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    Easy Flower Arrangement

    July 19, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Other Crafts Archives
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    Easyย Flower Arrangement I was recently sent a box full of goodies from the Oasis flower foam people. As the end of term is fast approaching, I decided to put it to good use and design an easy flower arrangementย for my boys’ teachers and the cub and scout leaders….

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    How to Knit If You Are a Crocheter

    July 7, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Other Crafts Archives
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    How to Knit If You Are a Crocheter Within the last few months, I have discovered something I suspected all along. I am a knitter. Not much of a knitter, at least not yet! But I am a knitter and I have knitted a sock. Ta da! I’ve…

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    Easy Crocheted Cardigan Tutorial: Solomon’s Knots

    May 5, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Other Crafts Archives
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    Easy Crocheted Cardigan Tutorial: Solomon’s Knots A couple of months ago I was sent some beautiful chunky yarn from Wool and the Gang. I had three balls of Heal the Wool, but I had no idea how much of something it would make up! So I decided to…

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    How To Crochet Solomon’s Knots

    April 17, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Other Crafts Archives
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    How To Crochet Solomon’s Knots Solomon’s knots are the perfect stitch if you want to crochet something lacy. It’s a good stitch to use if you’re using a chunky yarn but you don’t want the thing you’re making to look too heavy. Recently I was sent some yarn…

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    Fern Stitch: Hand Embroidery

    February 28, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Other Crafts Archives
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    Fern Stitch: Hand Embroidery Fern stitch is a useful stitch to know, especially if you’re sewing plants and flowers. Obviously you can use it to sew ferns and other plants, but it can be used in other ways as well! On the little purse I’ve been making, I’ve…

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    How to Sew French Knots

    February 24, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Other Crafts Archives

    How to Sew French Knots The French knot is a funny little stitch that can be used to add a different sort of texture to a piece of embroidery. My favourite way to use them is as blossom, but they can be used whenever a round stitch is…

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Being out in nature always feels precious. It does Being out in nature always feels precious. It doesn't matter very much what time of year it is, or what the weather is doing.

Today I wanted to get outside while it was still light. Yesterday it was after 3pm and it was already gloomy!

Today is lovely and bright, even though everywhere is damp and muddy after all the rain.

#winter #December #norfolkfens #slowingdownabit #wildblossomlife
De influencing your Christmas. You're welcome ๐Ÿคฃ De influencing your Christmas. You're welcome ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿคช

We got the tree from the same place we always do. It's a bit too big for the space. My youngest boy suggested measuring the space then measuring the trees before choosing one, but nobody remembered when we went to get the tree ๐ŸŒฒ 

I love all our decorations that hold so many memories but it looks nothing like the aesthetic, perfectly decorated trees that I have mostly seen on here. Actually, it looks a bit less of a mess than it has in the past. That could be because my helper is now taller and doesn't try to shove the decorations all on the same branches.

The telly is on in the first picture. We were watching something with James May and his buddies making things in his giant shed, except kids with phones who were not.

My youngest wanted to check how much space there was under the tree. Thankfully he didn't knock it over!

The cat thinks she is a Christmas decoration.

Aaaaannd... The last 2 pictures show how much mess was made getting the tree in .

Merry Christmas! ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ””๐Ÿ’•

#deinfluencing #realchristmas #mess #catsofchristmas #wildblossomlife
I went out looking for red, but what I noticed was I went out looking for red, but what I noticed was green!

The theme of December's Wild Blossom Companion is red, so I thought I might look for red things. There are plenty, berries, post boxes, horses (and humans) wearing red coats. But what caught my eye were the greens. 

๐Ÿ’š Lichen
๐Ÿ’š A green fence 
๐Ÿ’š Green patches on the bark of a tree
๐Ÿ’š Some green leaves still
๐Ÿ’š One of many colours on an oak leaf

It's as though now the leaves are mostly gone, other greens are easier to spot. When we have a good look, what we see is not always what we expect ๐Ÿ’šโค๏ธ

#wildblossomlife
#wildblossomcompanion
#green
#slowdecember
#getoutside 
#slowdownandnotice
Foraged wreath... Years ago, I used to make a wre Foraged wreath...

Years ago, I used to make a wreath from flower foam and Leyland cypress. But my neighbour's cypresses where my garden joined theirs were replaced by a fence, and I eventually realised that flower foam was really just plastic, it's not recyclable or compostable and it doesn't break down properly.

In the past I've made tied wreaths and ones from dried satsumas and slices of orange.

This year I wanted to make a foraged wreath. I've tried before and what I made looked sad. I don't have access to very much willow.

I was inspired by @crochetcrazyhelen to grab some twigs and stuff them in a big pot. My garden yielded all kinds of good stuff, brambles, out of control honeysuckle, dogwood, and ivy. Being a bad gardener pays off surprisingly often!

I decided my pot was too small, so I tried a drum head (my eldest son is drummer @dominic__0036 ), but that was too big. You know what Goldilocks also had? Hair. And probably bobbles. So I bent the brambles and things round in a circle and held them in place with hair bobbles, before tying it together with wool.

I did originally plan to add some berries and seed heads, but I actually like it as it is ๐Ÿ’–

#wildblossomlife #foragedwreath #slowdecember #natureinspired #advent #makeityourself
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