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    How to Crochet a Mug Cosy

    January 17, 2015October 16, 2017 Living a Creative Life
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    Another week, another mug cosy! This time it’s a crocheted mug cosy, featuring a basket weave pattern. It’s made by starting of with a circle of chains, but switches to rows to accommodate the handle of the mug. Please be aware that I have used British crocheting terms! I…

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    10 Crafty Ways to Beat Post Christmas Blues

    January 14, 2015March 19, 2016 Living a Creative Life
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    Everything feels so flat after Christmas. The tree leaves a big space in the front room and I miss the twinkly lights. It’s still cold and the days are still so short. Spring feels a long way off. However there are lots of things we can do to make…

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    A Crocheted Flower Tutorial

    January 11, 2015March 23, 2016 Living a Creative Life

    Here is an easy little crocheted flower tutorial to brighten up up a cold, dark winter’s day. Better still, you can download it here as a pdf! Crocheted Flower with Pointed Petals The petals are made by crocheting 1 dc, 2 tr and 1 dc. The points are achieved…

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    How to Make a Kindle Pillow

    January 8, 2015June 27, 2017 Living a Creative Life
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    One of the things I love about my kindle is how I am no longer put off reading books because of their size. Some books at  just to heavy to read in bed! Reading them on the kindle means that even an encyclopedia only weighs as much as…

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    How to Make a Quilted Mug Cosy

    January 5, 2015March 23, 2016 Living a Creative Life
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    Last week it felt like it had been such a long time since I’d sewn anything I was desperate to dust of my sewing machine and make something. I had some smaller pieces of fabric left over from other  projects and as I rarely seem to finish a…

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    How to Make Bird Feeders

    December 18, 2014March 23, 2016 Living a Creative Life
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    Making bird feeders is not just a Christmas thing! Apparently the birds benefit if you put food out for them all year round. Apart from anything else, they learn that your garden is the place to go if they are feeling peckish. Boy 2 likes birds and I…

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I chose the theme of soft for September's Wild Blo I chose the theme of soft for September's Wild Blossom Companion. The light is more golden now and less harsh, there are fluffy seed heads and soft grasses, fluffy clouds and pets to cuddle.

September is that soft edge between summer and autumn. The colours are becoming muted, with more faded greens, ochre and dusty rose. 

We might reach for a favourite jumper in the freshness of early morning, or a blanket as the evenings draw in.

We're invited to walk softly as leaves start to fall.

What does softness mean to you, and how do you weave it into the creative bits of your life?

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Even as we get older, it's very difficult to shake Even as we get older, it's very difficult to shake off the shiny shoes and new pencil case feeling that September brings. 

In some ways, it feels more like a new year than January does! But I don't think we need to rely on other people telling us whether or not it is a new year. We can start a new year whenever we like!

One way to start afresh is to take a moment, step outside and notice what is there. Signs of autumn are appearing where I live, even though it still feels like summer.

Taking a little bit of time to slow down and really see can help us to be there in the present, instead of endlessly rushing from one thing to the next and before we know it, it's Christmas again.

This is why I created the Wild Blossom Companion. It's designed to encourage you to slow down a bit and notice, and see how you might use those in things you make. There's no need to completely change your life. That's not what it is. It's also not a toilet roll long ticky list. It's a way to honour the quieter, slower rhythms of a creative life.

I have a free edition available on my website if you like the idea of it and you'd like to try it without any commitment. It's called A Gentle Beginning and the link is on my bio.

#creativelife #wildblossomlife #wildblossomcompanion #september #newyearanytime #slowingdownabit
What does late summer feel like to you? I find i What does late summer feel like to you? 

I find it a weird time of year. In some ways it feels like summer still. The weather is still warm and will hopefully be a while before we're back into winter coats again. But the light has changed, the hedgerows are full of berries, the early mornings are colder and the nights are drawing in.

It feels almost sad, but not really because autumn is lovely! 🍁🍂

I've written a post about it on Wild Blossom Life. The link is in my bio if you want to read it 💖

#wildblossomlife #seasons #latesummer #mononoaware #creativelife #nearlyautumn
Today I should have done housework and attacked th Today I should have done housework and attacked the garden, so I went for a walk and took a nap.

I would not feel better if I had done the things I should have done instead of the things I wanted to do.

Sometimes the boring things can wait 🌸💖🌿🌞

#norfolk #summer #creativelife #getoutside #fieldnotes
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