My workroom has been a busy little place lately, with one thing and another, mostly because I've been getting ready for this art and craft show in a couple of weeks.  In a crazed sort through one of my drawers, I found a small watercolour painting done last year, and I decided to get it…

We have a lot of chamomile tangles in our garden. It's been growing really well since Susie gave me my first plant last year. Lots of self-seeded plants and feathery leaves are all popping up all over the herb garden, so I thought I'd make some tea. I have a bunch of these stems drying…

An old merino wool sweater was recycled to make this new cardigan for miss K. I did a bit of cutting around another garment of hers that fits well, and incorporated the existing hem and sleeves to save me having to sew those. I made some bias tape from the leftovers of this coat lining,…

How is your Friday going so far? I've just gotten back from a school trip to the library with K's class… we saw some amazing new paintings and made angels from clay. What better way to spend the morning? I thought I'd show my new mountain vase. I first saw the idea in an online…

You might be getting tired of me writing about macaroons, so I'll make this my last post about them. But I felt I simply had to report back on some coconut macaroon experiments! A reader mentioned in the comment section a while back about how they like to dip their baked biscuits in some chocolate, and…

So the pieces of fair-isle knitted wool that I wrote about back here are still waiting patiently in my workroom for me to do something with them… so in the meantime I used some of the smaller pieces to make these items for my etsy shop update today. Two soft hot water bottle covers and…

I was standing amongst these wild daisies whilst hanging out the washing early this morning. Inside they came, to have their portrait taken with needle and thread. Have a lovely Tuesday!

I was lucky over the weekend- I was given an armful of the most beautiful roses from my Mum's garden (thanks Mum) AND an iPhone that was previously Tom's, because he received a new one from his workplace. I must admit I'm pretty excited about this new technology but it will take some getting used…

This morning, I'm … baking biscuits for children- peanut brownies and macaroons (my recipe is pretty similar to this one but with the addition of a little flour and vanilla extract) admiring this amazing botanical installation by German artist Regine Ramseier embroidering some forget-me-nots onto linen working on illustrating some pairs of vintage coffee cups getting…

I had a big clear-out of my supply cupboard the other day and found heaps of papers and cards and old maps and pages from fallen-apart books. I find old maps very aesthetically pleasing and have been known to frame them for wall art in the past, but these had seen better days, so I…