Handpainted sign at Durlston Castle
Signs painted by local children on a hoarding around Durlston Castle; it used to be a restaurant, but now is undergoing restoration as part of the Durlston Project
Tagged: Homemade
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!....
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...
UK Easter Swap – needle felted egg cosies
I sent off my parcel to A for the UK swap with these little fellas in them. She has a family, and as it is almost Easter thought I’d include a bit of craft...
Box Stitch Jacket – It’s finished!
Yay! Only 11 months after I started it… ahem… Well I had other things on too. Anyhow, it’s done and mum is happy with it, so job done! I was worried the cashmerino would...
Only the sleeves to go!
Finally finished the back and now on the home stretch. Just a bit of mathematical tinkering to shorten the sleeves (to ‘bracelet’ length – oh my that Actionette birthday present has come in handy!)...
Box Stitch Jacket
Need to get this done for May 8th so it is coming with me this weekend to Sussex. Both fronts are done, and am just starting on the back… only the sleeves to go!...
Jo Sharp – Box Jacket
Finally got hold of the yarn I needed and am making a start on the front – put in my first pocket! It is a lovely yarn to knit with, very, very soft… I...
Jo Sharp Christmas
Her Box Stitch Jacket it what I’ll be knitting for SK for her Christmas present… Poor love looked a bit confused when she received a bundle of ribbon tied swatches in these various colours,...
Happy almost-Christmas!
Baked these last night as last minute Christmas Cookies… they’re v tasty but a bit of a nightmare to make… super buttery so a very melty, sticky dough and you have to watch them...
Snowflake sewing cards
There’s something very soothing about threading coloured wool through punched holes… It reminds me how much I love the ‘stringing beads’, ‘drawing with crayons’ and ‘cutting pictures from a magazine for your scrapbook’ pictures...
Swap with Tutti Fruiti
The lovely B wrote to me via Flickr to see if I’d do a swap with her in Australia… She wanted one of these cupcakes, and as it’s always interesting to see stuff from...