My latest love

It was suggested by a lovely friend that I make some of these and as a thank you I made these for her little girls. I have been shocked with the response to these - orders for 18! They were recommended as 'teacher gifts' for Adam to give, but when I showed them in work I got orders for more and then again, showed them with more orders. Thankfully they are mainly for Christmas! I am going to make a few for the stall too! Getting quite organised now! Don't know why it is insisting on turning the photo. Adam did most of the work on his.

Special occasion

calls for special crafting.

It was my 25th wedding anniversary and I was at a loss as to what to make for Mark. I thought of a book with 25 photos in a timeline of memorable moments in our marriage so far - they include the place we met, the church we married and had Adam christened in, all 3 canine babies and of course Adam. I have to say I was impressed Mark got every one of the photo meanings!

The reason I am behind on 52 card week challenge

Well apart from getting the brief of one completely wrong, I had these to make for the end of term.


I had a few but I also had a nightmare. My original design was a disaster!!!! These are really cute. I asked dh to go our and buy some cotton wool for the bobtails and he came back with THE biggest roll ever - I need to find lots of uses for cotton wool now!!!

Recyling at its best

Well, I'm a little late putting this one on and no doubt everyone else in the country has binned/recycled their Christmas cards. I found this great idea to turn them into boxes! Not sure if these will sell on my longed for table at a craft fayre, but they are free so worth a try - even if its for pennies. If you don't use tissue in them you will have the handwriting from the sender showing, but I have been assured this adds to the quirky handmade look.

Down the 'handmade gift' road again - I do think I like this detour!

I had a moment last year - probably Kirsty Allsops fault - when I 'needed' to make some cookie mix jars. I decided to make them this year for Adam and Lucy but have yet to fill them as I want them to last a while!! So, these are prototypes! think I need to do something about the writing on the back of the label - my writing is shocking! I've yet to decide on the contents and would have like to have road tested the recipe but I don't see that happening as I think time has expired on the baking side of this year! Now these I do keep taking a peek at, they are adorably cute!