Melted Candle Art?

Just had to share this! The candles have melted in the heat of the conservatory! It looks like a piece of art.

Roll Up, Roll Up…

Roll up, roll up and sign up to all the fantastic competitions going on at woollywotnots and don’t miss out on the chance to win a whole bag of goodies! Doughnut Challenge Closing date to have posted your doughnut pictures  for the doughnut challenge is Friday 29th May 2009. Don’t miss out on your chance [...]

What is hiding beneath your junk?

Lying beneath the junk in the greenhouse………… Mummy and Daddy Robin had built a nest for their six baby robins. Mummy and Daddy Robin are in and out through the greenhouse window and dive in under the junk to feed their babies and then off again. They move far to quick to be photographed. Aren’t the [...]

Stained Glass Art

I received a huge box today through the post; the contents of which are pictured above.  Gloria of Dichroic Glass has been advising me on how my Father and I can start to learn stained glass. It all started with my Father discovering a book in the local library. I then saw a discussion about starting to [...]

Turning Scrap Metal into Art

Over on InspiremeThursday this week, the theme is “The Warrior” ; which I thought was an ideal opportunity to feature my wonderful Father’s creation of “The Knight in Armour”. The Knight in Armour is a unique, limited  edition sculpture, handbuilt by artist James Jewitt and stands approximately 22 inches from the base to the top [...]

My Creative Space

This is my second contribution to My Creative Space being run by Kootoyoo. If you haven’t already, join in! It is really inspirational to see each other’s creative spaces. Please share and comment. Today, I’m focusing on my favourite place to sit – my rocking chair. It is available from John Lewis and is marketed [...]

Growing Vegetables

Have been out and about in the garden. I’m harvesting radish now and the lettuces are coming along great; as is everything else. The strawberries are flowering and everything is taller. You can do a comparison to the lettuces below to how they were 3 weeks ago in point 9 of this post. It is [...]

Snap

After chatting about my top 10 essential games for every home earlier this week, I decided to make one of my own… pairs. I used to love this picture game when I was younger. I used some free clipart and chose lots of pictures and printed them out onto squares. I laminated each sheet of [...]

M&S 125 Years

Did anyone manage to purchase 5 items today from M&S for 1pence each? The queue was huge at the M&S in Milton Keynes and lots of disappointed shoppers! All the 1pence items had vanished within minutes of opening. If you didn’t make it today, the same happens again tomorrow and Friday. By the time I [...]

Top 10 Essential Board Games

I love playing games; particularly word games and ones that are strategic. Does anyone remember the little character from the children’s school programme ‘Words and Pictures’ – the flying little object called “Wordy”? Well, that’s my nickname! A home is not a home without great games and here are my top ten favourites: 1. Snatch [...]