Disclosure – a guest blog post by Sola Wood Flowers With the change of the seasons and summer beginning, you might be looking forward to some exciting hosting opportunities. Spring and summer are optimal times to gather together with your friends and family and enjoy good weather and great food. But is your house really…
So somehow we are half way through the year already. This is the sixth time I’m sitting down to hold myself accountable for my crafting over the month. This is a busy time of year and our diary feels full of end of term events – which is my excuse for not crafting much! Let’s…
So where did May go? One minute we were enjoying April and May seems to have passed by in a flash – must have something to do with all those Bank Holidays we’ve been enjoying. This is a monthly post I’ve started writing to make myself a little more accountable for the things I make….
Last month was quite slow for me. As the days have been longer, and the weather warmer, we’ve been out more so there has been less time to craft. There was also a 2 week Easter break where we enjoyed a few days exploring the beautiful city of York. Each month I write about the…
March has flown by, probably because we had a couple of birthdays and Mothers Day to celebrate. I consciously made more effort to pick up my sewing projects, which was the perfect antidote to spending my day in front of the computer. March crafting The first hoop I stitched in March was this cute ‘Mummy…
This year I’m taking part in the Goodreads 2023 Reading Challenge. I set my target to read 35 books this year. I don’t read so much with my children anymore, and I’m also working full-time, which doesn’t leave me as much time to read as I would like. So 35 books felt realistic – there’s…
I love to recycle items and found I had a few Golden Syrup tins which I had collected due to their pretty packaging. Lyle’s Golden Syrup is a British heritage brand and their tins are instantly recognisable. Occasionally they do special tins, such as the one created for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Edition in 2022….
February is such a short month and I think that’s reflected in my crafting time this month. Plus I had half term and Covid which meant I didn’t spend as much time on my crafting hobbies as I would have liked. However I still wanted to blog about my crafting adventures this month. February crafting…
I love to make home accessories and can’t resist using my favourite Liberty fabrics. Not only are they beautiful and go with everything, they also wash really well! I wanted to make a pretty sleep mask and used some gorgeous florals. Liberty sleep mask tutorial equipment: Two pieces of Liberty fabric Wadding Piece of elastic…