Archive for the ‘homely’ Category
Tweet :: A simple recipe for a warm winter’s eve :: light the lamps pull on your fleecy slippers and a cosy flannel skirt snuggle a soft knitted shawl round your shoulders share steaming cups of tea & whilst brewing tea, make hot water bottles add a wee glass of muscat – warms the throat [...]
Tweet Yeah, yeah. You’re sick of hearing about the chessboard. And I didn’t live up to my promises last week. I know. The week kind of wobbled off course. These things happen. But today! New week. New to do list. Board FINISHED. Family playing. Good stuff! It only took an hour to move the board [...]
Tweet I know. I promised there would be a quilted/upholstered chess board to share this evening. And truly – it was going to happen. Except that when I settled all my tools and fabrics on the kitchen table, I discovered there was nary a staple to be had for my staple gun – it being [...]
Tweet Done! After a “bit brisk” start to the morning … bit brisk is how my Grandad describes cold weather – you know, frost on the grass, the temperature gauge has almost hit zero and he goes out to feed the chickens and ducks in his shorts, a short sleeved shirt, work boots and the vest [...]
Tweet There were scraps left over from the 4 inches of floral quilt. Mostly just the ends from each strip we cut. Varying widths. I kept them … you never know. But late this afternoon, between a lovely, lovely long chat with tea & Abby at the kitchen table and leftovers for supper … in [...]
Tweet if you would like to share your ~loveliness found~ moments from this week please leave them in the comments or share a link to your place! ~ a basket filled with beautiful but under-appreciated yarn, bought many years ago, now being knitted into something warming & special for someone very loved ~ ~ dragged [...]
Tweet There have been so many photos taken of these four inch squares of floral. Each time I work with them, the richness of the colours and many different patterns so delight me I cannot stop at just one photo. Mum and I bought the fabrics with our Christmas money from Old Nanny days after [...]
Tweet The first stitching project I sat down to upon our return from our Christmas beach holiday earlier this year, was a quilted mat for the kitchen floor. I have a silly pet hate – getting wet feet whilst I wash up. I manage this effortlessly, regularly sloshing the water from the sink onto the [...]
Tweet if you would like to share your ~loveliness found~ moments from this week … & I would so love it if you did … please leave them in the comments or share a link to your place! ~ stopping on the way home at each farm gate stall pumpkins & pears – perhaps autumn [...]
Tweet :: tidying the mess – part 2 Started today with an early morning clinical prac – how to draw blood. And practiced successfully on a very clever mannikin. Not only did she give me satisfying amounts of blood from her cephalic vein but she didn’t even wince. Also learnt how to empty a [...]
Tweet if you would like to share your ~loveliness found~ moments from this week … & I would so love it if you did … please leave them in the comments or share a link to your place! ~ picnicking at a magical spot where rolling green hills meet the glittering blue sea underneath a [...]
Tweet make sure you get to the bottom of this week’s ~loveliness found~ post to check the winner of the May Gibbs giveaway! again, thank you all so much for entering and leaving such lovely comments – I only wish I could send all of you a pillowslip! p.s. & if you would like to [...]