Firstly and most importantly Jam passed his exam! He definitely deserved to as he’s been revising really hard for weeks! He bought himself a mini keg of Abingdon ale from the excellent Loose Cannon brewery and I got some roses for being a patient girlfriend & not moaning (that much) about him ignoring me (you Read more about Circus weekend[…]
Jam has started working an early shift meaning we are both getting up at 6am. The clocks haven’t gone back as yet so its still dark when I go out to feed the chickens. The Arucana’s looked positively ghostly in the moonlight Related posts: The arrival of our new rescues Hello to Bea Goodbye Bea – Read more about Arucanas in the moonlight[…]
Today I’m participating in Handmade Makers Market’s ‘Getting To Know You Challenge’. They love handmade and believe in shopping local and direct from the makers, crafters and designers themselves and so do I. Find out more about the Handmade Makers Challenge and answer the questions for yourself here. *First up, give us a quick introduction, who are Read more about Getting to know me – in a crafty style[…]
This Tuesday saw my first class at the AMAZING (caps because it is) Ardington School of Arts and Crafts. I was there to learn about marbling on fabric (I took cotton & silk but the cotton didn’t come out that well (I think it was too thick) so in this post it will be just Read more about Marbling on silk[…]
A mere few weeks after the passing of Bellatrix, we have suffered another loss in the main coop. Aurora, so christened because when she came to us last December where her wings should have been were a series of spines. Aurora had clearly been hen pecked in her former life but when she came to Read more about Sunset[…]
So today my friend Anna and I headed off to check out two exhibitions at the as yet officially unopened Story Museum in Oxford (its due to open properly in 2015, I really cannot wait). The first was Rochesters EXTRAORDINARY story loom, a large steampunk creation with a backstory which must have made the writers Read more about The Story Museum[…]
When my friend Beth left for Dubai I made her a little felt ‘chicken of destiny’ to take with her, hang on a door handle and look at & smile. As Jam has expressly forbidden me to bring the Arucana babies into the house there was only one answer… Not quite as handsome as the Read more about Spot the difference[…]
(Image taken from here design copyright Robert Oddy) Mum and dad wanted to get me something for my birthday. I’m trying to get rid of stuff at the moment, to send anything I don’t need or regularly use to our fantastic Oxfam charity shop (as William Morris so rightly said “Have nothing in your home Read more about Bird-brained[…]
It is with great sadness I have to report the passing of another of our ex-batts, yesterday morning. Bellatrix (so named because when we took her out of her carrier she tried to peck my finger) did not turn out to be dastardly she did however turn out to be lovely. This is her just Read more about Bye bye Bella[…]
For as long as I can remeber I’ve been interested/freaked out by masks. Mostly people in masks like the scary street corner people who are usually painted gold or silver or indeed this lot (Dr who geek alert) As I’ve said on a basic level masks frighten me, but they also intrigue me in that Read more about Masquerade[…]