Christmas catch up!

Belated Merry Christmas everyone! Hope everyone is had a great Christmas Day and is enjoying some relaxation now! We had a lovely day with only one minor disaster when little e fell head first in to my parents glass front door and smashed it! She was fine, not even a bruise, the door wasn't so lucky! My...

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We have moved!

We moved in to our new house on Wednesday and boy am I glad that is over, I will not be moving again! We are living in a land of boxes and desperately trying to get some unpacked before our Christmas decorations go up so there has been no computer time! I will be back soon with some room renovation...

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DIY jingle bell heart - tutorial!

I love these jingle bell decorations but have never been able to bring myself to buy one since they looked so easy to DIY, and I was right! Supplies to make a 12cm by 12cm heart - 100 tiny (~6mm) jingle bells with a loop on the top Stiff but thin wire (got in the floristry section of Hobby Craft) Thin...

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DIY Cargo Pants / Trousers

Santa's Elf has been hard at work in my house making Cargo trousers for Big E's friends Christmas. They are a light ish weight cotton camo with a, rather groovy and not at all because I didn't have enough of one colour, fleece lining! I made them in the same way as I made these except these are...

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I heart macro - just for fun

I know this isn't a proper maco but couldn't resist! What do you think this is??? a towel maybe.... but no it is a curtain! Tell me it is not normal to make the curtins in your bathroom out of towels...! We got the keys for our new house on Friday and all I can say is, boy do we have...

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The great cowl crochet and some labels

I meant to post this last week but things have been conspiring against me, mainly trying to sort things out for getting our new house this Friday and our house move which is a month tomorrow....arghhhh! Anyway, I spent last weekend crocheting like a deamon! I made one full size cowl and 2 half sized...

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Simple but cute baby gifts

Two of my best friends had beautiful baby girls last week, one a day late the other a week early. How come no one has babies for ages then 2 come together! Since new babies are lavished with gifts I always try and do handmade, at least they will only get one of the things I give them! I always make...

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A pintrest inspired gift for Mum

I saw this on pintrest    so made one for my Mum's birthday, I think she liked it, maybe a bit more sentimental than usual, I am a scientist at heart after all, not meant to be all smooshy! ...

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