This year for Christmas pretty much everyone gave me gorgeous toiletries…..I’m a girl who loves to bathe, so they certainly hit the mark…. The bath goodies all came in the most fabulous boxes. Really sturdy, fabulous, too good to ever throw away boxes. Any ideas for what I can use them for/ turn them into? [...]

A little late…due to our Barcelona trip and the fact that everything on the foliage front is covered in a thick layer of snow…but here are our advent candles. Made by my eldest daughter – who loves anything to do with decorating for Christmas. I was out watching Daniel looking a bit rough in Skyfall [...]

So here it is in all it’s glory…. I’ve sweated blood over this dressing gown, not to mention having said some rude words and using my bodge skills to their utmost. It pretty much turned out more or less how I intended, there were just some large diversions around the houses on the way. At [...]

Not literally I hasten to add for those who may not be attuned to the idiosyncrasies of English vocabulary. Moreover there will be no photo today, for reasons that will become apparent fairly quickly. Today was a day when I really shouldn’t have got out of bed. Having slept excruciatingly badly after a late night [...]

Here is the final part of the rag rugs tutorial. I keep working on both ends at the same time until the rug starts to look like it finally will meet in the middle. It must meet in the middle rather than at the ends because it would be impossible to get the right level [...]