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

Having a lockdown bank holiday on the 75th anniversary of VE Day gave us time to remember those whose sacrifices enabled our freedom. Coronavirus has curtailed our freedom for a while, but there is a lot to be thankful for, not least those who are making sacrifices right now to keep the country going and provide… Continue reading V Thankful

These lovely designs for Easter eggs by Beth Wilson were kindly shared by the artist for free via Facebook for kids to colour in. We found a fun way to copy and colour them by tracing them onto some plastic (I had some plastic pockets stashed away that we could cut 4 eggs out of).… Continue reading Easter Eggstravaganza

These are strange times!  With the lockdown due to Coronavirus there have been a lot of changes in all our lives. My husband and I are both working from home (grateful to be able to do so) and the kids’ school is closed.  We’re mixing home working with home schooling, with some home exercise thrown… Continue reading Four Colour Fun

… is part of a quote from Chief Weasel in The Wind in The Willows (The Musical) as he plans to ‘steal back’ Toad Hall, but our properties for this show were mainly begged, borrowed and made, rather than stolen! Now the show is over and I’m packing up the props it’s nice to reflect… Continue reading All Property is Theft