Everyone who is a fan of Picnik will know that its days are numbered: from 19th April it will disappear, assimilated into the great Google black hole. This is the 'Biggest Disaster Ever' for me asd I came fairly late to the Picnik party in the first place. I've been wishing and hoping that the ideal alternative picture editing site will present itself, and it did. There are whispers around the interweb that Pic Monkey is the new Picnik. It … [Read more...]
Project 366 Week Eleven
Buy Blue Basil Gourmet Brownies
As ever, the email request was assumed to be rhetorical: would I like to review some brownies? Only if you can't give me this week's Lottery winning numbers... So imagine my utter joy when a parcel awaited my return from the school run this morning: DH must have signed for it and then departed for Bristol, so he's missing out. I am an admirer of beautiful packaging, so Blue Basil Gourmet Brownies had me mentally writing this review before … [Read more...]
How to make Easter chicks from plastic eggs
You know how it is: if you sit staring at something for long enough, you come up with an idea for how to use them. I bought a couple of packets of plastic eggs- a mere 99p per pack- and have turned them into Easter chicks. And the twist? They don't fall down. Weeble Easter chicks made from plastic eggs. Want to make some? Here's How to make Easter chicks from plastic eggs: … [Read more...]
The Wonder Hound got a haircut
How to make a Crocus Card for Mother’s Day
I have never really had an issue buying Mother's Day Gifts, fortunately. My mother is very easy to please! In actual fact it's because I struck upon a brilliant wheeze, round about the time I met DH for the very first time, although this is purely coincidental. Every year on Mother's Day, I send her a children's book, so that over the years she has a growing collection of books that she can read with her grandchildren whenever they come to visit. … [Read more...]
Project 366 Week 10
The week started with me crawling into bed: getting home at after midnight for the first time in a long time, and grateful that neither child woke before 6.30am. Sunday dawned wet and grey- a sign of the weather to come if the forecast is accurate, and with DH working, I elected to take an easy outing to the end of the road for the family church service. We are … [Read more...]
