This is a photo heavy post, so if you computer is of a sensitive disposition turn back now! You are still here, excellent! I must express my thanks to Eugene, Heidi and Katie & Ange’s dad who were mostly responsible for these most excellent photos. Thank you! Maddie’s wedding was just magic, we were really Read more about Maddie’s wedding[…]
As well as our homemade wedding present (which I will blog about soon) I decided to make something a little more personal for Maddie. There was no subtle way of getting a leg measurement other than asking if I could take one, I made sure this was a couple of months ago over some wine so there was Read more about DIY garterment[…]
So today was my birthday, I wasn’t initially sure what to do as it was a bit of a significant one but when Maddie told me about The Feathers, a hotel in Woodstock who have many, many gins (174 when we were there I’m told there will be 185 by next weekend) I thought we Read more about Birthday be-gin-ment[…]
So today we headed off to Millets farm to tackle their maize maze, before we went in we were given a large red flag so if we got really lost we could wave it and be rescued. We decided to start small and started in the fairy maize (nice and small with quite small corn). Read more about We tackle the maize maze[…]
It is my sad duty to report the passing of the last member of the original Potter ex-batt gang. Mineva died on Tuesday after 2 years of freedom. She really stood out from the flock because of her mottled feathers and her ability to whine like a puppy in the pursuit of mealworms. She is Read more about Mineva[…]
So on Thursday and Friday instead of going to work I went off to frolic in the fantastic Ardington School of Crafts for 2 days of learning from the fantastic Ray Slater. Our task was to make contemporary cloth dolls and by gosh we did. Our first task of the day (after tea and biscuits Read more about Creating cloth dolls[…]
When I first joined my current workee company I quickly learnt that my new team of colleagues were very receptive to goods of the baked variety. Before I knew what was happening I had been crowned team baker and the cake orders were staking up! So in no particular order here are some of the Read more about Let them eat cake![…]
I could not name this post so without including a pic of the man himself, ladies reach for your smelling salts the danger of swooning is about to increase. (ding dong, Colin Firth will remain the ultimate Darcy for me, most dashing Austin male by a mile!). Now onto to some sewing. So about 4 Read more about Darcy, always Darcy[…]
On Saturday we headed into University parks in Oxford to see the magical Giffords circus. My friend Zoe had invited a whole group of her friends as an early birthday celebration. Helen was the only one of the party to have seen Giffords before and she assured us we would not be disappointed! We arrived Read more about Off we go to Giffords circus[…]
To quote everyone else round these parts its been a bit of a funny summer so far, blazing hot one moment and high winds and shivery temperatures the next! I was worried this strange weather (especially the high winds) would have damaged some of our fruit crop (no veggies this year apart from our usual Read more about Growing in the garden[…]