I first made these fabric covered rope necklaces last year as Christmas presents, they’re also a good way of using up awkward sized scraps of fabric.  Here’s what you’ll need: Wooden beads, I went for chunky 35mm ones bought on ebay Fabric, for 35mm beads you’ll need strips 10cm wide and at least 1m long […]

I’ve always had a bit of a thing for Persia having first become captivated by this part of the Middle East (now modern day Iran) when I was at school studying Ancient History for A-Level.  At the time, I was the only person to choose the subject so – all credit to the school – […]

With Christmas coming and the ensuing no holds bar approach I seem to take when it comes to eating and drinking (which frankly isn’t that different from the rest of the year), I thought I’d share this rather marvellous recipe for making your own posh Twix bars which I found on the brilliant blog, A […]

So in just over a week’s time I’m going to be back at work and so it’s time to get my arse into gear and get organised therefore, of course, the PERFECT excuse to buy a new diary. After some squirreling around on the internet, I soon realised that it’s actually quite difficult to find […]

So yet again, here I am apologising for the complete radio silence but what can I say, babies are all consuming creatures and our one is particularly gloriously distracting. Right now, she’s  sitting on the floor sticking her little pot belly tummy out and grabbing fistfuls of Margot the dachshund’s fur (curiously Margot doesn’t seem […]

Baking and babies, I have realised lately, don’t really go together. During my pregnancy I envisaged long quiet periods of time stretching out every day whilst the little plum slept. Florence however has different ideas about how her day should pan out and prefers to be part if the action, so my friends, I have […]

I apologise for posting yet another piece revolving around Liberty fabric. I am, it has to be said, rather obsessed and probably need to rein it in… The trouble is that the little face just looks too sweet in the ditsy floral prints so I can’t help myself. Here are a couple of pictures of […]