoping to have time to read more. Each year I set myself a target to read a certain number of books and it feels like the year is running away from me! I love to share the books I read with you and share the odd book giveaway too. Today I am delighted to have a copy of Imbolo Mbue’s powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were to giveaway. How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue We should have known the end was near. So begins Imbolo Mbue’s powerful second novel, How Beautiful We…

My daughter is of an age where she loves to learn facts. She loves Britannica Magazine for curious kids and Britannica publish books for curious kids too! they recently published Factopia: Follow the trail of 400 facts by Kate Hale, illustrated by Andy Smith, and I am delighted to have a copy to giveaway to one of my readers. Did you know that a squid has a brain shaped like a doughnut? Or that some butterflies drink turtle tears? Welcome to FACTopia! A world of perfectly amazing facts, all of which are verified by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hop from topic to topic in unexpected…