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I’m currently feeling somewhat swamped with lots of gorgeous patterns which I have just tested or am testing.  Why  pattern test?! There are definitely some pro’s to pattern testing. I sign up when I think I will learn something from making the pattern, or because I feel a bond with the designer… not necessarily because …

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This week I am taking part in Ruffles, organised by the lovely Agy from Sew Incredible Crazy. My stop on the hop is March the 12th, where I will be sharing an upcycled project incorporating ruffles (an opportunity to make another pinned project) Here are a few ruffle DIY ideas to wet your appetite:)   There are many …

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I am so excited to be taking part in the “Grow your blog” event, squeezing an entry in at the last knockings! Who am I? I am a Mum, wife, housewife, team leader, christian, daughter, sister, aunty…. I live in Norwich UK with my family. Why do I blog? I started blogging 18 months ago …

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Crikey – I have made it to one year 🙂 Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment, it means so much. I started off with a simple aim to blog once a week, every week about my creative journey and business making recycled bags. I have learnt lots on the journey:- Patience …

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A glass or two of wine later and I appear to have made a rash purchase of my own domain name – EEEEK!   As regular readers know I have been contemplating the step of moving from wordpress.com. to wordpress.org for  a while. The realisation that I am now getting visitors from google search engines, therefore if …

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This week has been the conclusion of the social media course I have been studying courtesy of Creative University, with the great tutor Hilary Haptree (UK Craft Blog). The level of detail in the materials was great, as was on line support. No question was daft! Rather helpful as I found some weeks were harder than …

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I’ve just been nominated for the Super Sweet Blogging Award by Gray over at Gray Crochet, what a great surprise to wake up to! I started this blog thinking that I would be one of the only people to read it; it is wonderful that not only do others read it, but they come back! …

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