I made these simple paper globe decorations to attach to some gifts I was wrapping this week. They were pretty fun to make, and yet another way (a bit like the notebooks) to use up some of my paper collection. A double-win. I cut up some old Christmas cards and also, the pages of a…

A while ago, at our local recycling centre, I came across an old ring-binder folder filled with papers and cards. Only two pages inside had been used. On one was written 'tomato crop report, 1945' and on the other, a half-written sponge cake recipe. I had to take the folder home, and decided to re-use…

When we first moved into this house a few months ago, my friend Jenny was visiting and pointed out that we had an upturned sink buried in our garden. I'd seen the base of it poking out amongst some weeds, but never realised that's what it was. And then it stayed there for quite some…

I went out walking early this morning, and this is what I found, growing wild. Buds and tendrils and leaves.

I've always thought of violets and pansies as being like small faces, looking forwards or upwards. These little ones came out of the garden. I think the person who planted the garden before we arrived liked the colour purple, because we also have stasis, lavender, violets and some other purple plants whose names are a…