forward thinking

I’ve been a bit absent from my blog for a while over Christmas. In fact, I’ve been absent from the internet almost entirely, give or take a few Instagram photos, over the entire festive season. This would have been unthinkable … Continue reading

keepers of secrets

The problem with blogging during the run-up to Christmas is that often the things I am making are for gifts. I am a keeper of secrets – my own, and other people’s. It would be no good at all for me to … Continue reading

christmas box

I came across this box at the back of the cupboard in my bedroom yesterday. It was my mum’s, one of several that once lived in her dressing table drawer. I thought as I unearthed it – “oooh, that’s pretty!” It … Continue reading

more twirly girlies

modflowers: twirly girl

And so the second batch of twirly girlies is complete at last! I’m not quite sure why they took so long. Yes, I had to buy more beads (for their hands) halfway through, but really I just seem to be taking … Continue reading

plodding along

Sometimes I just feel like things don’t go as fast as I’d like them to. It reminds of the go-carts at a place we used to visit when lad was small. You’d pedal and pedal like billy-oh, but unless you were … Continue reading

stamens

Sometimes, things that come your way are just too lovely not to snap up. Even if they are a bit… odd. Even when they aren’t necessarily useful, and you don’t really know what you are going to do with them. On Sunday, … Continue reading