About a month ago, I was sitting outside the library in Dersingham eating my lunch and admiring some lupins that had been planted nearby. I’m not much of a gardener myself, but I like gardens, and somebody had made the little bit between the library and the car…
One of my favourite things to do at the moment is to make colours schemes from photos that I’ve then while I’ve been out. Where I live is beautiful. And although there is a lot to be said for just enjoying what is there in front of us,…
A little while ago, I had an idea to make 4 little embroidered wreaths, one for each season. They were inspired by these Christmas ones I did a long time ago. And that idea came from a book about hand lettering when I was into that. I really…
This post contains affiliate links. Around Christmas time, it’s nice to do some Christmas crafts, but I’m not one for doing lots. I used to do more when I was younger, but as the years go by, I find that I already have enough and I don’t need…
This a repost of a tutorial I wrote several years ago after our first trip to the USA. I kept the pumpkins for a year or two, then I gave them along with these felted pumpkins to an American friend who misses the beautiful Minnesota autumns of her…
When we had our kitchen redone a few years ago, one of the first things I did was make some new tea towels. Making new tea towels is an easy thing to do. You can just cut rectangles from pretty cotton fabric and hem them, then decorate them…