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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Beth’s button blanket
When my daughter was a couple of months old she started to gain interest in her surroundings and began to touch things within her reach. As her periods of wakefulness began to increase I started looking for toys that were … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Family life
Tagged blanket, buttons, children, craft, design, learning, sewing
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Looking forward to some good food
We are heading down to St Ives in Cornwall in a few weeks for a weeks holiday and I know where we will be heading straight for once we arrive. The Hub, 4 The Wharf, St Ives We discovered this … Continue reading
Posted in Family life, Travels
Tagged bars and restaurant, Cornwall, eating, inspiration, review, Sandsifter, St Ives, The Hub
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Memories of St Ives, Cornwall
One of my earliest memory of St Ives was eating a jacket potato with cheese and beans, sitting on the edge of the harbour beach, while on holiday with my Mum, Dad and brother back in the late Seventies. I … Continue reading
Lake Warwickshire, Good Friday 1998
Back in June, at a Sew Make Believe social, we got talking about living in Leamington. I asked the girls if they were living in Leam when we had the flood and it turned out that no-one had been in … Continue reading
Shibori
Shibori is a Japanese term for several methods of dyeing cloth with a pattern by binding, stitching, folding, twisting, compressing it, or capping. Its a bit like tie-dye but in a much more controlled and beautiful way. I first discovered the craft … Continue reading
Inspirational scarf
How many of you go to craft fairs or gift shops and see beautiful things you would love to buy, but don’t, because in your head you are thinking ‘I’m not buying that because I could make that myself!’ then … Continue reading
Welcome
Hello. Welcome. This new blog is about my aspirations to live by the sea. My husband (Matt) and I would love our daughter Beth, to grow up by the sea, and as we love St Ives so much, this is … Continue reading
