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 Β just to heavy to read in bed! Reading them on the kindle means that even an encyclopedia only weighs as much as…
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 Β projects and as I rarely seem to finish a…
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…
These easy last minute Christmas centrepieces are perfect if you still need something for your table (or anywhere else!) but you don’t have the time to make anything elaborate. It takes less than half an hour to make and uses stuff you will probably either have already or…
Christmas is a great time for making stuff. Now we’re only 2 weeks away and I keep finding more stuff I want to make and there just isn’t time! Here is a round upΒ of 10 Christmas craft tutorials. Some of them are my ideas, most of them are…
According to something I was reading on the internet, cinnamon is officially the smell of Christmas.Β I associate lots of smells with Christmas. Not only cinnamon, but cloves, ginger and nutmeg. These were all ingredients in the Christmas cake and the Christmas puddings. Also pine, the smell of the…