I love the twinkle and sparkle of Christmas and am a total fairy light addict but there is nothing quite like the soft glow and gentle glimmer of candle light. For this week’s Festive Friday I have been hammering tins again, this time making tin can lanterns to...
Today is Apple Day and we are celebrating with apple crafts and a slice of apple pie! Originating in 1990, apple day has grown to be a celebration of English apples, orchards and mellow fruitfulness. Apple Day events have sprung up around the country where you can try...
English asparagus season is in its full, brief flow, and this dish really makes the most of it. Asparagus quiche with Somerset Brie, Tarragon and Mustard – a perfect combination of flavours! Jump to Recipe This quiche includes three things I always have to hand,...
Easter is almost upon us! Three of my children break up today and the fourth tomorrow and there are a few crafty plans being kicked around already – Teen Two has a brilliant craft/science/music thing up his sleeve if he can carry it off! Today I bring you a...
My daughter and I spent a happy hour making fabric mâché baubles at Christmas so it seemed to be a natural progression to do the same at Easter! This time we used polystyrene Easter eggs and raided our fabric stash to make these beauties. They really couldn’t be...
I took part in another Google+ hangout with Red Ted Art and a whole raft of UK craft bloggers last night. I love these hangouts, seeing other people’s crafty creations really inspires me. Last night we shared ideas for using up egg boxes and Maggy’s...
There is a howling North Easterly gale blowing out there – it is biting! On our walk to school today we worried about the daffodils, waving their yellow heads in defiance, and wanted to fold them back down into their wintery beds. Spring has clearly...
Making Easter bonnets is one of those traditional activities which make me smile; I love the markers as we move through the year which herald the beginning of each new season! If you’re looking for festive Easter treats while you are bonneting, try our no-bake...
My daughter and Bonus Boy claim to dislike parsnips which is a little awkward when I am trying really hard to eat seasonally and there is a glut of this delicious root gazing at me from every market stall and veg barrow! However, if I ‘hide’ them not so...
These carrot buns are delicious. They do, unfortunately, look very boring and don’t photograph well so I decided to put cream cheese frosting onto some of them to prettify them up a bit – much to the delight of my Bonus Boy! Jump to Recipe My children have...
This is an updated version of a post which first appeared on Thinly Spread back in the Spring of 2011. When Maggy at Red Ted Art asked me to join in with a Google+ Stone Craft Hangout this week, a Hangout which fell upon my girl’s thirteenth birthday, we thought...
A quick and easy last minute Valentine’s craft for your sweetheart! We love fingerprinting and these couldn’t be simpler. Using your forefinger and some pearlised poster paint (I always put some paint onto a sponge and then push my finger into it as that...
It’s Monday and this week I have decided to relaunch my neglected Meat Free Monday blog spot because I miss it! If you are new here I am a veggie wife to a veggie man and mum to four vegetarian children. I decided to run this meat free slot after requests...
This is a quick and easy last minute Valentine’s/Birthday/Anniversary cake for your sweetheart. I made it for my daughter’s birthday last year. She will be 13 on pancake day and I have a post brewing which is already bringing tears to my eyes! She came...
I know Easter is a while off yet but we were in the mood for a bit of Springtime at the weekend and an Easter craft seemed to fit the bill (pun intended). I like the way mine is looking a little afraid and his is looking a bit wicked! To Make Easter Chicks You...
