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Friends & Gifts
My friend Kerry celebrated her birthday this week, as did I, so she and another friend of ours got together to have lunch and a catch up. Kerry’s husband is very ill with Mesothelioma and we meet...
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Ten ways you can help make the world a better place
The world is a funny old place. We’re supposedly so connected with all the new technology we have, but we don’t know how to connect on a real level any more. We text and email, poke and ping, but we...
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Button, button, who’s got the button?
Ah, buttons, don’t you just love them? When I was a child I used to play with my Mum’s collection of buttons. I bet young kids today would think that was totally lame (dude) but we had to make our...
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Pretty Pegs
How did it get to be Sunday afternoon again already? I don’t know where the weekends go. The weeks themselves fly by, but then it gets to the weekend and time just speeds up even more. So unfair....
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Mini Market Madness
Well, the day had finally arrived for my Mini Market Day…all my hard work and staying-up-late-nights and stressing over would I have enough and would I have enough room and what if people don’t like it...
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Tidings of Family Joy
So, Christmas is over, technically. The tree is bereft of gifts and the turkey is nothing but a carcass being picked apart for sandwiches and stock (unless you’re vegetarian, like me, in which case...
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A Portrait of Friendship
I am very blessed to have a amazing group of friends. In this funny, ever-changing world, it is wonderful to know you have people you can rely on to share the good times and the bad. I have been very...
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Birthday Bonanza (and lots of tea!)
Apologies for the lack of bloggyness. I have been busy turning 40 and celebrating it and mourning the loss of my thirties (not really, I barely noticed their passing) and getting thoroughly spoilt by...
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Handmade Home
I am lucky to be surrounded by things that have been made by people I love. Wherever I go and wherever I live, I always have things with me that remind me of family and friends and are special to me...
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Cleaning is a “sometimes” activity, right?
I was supposed to be cleaning my house today. It has become quite feral due to me being a.) unwell this week, b.) out a lot this week and c.) just plain lazy and too prone to distraction (every week)....
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Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my! (Animal Jars)
A quick post this evening with a quick and easy craft project. You may have seen these on other sites (they’re ALL OVER Pinterest at the moment), but they are so easy and satisfyingly fool-proof, you...
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Quick Christmas Cards (or, An Idea for Christmas Cards that Would have Been...
Every year at Christmas, there is one thing I fail miserably at…making my own Christmas cards. But, you say, raising an eyebrow quizzically and looking confused, you make LOADS of cards every year!...
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My Week in Pictures (or, How to Cheat at Blogging)
This week I….. …helped my friend move and received a beautiful bunch of proteas as a thank you… …drank lots of tea… …actually cleaned and tidied my house so it is neat and fit for human habitation…...
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Gift-Giving When You Don’t Know What to Give
I like buying presents. Truly, I am one of those people who actually likes to give more than receive. It’s not even a non-selfish thing. I LOVE buying presents. It’s fun and you get to make someone...
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Clay Tags
I have been cleaning and tidying all day today due to having yet another rent inspection tomorrow. I was hoping to be tidied up before today but, with the Christmas festivities and then New Year and...
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Easter Treats
Just an extremely quick quickie post today, showing you what I made for my workmates for Easter. I wanted to photograph it nicely and make things look all prettified and classy…but that didn’t happen,...
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How to Measure Christmas
Christmas Day is just around the corner. I can’t believe how quickly it has come up this year. I probably say that every year, but this last twelve months has whizzed by, and so much has happened....
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How to Have a Happy Birthday
Birthdays have always been a bit tricky for me. For a long time I believed that something bad would always happen on my special day (mostly because, for several years in a row, I had disastrous...
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