This is the story of the woman who had the romantic notion of keeping chickens in her back garden and collecting fresh eggs each morning. Last July, that notion became a reality. Welcome to the City Chicken Keeper and her 3 chickens, Julia, Sybil and Margot. The idea of keeping chickens to be honest happenedContinue reading “The City Chicken Keeper”
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Agatha Christie, Greenway
I had always wanted to visit Greenway, the picturesque summer house of Agatha Christie in Devon. On a recent weekend away in the lovely Dartmouth, I was lucky enough to fulfill that wish. My obsession with Agatha Christie really started in the 1980’s with the BBC TV adaptation of the Miss Marple books, with theContinue reading “Agatha Christie, Greenway”
February Escapism, Homemade Style!
Hi guys. A very belated Happy New Year! I can’t believe it’s been over 6 months since I’ve written a blog. With a mixture of home schooling and an increase in sales to my Etsy shop (one good thing to come out this situation!, I don’t seem to have any spare time whatsoever. At leastContinue reading “February Escapism, Homemade Style!”
Frida and me!
Since watching the 2002 film depicting the life of Frida Kahlo, by the fabulous Salma Hayek, I have been fascinated by the life and the art of this hugely iconic Mexican artist. Frida Kahlo is a world known iconic brand. A few months ago, I was searching the web for some Frida fabric and cameContinue reading “Frida and me!”
La Seigneurie Gardens, Sark
On our family holiday this year we were lucky enough to visit Jersey for a third time I love this little island, where time stands still and everyone is polite and the traffic filters in turn at roundabouts. As we were there for a couple of weeks, we decided the visit Sark, which actually fallsContinue reading “La Seigneurie Gardens, Sark”
Samares Manor, Jersey
This was my second visit to the lovely Samares Manor botanical gardens in Jersey. Last year we visited on the last day of our holiday and I found out that you can have a free return visit within 2 weeks so I didn’t make that mistake again and we went early in our holiday! SamaresContinue reading “Samares Manor, Jersey”
Bags of Star Wars!
Gosh, did I have fun this week with my Star Wars fabric quarters. I had been keeping them for a while as I was undecided what to make with them. Any fabric like this normally gets turned into a PE/kit bag! Then last week I decided upon turning them into carrier bag holders (so usefulContinue reading “Bags of Star Wars!”
RHS Malvern Spring festival
I’ve always wanted to visit the RHS Malvern Spring show and this year I actually remembered to book tickets and off we went a couple of weeks ago on a sunny Saturday! I watched Gardeners World the Friday beforehand as I thought they would be filming there and I was not disappointed. I loved theContinue reading “RHS Malvern Spring festival”
Simply Sewing Christmas!
Hi, I’ve been really busy with the lead up to Christmas this year. I’ve exhibited at a local Christmas craft fayre and am working my way through Christmas orders. So far, my farthest order has been a retro pink heart decoration to a lovely woman in Texas! Plus, I finally achieved 100 sales with Etsy! Continue reading “Simply Sewing Christmas!”
Happy Retro Christmas!
As my followers will know I specialise in making crafty products from retro fabrics or anything just that little bit different! I started on my Christmas shop early October after having sourced some lovely retro Father Christmas fabric from Doughtys in Hereford. Last year I used a similar fabric and could have sold many ofContinue reading “Happy Retro Christmas!”
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