I finished the owl ornament I bought from paper-and-string a couple of weeka ago. It was so much fun to make I think I might make a few more. Have you seen the lovely giveaway over at mummysam’s blog? She’s hosting a giveaway to celebrate approaching 150 etsy sales. It was such a miserable day…
Orla Kiely giveaway
This evening I’ve come across a lovely bloggy giveaway at one of my favourite blogs, the lovely dottie angel. Have you seen the new range Orla Kiely has designed for Target? It includes canisters, trays, plates, bowls, mugs, tumblers and tea towels, in a range of patterns including my very favourite pears print. How I…
Little Love Blue giveaway
I came across a lovely new-to-me blog today and she’s hosting a giveaway so take a look. The little bunny is so very cute and would be very welcome in our home.
birthday cupcakes
I’ve spent this evening baking cupcakes for my husband’s birthday tomorrow. I won’t give away his age (older than me!) but not too old for homemade birthday cake. Happy birthday darling 🙂
Top to Toe
I was fortunate to pop into the Museum of Childhood today. It’s one of my favourite museums, despite it’s redisplay a couple of years ago. They have a great temporary exhibition on at the moment called Top to Toe: Fashion for Kids. I love textiles and they have awonderful selection of outfits, uniforms, paintings, prints…
Epping Forest
Today we went for a muddy walk in Epping Forest. It’s not far from where we live and it was lovely to get out and about. We also visited Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge, a lovely, quirky, Tudor building. It’s been such a busy weekend. We went and saw Keane at the O2 on Friday and…
Lovely new felt
I received some lovely colourful squares of felt today – an impulse order from paper and string. They are small-ish squares but such great colours I know I will find them useful. I also bought some lovely ribbon, felt ric-rac and an owl softie kit. love using felt so it will be a pleasure to…
Felt gingerbread men
I love gingerbread, especially making and eating it. Here’s a photo of some I made as Christmas decorations before Christmas.
Sew Hip!
Yay, the first issue of Sew Hip! landed on the doormat today and it’s great. There are loads of patterns to choose from so hopefully there will be some sewing time over the weekend.