“Oh no, it’s ruined!” I wailed from the utility room. “What is?” asked Mr M proceeding with caution as he approached both me and the washing machine. “My beautiful cashmere jumper! I set the machine to hand wash, someone must have changed the programme, was it you?” I questioned staring at him crossly. Apparently it […]
There are just 15 days left until what might be the strangest Christmas you and I have ever known. And although that seems so soon, there is still enough time to continue on with a homemade theme for your presents and decoration or begin right now with the ideas I have for you in this, […]
“What no glitter at all!” she said with eyes as wide as dinner plates and an expression that said it all. “But I thought we were doing arts and crafts all day and everyone has glitter to make things sparkle” she finished with a deflated sigh. My eight-year-old niece had come to play and stay […]
In my last In Real Life newsletter I asked if any of you had a particular craft idea you’d like me to address and I had several replies with different requests. Today I am looking at one suggestion from a dear reader who asked what she could do with gifted music sheets. Goodness, my mind […]
There are quite simply too many wonderful ways in which to use our recently made homespun fabric. In today’s post, I thought I would show you how I have incorporated the material in my journal. By chance my homemade journal has evolved into a visual representation of my time since March 2020. I’ve stuck to […]
In my way with words, I must convey to you the excitement I felt making today’s craft. By chance I fell across the Pinterest pin for this – another serendipitous moment for sure. Imagine a plethora of fabric snippets destined for not a great deal else other than perhaps the stuffing in a pillow. Now […]
And all at once Summer collapsed into Fall – Oscar Wilde. Possibly one of my favourite summers end quotes. Words which encapsulate a desire to hold onto those last precious days of summer knowing all too soon our mature sunshine will draw to a close and as sure as the sun will again rise, we […]
Wonky is good I have decided. Recently my attention was drawn to Belle’s bunting in an Instagram post. The bunting was indeed wonky. I immediately set about straightening it because why wouldn’t you if it were lop-sided and had been pointed out to you. Then I began noticing frequent wonky in my world and set […]
Welcome, to this my last post and story for a while and today I have two more uses for your wine bottle bottoms. This time it’s the turn of the more widely found, green bottles and as always, the goal is simple, effortless charm without spending your savings. And if you don’t have wine bottle […]
“What are you doing there?” I asked Mr M as he leant, beer in hand on an old rickety fence panel at the end of our garden. It was one early summers evening way back in 2017 that he spent a good while simultaneously looking at his wrist watch and the setting sun. “I am […]
