Valentines round-up

Love is in the air so I though I would do a wee round up of some of my Valentines projects over the last few years! This year was a papercut Valentine's Card. Last year I made a  Bell Heart, and a tiny glitter heart canvas, paint canvas red, wait to dry, then glue a heart shape and sprinkle...

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Papercutting Tutorial

I went on a paper cutting course last September, we did some freehand paper cutting and then designed a card to cut, it was great and on the day I decided to plan in advance and make a Valentine's Card.  I hadn't tried it again until last week, I made a birthday card for my Mother in Law. The...

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4/52

A very Sleepy Girl Along with the pressies Big E received last Sunday for his 7th birthday he also got a nasty virus... "A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013." Illness struck our house this week, it started with very high temperatures and ended with two children choked...

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DIY Tartan bow hairband for Burn's Day

Today is Burns Day in Scotland, celebrating our most famous song writer and poet. Little e was to wear tartan to nursery and she wanted it on a hairband so I rustled one up last night, 2 loops of tartan ribbon with a tartan bow on the top sewed together then hot glued on to a hairband. She...

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A New Kitchen!

Finally, pictures of the almost complete kitchen. We went for white painted oak doors with an oak worktop. The floor tiles are honed slate and the splash back is multi-coloured slate mosaic. I love it! Before: When we got the house, before stuff arrived! Utter Chaos! After: Before: When...

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DIY Lego Head Cake

Big E was 7 on Sunday, how that happened I have no idea, but he requested a Lego Head cake for his birthday, which was a relief given that last year it was an ATAT! I made 2 x 20cm deep chocolate sponges , cut them in half, layered them with Jam and butter cream, stacked them then iced them with...

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An Award..

Helen of the fab And Who Says You Can't? has passed me the Leibster Blog Award, Thank You!! I have had this award before  so will answer the questions but not pass it on, hope that is ok! If you have never heard of it before then this is it: Don't know what the Liebster Awards are?  ...

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3/52 - A Snowy Day

 I am joining in 52 Portraits again this week. Ready to slide! It is my big boy's last day of being 6 today, 7 seems so old.... That was fun!  Saturday Sledging! We have the perfect slope at the side of the house for sledging and this is the first proper snow since we moved in...

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The joys of living in an old house...

Our house is old, how old we are not sure, but we think it was built in the late 1700's. We are slowly renovating and have just (almost) finished the kitchen, hopefully will get some good photos soon to put on here but here is a peek (you should see the chaos in the rest of the room). Our next job...

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52 in 2013

I am joining in ( a wee bit late) with the 52 portraits of your children in 2013 over at Che and Fidel . Here are my first 2 weeks (rubbish phone photos...): 1/52 Tea time in a messy half finished kitchen!! First (and last if I get my way) ice cream factory 2/52: They wouldn't cooperate...

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How not to start a crochet project...

I am impatient. So, when inspiration struck and I decided I was going to crochet this jumper  I had to start.  Lady Like Jumper from Lion Brand I had the perfect wool, a large hank of tweedy wool brought back from Lewis when my Mum was there for a meeting about 3 years ago. Now, I knew...

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Resolutions

I am not really a New Years Resolution kind of person, but this year I have decided write down some things I want to achieve over the next 12 months, maybe I will do them if they are written down!! Here goes... Personal stuff:  - Shout less and read Unconditional Parenting again  -...

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