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A couple of weekends ago, we ventured out for our usual Saturday activites (tea and brownies, vintage shopping, the park), and got chatting to the girl…

tk maxx and a little thrifting

I started writing the draft of this post about two weeks ago, then got sidetracked with a million other things, so these are actually my…

eco-friendly efforts: could do better

When I was pregnant with the Boy, I was full of good intentions about ‘natural this’, ‘organic that’ and ‘eco-friendly everything else’ – once he…

the story of the sewing table

A few weeks ago, after untangling the Boy from the laptop and printer wires, I decided that enough was enough – I wanted, nay, needed…

featured

The lovely people at Strong Island, Portsmouth and Southsea’s number one blog, have kindly featured me and my arts and crafts today – I’m about…

a vintage gift

My mother-in-law, who knows how fond I am of old kitchenware, tins, jars, pots and cups, recently surprised me with a beautiful gift – a…

cowl

I spent a good portion of last Winter working on commissioned hats for toddlers (and a couple for adults), and while it was nice to…