Another birthday party safely negotiated today. My boy had his 12th birthday, and requested 'pool ball' cakes! We cut a deal. I did ...

Last week's cross stitches are by far the more impressive in my portfolio. This week, the wheels fall off! I went through a period when ...

Have you discovered Pinterest yet? Pinterest is a fun 'virtual pin board'. It is somewhere you can 'pin' any image you come...

I promised my poor mother a black and white frilly dilly bag. I won't say when I promised! She is a very patient woman, but in sheer des...

Inspired by the unbelievable display of cross stitch samplers by Jean of Linen and Raspberry , Chookyblue has coordinated a blogger's ...

Outside my window ... the first roses of spring are budding, almost ready to burst into bloom. I am loving ... eating the first juicy mang...

Boris, my supremely talented (if kinda weird looking) assistant, would like to announce the release of my very first pattern for your purch...

Is I alluded to vaguely in my last post,I have been doing some conjuring with a layer cake, weaving some magic, so to speak. I decided I nee...

Humour me!! The ironing pile might magically disappear? A genie might emerge from my teapot offering to clean the house? The kids will do t...

Another chapter in what is fast becoming the book, "How my blog changed my life"! It is 8 months since I first noticed an email fr...