As you may know, this year we are sponsoring the Craft Blogger category at the MADs Blog Awards through our own business and in particular CraftMerrily (which is about to have a sparkly and up to date new look!) It’s given me a great opportunity to take a look through the list of craft blog […]
Archives for February 2014
Daffodils in Hama Beads
Oh, I’ve not had the Hama Beads out in such a long time; a bit of therapy was needed tonight though and they just arrived in my hands, as it were. On with the daffodil theme so they will still be here in April (all the garden ones are out now… Sob) and these are […]
Every baby should survive their #firstday
On that first day, there was one who pulled the red emergency cord but she is not the one I remember. I remember the midwife who supported me through a short, healing, beautiful labour. She made me focus on what I had to do as the room erupted in chaos around us. She kept my […]
St Patrick's Day Fimo Crafts
When Bene was just new born, I accidentally got my children to do St Patrick’s Day crafts a whole month early, thanks to baby brain and befuddlement. They’ve never let me forget it. I think they thought history was repeating itself today when I suggested a similar activity, but on this occasion it was just […]
Josie Jump.
I’ve been busy building yet another website for a peterborough gymnastics club this week; this will be the third and hopefully the last time! It’s been quite something, being part of rescuing this club from a bit of a sad collapse and incredibly exciting to see it now up and running and raring to go. […]
The MAD Blog Awards. This time it's personal.
If you’ve been reading my blog a while (and, um… if so, well done!) you’ll know perhaps that the last few years I have had the great fortune to be at the finals of the MAD Blog Awards. It’s been a highlight of the year. I’ve been a finalist (3 times a bridesmaid, never a […]
The Daffodil Boy.
The heads of the daffodils in the garden are already turning yellow; they’ll bloom in a matter of weeks, they’ll be over before March has ended. Daffodils are Freddie’s flower. I don’t want to do April without daffodils. Seeing them nodding and bobbing on the 2nd April is one of the things that keeps me […]
Soothing Stitches: MyBoshi Beanie Obsession.
One of the things I really love is reading about a quirky and unexpected business growing up out of a quirky and unexpected scenario, featuring unexpected people.I read about the MyBoshi Boys in a Simply Crochet magasine a while ago and then the fates collided to bring me near to not only one of the […]
Promoted Post: The Hidden Costs of Having a Baby.
Having a child is one of the major milestones in many peoples’ lives. It is both stressful and rewarding, a source of endless joy and occasional frustration but above all it can be rather expensive! A recent UK government study suggested that the average cost of raising a child to adulthood is now in excess […]
The one where we get lucky.
It’s not 3 weeks since Max remarked on how relaxed and happy I seem these days. Happy. A release from fear, anxiety, distress. Then. My fingers walked a habitual walk, as they do, as all our fingers should do. Then. Found a lump. This time. Quite hard. Quite painful. Quite… lumpish. Very much not where […]
