British Art, Craft & Design; St Jude’s comes to London!
The times I’ve been to the Norfolk environs and never had a chance to visit St Judes! Now I don’t have to worry if it’s too far to cycle, or whether the right bus will take me near; St Jude’s In The City is arriving at London’s Bankside Gallery on February 3rd – 12th. They ...
Daily Mail recommended; is this beginning of the end?
Just bought two books whose main pull quotes on the cover are from the Daily Mail… Is this the beginning of the end? Is my reading credibility down the drain forever?* :) *Did I mention they both have embossed gold writing for the title?
All done with your Christmas knitting? Knit for charity on the Southbank instead!
If you have miraculously finished knitting, purling, blocking and sewing up your Christmas gifts, why not head down to the Southbank in London, to join Knit for Peace in the gallery@oxo. They’ve set up until 24th December so you can go in and knit things to be sent to children in Afghanistan… If you don’t ...
Paperchain Party – Combining house decoration and Christmas Cards in one!
The annual Southwyck Christmas party went well yesterday; caught up with a lot of friends I haven’t seen in a while, ate and drank in a festive fashion, and even had an unprompted singalong!. This year’s theme was to make a paperchain to be strung in the living room; each person contributing a link decorated ...
A very homemade Christmas; Mints, Fudge & Scrub
So this years gifts have been mostly handmade, including; Peppermint & Rose kind-of-creams* Frankincense / Clementine bath salts** (a bit fail, as most people have showers I found…) Fudge*** – supremo hit (if I may say so myself!) as it worked first time, is v tasty and easy to adapt. A tiny bit of fail ...
