Did you know that today, Saturday 27th January, is National Chocolate Cake Day? My children were so excited when I told them this and couldn’t wait to make something special to celebrate. To celebrate Chocolate Cake Day my daughter was sent a bundle of Series 4 Num Noms and all the ingredients she needed to bake some delicious Num…
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash As a parent there are often a lot of things to consider, have you safety-proofed your home? Are they getting enough vitamins? All the usual palaver. But have you ever considered your floor? Flooring has been overlooked by a lot of people, so if you are one of those, we’re here to inform you of…
It has been an embarrassingly long time since I wrote an update about the Shipping Forecast Quilt I have been stitching. In fact the one and only update I have posted was back in May 2015! I am a little red-faced right now. As part of 2018 and my Year of Craft I am trying…
Photo by Giulia Bertelli on Unsplash I’ve been sorting out some of my craft supplies this morning. Everything has spilled into our spare room and as we are about to re-decorate my daughters room, she will need to move into the spare room for a week or two, I really need to tidy it up. You may remember…
I have a lovely crafty competition to share with you all today. As you know, this year my aim is to make at least one thing a week from my craft stash, and encourage you all to make things too! I found this lovely Gingerbread Man Bunting Sewing Kit in my stash and thought I would…
I’ve mentioned a few times that I’ve been following Slimming World for a while now. I had a massive blip over the Christmas period but I’m pleased to say that I’m now back on track 🙂 I find Slimming World pretty easy to follow but the one thing I miss is baking. I love baking…
Before Christmas I received the Winter Craftpod box. This is my favourite subscription box at the moment. It comes quarterly which means I actually have time to make what’s inside and enjoy it! What was inside the Winter Craftpod box? There were two Winter crafts – a sweet stitching project to embroider Winterberries in a small hoop,…
Morning and happy Monday peeps. The cold weather made for a loooong weekend, I’m just a little bit grateful that it’s Monday and my children are back at school! Time for my weekly Monday mindfulness post – about the 5 things which made me happy over the last 7 days. Monday mindfulness – 5 happy…
The weather has been so atrocious today. It was cold and snowy. The children were so excited to see the snow but we soon realised it wasn’t really settling and they wouldn’t be building a snowman anytime soon. We adults needed a pick me up to lift our spirits so made some winter mulled white…