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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Through the lens: Snowy scenes from Warwick University
Last year it snowed for several days resulting in fairly deep snow. As I work on the University of Warwick campus I decided to take my camera on a snowy lunchtime walk. The university has a lot of woodland walks … Continue reading
Handmade Christmas napkin rings
As I am hosting my family’s Christmas dinner this year I have spent a lot of time thinking about the Christmas table arrangements. Wanting to have some lovely handmade things I decided to make my own napkin rings. I bought … Continue reading
Friday’s Fab Find: Lovely music sheet stars
One of my favourite blogs Zakka Life recently posted a quick tutorial to make these lovely music paper stars. The instructions say to use music paper but you could use any christmasy paper you have. `I think these would look … Continue reading
Through the lens: Manhattan at dusk
Continuing my New York City ‘Through the lens’ series of photographs, this set of photos were all taken while on an evening boat trip down the Hudson River. It was spectacular!
Peg doll Christmas tree fairies
Last year I started a peg doll Christmas tree fairy project but only got as far as painting the wooden pegs. So this year I was determined to finish the dolls. The photos are not that great but you get … Continue reading
Friday’s Fab Find: Craft books from the library
This isn’t so much a find rather than a re-discovery. I’ve always loved libraries but haven’t used one for a long while. I actually went to Coventry Central Library today as I wanted some new books for my daughter and … Continue reading
Through the lens: Stunning rainbow over Welsh hills
Whilst driving back from Aberystwyth yesterday I had to pull the car up rapidly and get Matt to jump out to take this photo - unfortunately the rainbow faded in the seconds he was getting out of the car. The end of … Continue reading
The beauty of Ikea…
The beauty of Ikea is that they produce some items that are very plain, meaning they can be easily embellished to make a lovely personalised item. Here is just one example. Storage boxes in the plain wooden style, embellished with … Continue reading
Through the lens: New York City in black and white
Continuing my Through the lens series of photographs, this set of images is the first in a series of photographs taken in New York when we were there for our honeymoon a few years ago. My husband and I fell … Continue reading
Sparkly felt Christmas trees
Continuing on with my Christmas decoration making, I’ve just started making some felt Christmas trees that I’m going to make into bunting once I’ve made enough. Here are the first two trees:
