As a child, I remember reading a story in which one of the characters, a boy, carried about a little white mouse in his pocket. I can’t remember which story it was, but I remember being quite impressed by that particular … Continue reading
Category Archives: craftyness
making faces
Sometimes, what should be easy, just… isn’t. After faffing about trying to make something new involving wire, which just didn’t work, I had a brainwave. I’d made a big batch of petals and I decided instead to use them to upscale my petal … Continue reading
disembodied
I’ve never liked taxidermy. Being a vegetarian for many years, I never felt that I would want to decorate my house with dead animals, any more than I would want to boil them up for dinner. But I have to admit, I … Continue reading
cheeky
Short term memory. It’s a mystery to me. I used to remember things. Years ago, when I worked in a bookshop, I could hold numerous ten-digit ISBNs (International Standard Book Numbers) in my head. They just sort of popped up when … Continue reading
petal power
So the petal people pins have progressed! I ordered a sample pack of stick pins, just to see what they were like. (Because in my experience you never really know whether something is worth your money until you see it … Continue reading
petals to the metal
When I was a child, creativity came easily. I wrote most of a (terrible) novel when I was eight. (I sort of lost interest in it when I discovered that my ambition to be the youngest ever published author was not going to be fulfilled.) … Continue reading