Edward got a tie dye kit for his birthday and there was enough dye to do several items. We finally got round to putting it to use at the end of the school holidays. I bought white tops for Edward and William and they tie dyed them with their choice of colours and techniques. William’s… Continue reading Dying to Share

My trusty sewing machine has enabled me to bring new life to a number of old garments and curtains recently so that they can be re-loved! I’m not a brilliant seamstress in the same league as my Nan and my Mum, but I’ve gained a bit more confidence for making things up as I’ve gone… Continue reading Sew Comfy

William had a lockdown Zoom birthday party last April and, as his 8th birthday approached, he was happy to discover that we would be allowed to have up to 6 people in our garden this year (of which one would have to be me)! He definitely wanted a Minecraft party! We threw ourselves into this… Continue reading Minecrafty Birthday

In years gone by we’ve been lucky enough to have several summer holidays in beautiful Guernsey. In 2018 I went to look at the Millennium Tapestry which depicts 1000 years of Guernsey history in 10 panels made by Guernsey residents. I bought a set of postcards of the tapestry panels. I later bought some small… Continue reading Tall Story

I haven’t written about my backstage antics for a while, sadly, as the last show I did was was over a year ago now. But I have had cause to remember some past glories whilst constructing a new award for Outstanding Work on SOS Productions in a Backstage Capacity. This award was proposed by our… Continue reading Boxing Clever

We usually like to make some Christmas wrapping paper to wrap presents for our Christmas guests. Things are somewhat different this year but we made some anyway! We recycled an idea from That’s a Wrap a few years ago. This time we made potato print robins instead of penguins. We also realised that putting each… Continue reading Wrappin’ Robin

The boys have made a slightly different advent calendar for Dad this year as they are Minecraft mad. Can you tell what it is? Yes, it’s a storage system comprising 24 double chests! We made it from 2 of the boxes that my contact lenses come in, one on top of another. That made a… Continue reading Minecrafty Christmas

This year’s naughty pumpkin characters chosen by Edward and William were Herobrine from Minecraft and Octonaughty from Numberblocks. Apparently the terrible twos (from last year’s pumpkin) looked in a magic mirror, became double and merged into Octonaughty. Spookily, this year 2 pumpkins sprang up in our vegetable patch! We think this is due to me… Continue reading Double Trouble

Who knew that my Board Room a.k.a my dining room would be serving as my work place for the past 6 months? I count myself lucky to be working in these tough times and I’m surrounded by some crafty creations, favourite art work and family memories. Many memories are on the elastic board I referred… Continue reading Button it!

I couldn’t think of a snappy title for this post so I borrowed from the rather less snappy advice on gov.uk this week that “the public is advised to consider wearing face coverings in enclosed public spaces such as shops, trains and buses to help reduce the spread of coronavirus”. Advised to consider?! I’ve considered… Continue reading Consider Wearing Face Coverings