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    Christmas Stocking With Cuff

    December 3, 2015September 15, 2018 Living a Creative Life
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    A Christmas stocking is a nice easy thing to make and makes a good gift for somebody’s first Christmas or even for somebody who just needs a new one. They can be made different sizes. A small one for a baby, a larger one for an older child…

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I know for some people, when 1st December arrives I know for some people, when 1st December arrives they want to feel ready for Christmas, to have all their decorations up and the presents at least under control if not completely sorted out.

I don't do it like that. Partly because I don't think I could ever be that organised! I used to mind that I wasn't, but now I don't. Also because I see December as the time to start things moving, not the time to have everything ready straight away. I love the idea of Advent, and I want to enjoy it, without throwing myself straight into Christmas.

Christmas can be brought in gradually. 

One of the songs currently playing inside my head is "People Look East" by Eleanor Farjeon, who incidentally also wrote "Morning has Broken". It's about preparing and making ready.

Feeling in that kind of mood today, I made the Christmas cake. A family recipe dating from 1979, in pounds and ounces, and with instructions to clean the fruit, feels comforting, especially when so much of modern Christmas seems to involve overconsumption of mass produced tat and cakes wrapped up in plastic that taste like playdoh.

These things can make the season feel mildly depressing , like a grey overlay over something that ought to make us feel good. It doesn't have to be like that. A hard no to playdoh flavoured cakes!

I've also gathered some bits to make a foraged wreath (being a terrible gardener has paid off again!), and went for a walk in the last of today's sunshine.

#December #wildblossomlife #advent #christmascake #slowdecember
2 things from today 💖 The first is a tree outs 2 things from today 💖

The first is a tree outside the co op in my village. It is a treat all year round, and it makes me feel a little bit warmer knowing that those berries are going to keep some little birds going this winter.

The second is a ball of yarn I have been making over a few days, from cotton, and tissue paper from a present.

Special things can be found in the ordinary 💖🐦‍⬛🧶

#wildblossomlife #winter #berries #paperyarn #slowingdownabit
This morning my 16 year old peered out of the wind This morning my 16 year old peered out of the window and remarked that it wasn't really light yet! 

It has been a grey, drizzly day. My youngest boy and I went out for a short walk, and I noticed the beautiful holly tree in somebody's garden, all glossy leaves and bright berries.

Before lunch, we made our Advent candle. We've been making our own from beeswax sheets for a few years now. It felt like the perfect thing to do on a gloomy day.

We lit it at dinner time, in amongst the usual mess and homework. 

#wildblossomlife #advent #adventcandle #slowdecember #ordinarydays
A rowan tree 🍂🧡 The rowan is one of my favo A rowan tree 🍂🧡

The rowan is one of my favourite trees. There's a song about it, and it always makes me think of Quickbeam the Ent  in Lord of the Rings, who every time he saw a rowan tree, would lift his tree arms and sway towards it. 

One year I made rowan jelly from the berries. It was a beautiful shade of orange and it tasted like nice marmalade.

There are lots of berries still on this one, and the  leaves are brown and gold. 

Even though it feels like winter now, there are still little bits of autumn hanging on. And it's nice to think that there is food for the birds there 🧡🐦‍⬛

#wildblossomlife #november #rowantree #creativelife #slowdownandlook
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