a good thing

There’s one thing about getting known for something that I particularly like. People give you things. Now, if you are known for liking owls, or china cats, or for being good at fixing cars, I can imagine that being given … Continue reading

blog crush: my vintage avenue

I don’t have as much time to read blogs as I used to. Or rather, I don’t seem to manage to make enough time to read blogs as much as I used to. I browse Pinterest for inspiration over breakfast most … Continue reading

liberty in fashion

modflowers' dolls at Liberty in Fashion

I’ve never been much of a one for being invited to things. When I was growing up I was always a one-best-friend girl, rather than a part-of-a-gang one. So I didn’t get invited to lots of birthday parties and sleepovers and … Continue reading

patchwork hearts

modflowers: patchwork hearts

I like making things. I particularly like making one-off things. After all, most people don’t, as Ryan O’Neal demonstrates in What’s Up Doc, tend to like repeating themselves, do they? But sometimes I need to make not one of something, and not even … Continue reading

sheep & rabbit

You may remember that, back in April, I went to see an exhibition at the Lace Market Gallery in Nottingham. Whilst I was there, a whole bunch of people got together to contribute to a collaborative embroidered work by artist Joy … Continue reading

magic mushrooms

Incredibly, I am having to start to think about that festive time of year already. It seems incredible to me, firstly because it is barely five minutes since we returned from sunning ourselves on the beaches of Crete, and secondly, because I am … Continue reading