Here are some ideas for using dried fruit for Christmas decorations. You might have dried some citrus fruit out in the oven and be wondering what to do with it. Or you made some with a plan in mind and you’ve got some left over. Some of the…
One of my favourite Christmas tasks is unpacking all the decorations. I have memories of doing this as a little girl, when my dad would bring the box down from the loft. The tree (always a real one) would be in the front room and we would remove…
A couple of years ago I adopted the American practice of hanging a wreath on my door. The main reason was because I didn’t like how naked my door looked after I took the Christmas wreath down! This tied wreath is very easy to make and is a…
It’s wreath time again! It’s only been a couple of months since I last replaced the wreath on our door, but signs of spring are definitely here. I hadn’t decided what to do, maybe tidy up last year’s spring wreath (you can read about that here!), but at our…
I’ve been on a bit of a crocheted flower frenzy recently. I have made loads. Quite a lot of them got used up when I made my crocheted flower garland (you can read about that here!) but I’ve still got some left. So here are 10 ways to…
I always make a wreath for our door at Christmas, and after Christmas, once all the decorations have come down, my naked front door bothers me almost as much as the space left by the Christmas tree. So last year I decided to adopt the American custom of…