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  • We three kings…

    Christmas is taking over my life! I’ve just come back from the school fair, and have now finished making Elder’s Christmas cards to give out on Monday. I did Little One’s cards last week. Just ours to go now. Phew. I thought I’d leave you with some snaps of what I’ve been up to so…

  • Go bananas

    So, what am I doing on such a freezing night i ask myself? I’m in my kitchen, warming myself by the cooker. It is Elders Christmas fair tomorrow and I’m making cakes. Look Banana and apple cakes with sunflower seeds and brown sugar on top. They are actually really quite good! A basic Victoria sponge…

  • Dedication

    I must love my new job. I left these unexplored on the table this morning rather than be late…

  • Sticky quicky advent calendar – the sequel

    God, did I say this was quick? Maybe if you don’t make your own chocolates….I’m whacked so here’s a quick summary….tonight I marked the motifs with numbers, stitched up the side of the fabric to make a tube, and then dropped (homemade) chocs down the tube, tying off after each one. And that’s it! The…

  • Quicky sticky advent calendar

    I don’t know about you, but I’m not very good at buying things in advance. So here I am the end of November and no advent calendar for the boys. By which of course I mean no chocolate advent calendar. So, harking back to a calendar my neighbour (Mrs Schroeder) made for me when I…