Garden Improvements
Well I’ve been very busy in the garden the last few weeks trying to tidy it up and clear a few areas, but unfortunately there is still quite a long way to go. But I’ve accomplished quite a lot… Compost Bins: Well the transformation was quite impressive. Originally the area was very overgrown and messy (top left) and although there… Read more »
Oreo Vanilla Ice cream recipe
The inspiration for this was taken from pinterest when I was looking for oreo recipes and came across a recipe for cookie monster ice cream from Our family of Seven – given my previous cookie monster cupcakes I made, I thought it would be a great idea, unfortunately I didn’t have the chocolate chip cookies to make it complete, so that will… Read more »
Pearl Jewellery Tutorial
I really like the look of pearl jewellery but in the shops it’s always so expensive. We managed to find some pearl beads online which were very good value so we bought some in order to make our own Bracelets. Pippa had previously made me a pearl necklace with similar beads which I wear quite often on nights out and… Read more »
And I'm off again…
It feels like half the time I seem to be saying that I am leaving again, and it is only going to be getting worse. This winter I started working on the Pelican instead of volunteering as I have been for the past 8 years! Yay for money coming in instead of going out when sailing, but I have found… Read more »
Rag Rug Project: Completed! (plus a tutorial)
Well I previously posted about my Rag Rug Project and it’s progress, well it has finally been completed! It took quite a while firstly just because it was quite large and fiddly, but also because it was quite difficult to find periods of time to actually sit down and spend a decent bit of time working on the rug. But now… Read more »
Recycling in the garden
So along with our recent start on clearing up the garden we have also decided that it is about time that we started making our own compost and recycling the food waste that we produce from the kitchen. Since we only have a small garden we weren’t sure before about getting a compost bin, but our local council doesn’t do food… Read more »
Spring Gardening
Since the fence fell down in the middle of the winter we have not done much to the garden but this week we have started clearing up the garden and sorting it out for spring. Since the weather has started getting better the plants have suddenly started growing again we are hoping to take advantage of this and see if… Read more »
Recent bakes/craftiness
Well the last week has been a little bit crazy leading up to our annual end of year dinner dance which I was organising this year. I was making presents for my committee and some macarons for the raffle prizes which was fun and they looked really cool but they took quite a long time to do… A recent cake… Read more »
Photo organising
I tend to find that a lot of the time I either forget to take photos, or I take photos and they end up hidden somewhere, either on my phone or deep in a folder forgotten on my computer. But I have decided that it would be quite nice to actually look at my photos more often. There are such… Read more »