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 up 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. 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…
Making a Christmas wreath to hang on the door is one of my favourite pre-Christmas tasks. This is actually only the second time I have made a Christmas wreath using a floral foam wreath. I used to bend a wire coat hanger into a circle and attach bits…
It must be nearly Christmas. How do I know? Apart from the date, obviously. I know because Boy 3 is bouncing off the ceiling. When he came out of school yesterday I thought his teachers must have given him coffee! The Advent Calender is up, the pockets are stuffed…