This time I’ve fallen for Casper. I’ve been meeting up with him for the last 2 Sundays and there’s been a lot of cuddling, kissing and whispered words of love. Okay, he’s a cat! You’ve probably guessed that straight away. He is one of the latest rescue cats at PAWS Animal Sanctuary. His owner couldn’t […]
In Love ……. again! Read More »
Well it is when you pick up a very heavy black and gold vintage Singer sewing machine from under the stairs. And it’s especially dangerous when you forget to bend your knees and tug at your machine from a very odd angle. I did all of the above with my old Singer and thought I’d
Sewing is bad for your health! Read More »
In my last post I wrote about a very sad little Teddy Bear in need of a lot of TLC. He had no eyes and his head was hanging off his body. I’m pleased to report that after sewing his neck back up and restoring his eyesight and knitting him his own special winter sweater
Two days into 2014 and I’m sticking to my No Buy policy, so only another 363 days to go! Thought you might like to see my Christmas cushion that I finished a couple of days ago. It would have been finished in time for Christmas if it hadn’t been for a nasty bug that laid
I’ve thought long and hard about committing to this. Basically for all of 2014 I will not be buying stuff, at all, nothing, nada – gulp! I’ll be afflicted with empty trolley syndrome. There’ll be repercussions though, Amazon’s profits will drop drastically, Ikea will have to lay off some of their lorry
Bye Bye to Buy! Buy! Read More »
This year I’ve resolved to stay away from the High Street and not do any Christmas shopping in big name stores like M&S, Debenhams etc. Instead all my Chrissie pressies will either be handmade by me or bought from independent craft artists and sellers. I’d rather support a small business where the goods are well
An Indie Christmas Read More »
Yesterday I took myself off to our local RSPB reserve for a bit of a wander with my bins. I’m impressed with myself cos I normally forget them and leave them on the kitchen counter. I think I might have picked the wrong day to go a visiting as there were hordes of people on
The dictionary definition of Inertia is “the tendency of a body at rest to remain at rest”. Just substitute the word ‘blog’ for ‘body’ and you have the previous state of this blog! I think it was the shock of having another birthday that rendered me immobile/unable to write/find Windows Live Writer on my laptop.
It’s my –th birthday on 10th October and to celebrate (or commiserate) I’ll be giving away one of my handmade silk clutch purses. I’ve chosen the embroidered Playful Pussycat Purse. I thoroughly enjoyed making her. She’s lined in a pale sea green silk, the outer layer is cream silk dupion. So if you would like
My Birthday Giveaway! Read More »
Why is being at the beach so good for my soul? I’d been carless for about a week (don’t ask!) and while I’m within walking distance of all the necessary amenities – post office, library, vet, pet shop, corner shop etc, the one place I couldn’t easily walk to was the beach and that really