Dried fruit decorations are both easy and cheap to make. Dried fruit slices can often be obtained from craft fairs, but better than that, you could make your own! Instructions for how to do this can be found here. All you need are a few inexpensive bits and…
One of the things I am finding out as I am making fabric Christmas decorations is how great they are for using up scraps! I actually haven’t needed to buy fabric or anything else to make any of these, I’veΒ used stuff I already had, fabric, ribbon and buttons….
Last Sunday afternoon Boy 1 had a birthday party to go to, so I took the opportunity to have some autumn crafty fun with the other boys. This is not an exhaustive list of crafty things you can do with leaves, but it was enough to keep my…
Here is something I meant to write a post about some time ago. My boys were not actually christened. They had a dedication instead, which is very similar to a christening except that the babies are not initiated into the Christian religion. We chose to have a dedication…
I found myself in a v good situation the other day. One of Husband’s shirts had a tear in it and Boy 4 needed new trousers. Crank up the sewing machine, it’s a chance to make stuff. Hooray! There’s a lot of fabric in a man’s shirt, especially…
The summer holidays are nearly here. Boy 3 has had his last ever day at nursery and Boys 1 and 2 break up next Wednesday. Although I’m looking forward to it, I am going slightly cross-eyed at the thought of keeping 4 little boys aged 8, 6, 4…