This weeks gift is both the quickest and simplest of all my ideas in our current mini series My Handmade Gifts for Friends. It’s creative simplicity makes it the perfect thoughtful yet speedy gift to offer your hostess when you find yourself stuck for ideas and are time limited. Perfect for accompanying your food and […]
Welcome to this, the second part of my Christmas mini series My Handmade Gifts for Friends. At this time of year it is so easy to get caught up in all the razzmatazz and commercialism of high street Christmas buying. If like me you are working on the less is more adage this year, you might […]
This week I’m so excited to bring you the start of my new Christmas mini series; My Handmade Gifts for Friends which has been in the making for a while now. Each week I aim to bring you a simple and beautiful idea for Christmas presents. As always I will recycle where I can, use […]
Picture if you will the following scene, a quintessential English village green on a cold crisp morning of a beautifully sunny autumnal day. The doors of the village hall flung wide open and the sound of artisans and traders setting up their stalls with exquisite wares, laughing and hugging one another as old friends reunited […]
In today’s post, I am going to show you how to make scented rice bags and in particular a lavender rice bag to soothe and bring comfort through the colder months ahead. First though, there is a story. Many years ago, before the arrival of Master M, Mr M and I moved with our […]
I promise you the following conversation actually took place. “You do know that ones got a huge split in the wood don’t you” said Mr M. He was addressing an off-cut of scaffolding board which I was turning into a pot stand for hot dishes on the patio table. “I’ve got better ones you could […]
Hello everyone, welcome back and welcome also to many new readers visiting Whitewood and Linen for the first time. If you are new and you’d like to know a little more about us this page is a must and I hope that as you become a little more acquainted with my stories, you’ll stay a […]
“Why don’t you put the paste table up and then you can paint them all in one go” said Mr M, in that exasperated tone when he caught me wandering around the garden with arms full of half painted objects and no where to dry them. The trouble is, when I get a creative idea, […]
From time to time in these busy days of social media, I find myself looking back at the handwritten letter as though it is a lost art form. It is so rare to receive paper stories these days in favour of a more technical approach. Even a telephone conversation is often replaced with a quick […]
This weeks post begins with a huge thank you to all those who suggested names for my beautiful Shepherds Hut, both through the blog and during countless conversations with me. You’ve all been very kind and patient even though I must have bored you all senseless. I am pleased to announce that my Shepherds Hut […]
