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    DIY Bag Organiser: The End of Losing Stuff in Your Bag!

    October 6, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    DIY Bag Organiser: The End of Losing Stuff in Your Bag! Back in July, one of my lovely readers emailed me to ask if I could write a tutorial showing how to sew a DIY bag organiser. She said that she is forever losing stuff at the bottom…

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    How to Sew a Bean Bag Chair

    September 22, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    How to Sew a Bean Bag Chair A little while ago, my boys expressed a need for bean bag chairs. They like the idea of having somewhere comfy to sit where they can read or chill out that’s not a sofa downstairs or their beds. There’s one chair…

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    Little House Bag Tutorial and Giveaway

    September 6, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    Little House Bag Tutorial and Giveaway Recently I was sent some beautiful fabric from the new Tilda Harvest collection so that I could once again participate in their blog hop. As well as the lovely new fabric collection which you can find here, a new Tilda ebook is…

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    How to Sew a Cushion With a Pocket

    August 9, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    How to Sew a Cushion With a Pocket My son Aidan is a boy after his mothers’ heart. Like me, he prefers the colder months, and when the weather gets cold, he likes to curl up in an armchair near the fire and read. Along with sewing and cuddling…

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    How to Sew a Passport Wallet

    August 4, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    How to Sew a Passport Wallet One of the things that worries me the most about going on holiday is forgetting the passports. If people forget to pack pants again, or sun cream or extra wipes, it doesn’t matter. That’s fixable. If we turn up at the airport…

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    Easy Flower Arrangement

    July 19, 2017June 24, 2025 Blog, Other Crafts Archives
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    Easy 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 arrangement for my boys’ teachers and the cub and scout leaders….

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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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