Another thing I have a lot of in the house is cotton wool: I overstocked when expecting PD and am still wading my way through it. It's proving very useful for various craft projects. And tissues? Well they get everwhere. PD seems to have an obsession with carrying them around" in case she gets snot" so there are always half a dozen under the furniture or in various pockets. So what can you do with them? here are ten ideas to get you … [Read more...]
Cupcake cases creatures
Sometimes it’s the simple things that are the most surprising. Take, for example, the humble cupcake case. Of course, when I was young we made fairy cakes, or just ‘cakes’. Cake cases, along with cakes in general, seem to have been rebranded and are so popular these days you can buy cases that range from teeny tiny petit-four affairs to monster muffin holders and everything in between. A few weeks ago, when I was making Red White and Blue … [Read more...]
Inspired by: July
Crikey, where did July go? I'm well into the summer holidays now, and I think we've developed a routine at DG Manor, though don't go quoting me on that. The holidays have been a great excuse for doing more stuff I've found across the interweb and been inspired by. PD and I are currently working on her letters and numbers, so this where I live project at Teach Mama has been perfect for the letter I, in addition to teaching my little big girl … [Read more...]
How to make a paper plate pocket watch: a Thomas Cook Kids Club Competition entry
I hate it when someone throws down the gauntlet at me. I am a person who is incapable of saying “No!” Fortunately, the advantage of the challenge Maggy at RedTed set me is that I get to spend time with my children. We get to spend time together making stuff. And in return for the making of fun stuff with my Girls, there is a chance that we may win a big stash of goodies thanks to Thomas Cook. Thus I found myself downloading one of the stories … [Read more...]
Ten Ways to Play: Cupcake Cases
You’d have to be Rupert Murdoch not to know that the Summer Holidays are upon us, meaning that the streets, shops, cafes, parks and restaurants are busier between the hours of 9 and 3 that they have been for the last few months. Neither PD nor I are huge fans of busy-ness, so the long vacation usually sees us spending more time at home than ever, crafting. As usual, 10 Ways to Play is primarily about crafting with things that you have lying … [Read more...]
The Best Coffee Icing in the world
I am an excellent wife. Actually that’s not true all of the time but on this particular occasion I excelled. I have been noticing that DH is not as keen on chocolate cake as he once was. It turns out that bought cake never lives up to my home-made cakes [insert smug grin here], and that his cake of choice when outside the perimeter of DG Manor is coffee and walnut. Naturally I waited until he went to work after sharing this piece of … [Read more...]
How to make a Weather Chart
If your house is anything like mine it is littered with bits and pieces of art crafted by children relentlessly. Some of it is fabulous and different and makes its way onto the Breakfast Room wall, the best pieces of which eventually find their way into a scrapbook. Some pieces are 'distributed' to Grandparents who dutifully display it on their fridges when we come to visit, but that still leaves a lot of work that I feel I can't throw … [Read more...]
