Skip to Content

This weekend the weather feels like the crossover between summer and autumn. Our children are settling into their new schools, and as a family we are settling into new routines. To celebrate making it through the first full week, we threw the tent in the car and headed for our favorite campsite at the coast. …

Read More about The Easiest Pullover Crochet Sweater – Pattern review

Oh my goodness, the children have started their new schools, autumn is so very nearly here and I feel far from ready. How did that happen?? Since participating in Me Made May on Instagram when I reviewed my handmade wardrobe I have been sewing summery items, not filling any of the gaps I identified, mainly long sleeve tops and …

Read More about Sew Long Summer, sewing for autumn

I bought these wicker baskets months ago, they were so quick and easy to transform. Now the children are back at school I am attempting to tick off projects on my to-do list.  With fortune on your side you can pick up wicker baskets in charity shops, they are so easy to update with spray …

Read More about Update a wicker basket with chalk paint and pompom’s, quick & easy upcycle

You know that feeling, you have a project in mind, but somehow you don’t get round to it for months/years! I have been meaning to make net bags for fruit and vegetables for way too long, and it really is a thirty-minute project which can reduce your plastic use enormously. This week is zero waste week, …

Read More about How to make net bags for fruit and vegetables