Christmas has arrived!

Finding that perfect Christmas tree is serious business. Every year I get laughed at when I try to battle my way through the sprawled trees to find THE ONE. It’s pretty much always right at the back, but I WILL find it. It’s totally worth the muddy knees, cold hands and pin-pricked fingers though, because in the end, you get that perfect tree.

Yesterday, Christmas arrived in our home and boy does it look a treat! I am now finally beginning to feel Christmassy with the fresh smell of

Middleton Christmas Fair

It’s taken me a little time to get round to writing this post! It’s so crazy working in retail at this festive time of year so I apologise for not updating you all sooner than now about the lovely Christmas Fair I attended last week at Middleton Sports Club. As you’re all probably well aware by now, I have been working my socks off over the past few months crafting, making, painting and packaging

Flashback through November

Ahh November, another great month passed by so quickly, full of projects and workshops for me to complete!

At the beginning of November I took a step back from my daily blogging to put all of my focus and energy in to a couple of big projects I have been working on this month, including a huge makeover to our staff room at work (see post here), and also a big trip to London where I joined in the

Bunting, bunting, everywhere…

I have been knee deep in fabric triangles for the past few days whilst making some bunting for the Christmas fair next week! Remind me to NEVER convince myself again that making so many would be a good idea in such a short amount of time…It was a lot more time-consuming than I had anticipated!

Nevertheless, I now have some bunting supplies in floral fabrics AND Christmas fabrics all ready for

Make & Create – Candy Cane Reindeer

It’s getting to that time of year again! ‘Tis the season to be jolly, falalalalala lalalala!

I can’t keep my Christmas excitement from you all any longer so here’s a small and nifty little Christmas treat trick for you all to enjoy. With very little expense, minimal technique required and  just matter of minutes, you can create these adorable candy cane reindeer’s that are