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of a 29yr old English girl

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Little bit of silver paint

So a lot of my hoodies are either (1) falling apart or (2) too small. I love my Hanson hoodies with a passion though my Walk one is a little too small for me right now *sniff* (well it IS an extra small after all!), so I decided instead of the top that I wanted [...]

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Hanson Crafts Site

After the announcement that Hanson.net were stopping their web space, I quickly uploaded what I did have of my site up to my domain and now it is pretty much complete. I have a fab idea that I hope to do this weekend as a craft (it’s actually part Hanson, part Disney after the concerts [...]

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2011, a year in review

(Paislee Press/Fei Fei’s Stuff “Montage” kit. Template from Cathy Zielske) 2011 was undoubtedly an awful over all, but there were some noteworthy moments. But onwards and upwards, because 2012 has GOT to be a good year for us!

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More gifts in the making

I love it when I’m working on nice smelling crafts (bath stuff or baking!) because it makes the flat smell lovely   If I am covered in glue, glitter, paint or ink… I’m happy In actual fact, I have been planning in my head a reworking on my Hanson crafts site over the christmas break, [...]

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Getting my (Christmas) craft on

My December Daily has all the base pages completed. and I have added a ribbon to keep it closed as it is quite chunky now and won’t close   I will take some better photos on a day where it’s not overcast and with a camera that’s not my iPhone I started on my Christmas [...]

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Time to think of Christmas

I can’t get over the fact it’s November already. This time last year I was in Florida, at the Animal Kingdom if I remember right and we were attending Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party that night (actual halloween had a premium cost to attend & we were worried about adjusting to the time zone [...]

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Getting my craft on

I think my other brother in law, James, may start getting jealous, but once again my darling husband forget to get a card for Ben’s birthday, so I made one. I don’t have a photo of the one I did last year, which I’m sad about because I was so chuffed with it! I’m thinking I [...]

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Baking Goddess

Gareth got me the “Baking Magic” book for xmas after I lusted after it once I had seen it on Nat’s blog  (here & here) I have only done 2 recipes as yet (honestly, the millionaires shortbread is to DIE FOR. So yummy and so chuffed with myself as I made caramel!) and the cupcakes are [...]

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Christmas presents

While I am awaiting the delivery of our shopping, I thought I would catch up on the gifts I made for Christmas… For the daughters of one of our MD’s who I get on really well with I made bath bombs. They are a lot of fun to make, if not a little like doing [...]

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Family Love

We have my cousin’s daughter’s Christening coming up soon so I made this from the Silhouette Store. They have such lovely stuff there! I also had fun chatting with Lauren today. She came and sat on Nan’s lap and I snapped this picture: It was overcast today and I had my kit lens on my [...]

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