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It's not much but it's home.

August 14, 2011 by

One of the things I had intended to do this year was make our home more… well… homely. When we first moved here we were all of a dither with big stuff that had been going on. The move was a rush job anyway, one that certainly took the then 18 month old Josie by […]

Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: child stress, coffee tables, decorating, family life, furniture, home, interesting coffee tables, living, magnolia houses, making your home cosy, moving house, rubbish parenting, untidy children

Marshalling Mojo

February 18, 2011 by

Recently, Jax wrote about her mojo being AWOL. We’ve had some similarities in our life over the last few years, Jax and I – a significant loss(es) each, a long period of trying to be pregnant, juggling work and home educating. And I certainly know what she means about mojo upping and leaving (I hope […]

Filed Under: Creative Every Day, Freddie, Thinking Tagged With: baby loss, crafts, creativity, depression, family, finding peace, grief, home, knitting, living, loss, neonatal death

Suit Yourself Day

February 14, 2011 by

Family life is such a tricky balance; family life when there is such a weight of grief in it, when six people have got so many things to process and recover from and have such varied needs is, well, tricky at times. Grief, combined with the complexities of an important relationship in our family coming […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Children & Grief, Creative Every Day, Fimo Models, Knitting & Sewing, Photos Tagged With: crafts, drawing poems, family time, fimo models, groovy girls clothes, home, jabberwocky, living, making dolls, making dolls clothes, making fimo models, pokemon, polymer clay

Graduation

January 18, 2011 by

I graduated from counselling today. It was my last session, my final chance to talk about all those thoughts and feelings that surround Freddie, his fleeting life and the drift of flotsam that has been left in his wake. The last time I can ponder and talk and rage and cry to someone without wondering […]

Filed Under: Freddie, Knitting & Sewing, Thinking Tagged With: baby loss, child loss, craft, grief, home, home making, knitting, life after loss, losing a child, neonatal death

Created a Hottie Cover

January 15, 2011 by

Thanks to the knitting, I think I really have done something creative every day since I pledged to do so. Even if it has just been a thoughtful blog post, or a few lines of knitting, or a novel (!) or a model, I’ve created a lot and it has helped. I’m really proud of […]

Filed Under: Creative Every Day, Knitting & Sewing Tagged With: craft, home, home making, knitted hot water bottle cover, knitted hottie cover, knitting

Holidays

January 15, 2011 by

As is customary in the Puddle household, last week we took ourselves off to Centerparcs. It’s always a good way for us to have a low maintenance wind down holiday after the busy Xmas period and one of those holidays which, being a large-ish family, has not too much effort attached. In fact, it’s easy, […]

Filed Under: Being a Parent, Knitting & Sewing, Photos, Trips Out Tagged With: away from home, books, centerparcs, craft, family, family holiday, family time, holidays, home, home making, Kindle, knitting, reading, swimming with kids, winter holiday

Money can't buy you love

January 9, 2011 by

I know they say that – and it’s true – but nothing beats a birthday where the people who love you go out of their way (and some way out of their pocket) to give you gifts that will bring masses of joy and pleasure. Look at that; 1000’s of hours of reading, knitting, lovely […]

Filed Under: Cookery, Fimo Models, Knitting & Sewing, Uncategorized Tagged With: birthdays, cakes, cooking, craft, fimo models, home, home making, knitting, knitting yarn, rowan wool

Christmas Crafting & Ideas

November 22, 2010 by

Last December we called time on ‘home educating normals’ for December as I felt that after years of me being immersed in business during the festive season, the girls deserved my full attention and some old fashioned fun. As it happened, we ended up, through a variety of add on conversations and the sheer joy […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Christmas Crafts, Fimo Models, Knitting & Sewing, Uncategorized Tagged With: borax snowflakes, christmas craft ideas, christmas crafting with kids, christmas hama bead designs, christmas pudding recipe, crafts for christmas, easy sweet making for christmas, family craft ideas, felting, fimo nativity set, glass bead tree ornaments, home, kids crafts, needle felting

Lists

November 13, 2010 by

Finish last weeks list. Finished knitting this weeks square. Start next weeks square. Get to 28,000 words. Set up Etsy shop. Do two more tree pictures. Frame two tree pictures. Did 3 – go me. Buy wool. Get Fran to guest blog. Get up to date blogging. Plan next weeks work. Make 4 pieces of […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: craft, home, home making, knitting

Lists

November 6, 2010 by

Dammit, I’m so far behind and I’ve got photos of things to take as well. In fact, I’m so far behind that I might need my friends to remind me where I’ve been or I’ll forget what I’ve forgotten. Amelie & Fran’s comp. Fran’s comp. Maddy’s TKD successes. Josie’s wobble Josie’s birthday and party. Art […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: craft, home, home making, knitting

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