Here’s How To Make A Felt Ball Garland Do you want to make a felt ball garland? Here’s how we made our DIY felt ball garland. I’ve been looking at buying a felt ball garland for Eliza’s room for a while now, until it recently occurred to me that I could actually make one. For…
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Playing with intent – making a children’s tepee
Read moreThis week I’ve been dusting off my GCSE Textiles skills and making Eliza a children’s play tent…so how did it go?
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Babies, building work and big home renovations
Read moreThe week before Christmas marked a year since we moved into our new house (how long is it considered new for? I should probably stop calling it that). In that time we’ve done a lot of work; there wasn’t a single room in the house that didn’t need something doing. We’ve replaced the boiler, bathroom and kitchen,…
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Letting my toddler decorate the Christmas tree, and other festive firsts
Read moreChristmas is all about tradition, isn’t it? All the comforting and joyful things you’ve always done and always do, over and over. This year we’re also stirring lots of firsts into the Christmas mix. It’ll be the first in our new house and first Christmas dinner we’ve hosted. And, of course, the first one with…
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Nesting, nesting, 1-2-3
Read moreIt’s hard to pick apart what’s been nesting over the past nine months, and what’s just been our house renovation. We’ve done all the major work now and have stopped anything else till it all settles down with the baby (as much fun as it was painting skirting boards hugely pregnant, it’s quite nice to have…
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If toddlers made paint charts…
Read moreWe’ve finally reached the decorating stage of our house. This means many visits to DIY shops, and hours spent pouring over wallpaper samples and paint chart strips. Paint’s a tricky one, as there is such a wide range now, isn’t there? And so many shades and tones and variants. From the basic – dreaded magnolia…
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Nine months of our new house
Read moreAha, it’s a blog post about nine months of something that’s not pregnancy (for a change…) But I realised during one of my recent 4am wake-ups that this week marked nine months of us being in our new house. So how are we getting on?
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