what you see above is my nearly felted wild boar, since I took the above photo I’ve added his legs & the only things left to do to him is ensure all the felt is tight enough before dying him dark brown & adding his strings. The head above shows how I decided to do Read more about Puppet and garden progress[…]
I bought the wood for my puppets a couple of weeks ago, but we’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to start carving them. With the puppet challenge finishing at the end of this month now would seem a very good time to start! First order of the day was to create a scale Read more about The beginning of carving in earnest[…]
I’ve been squirreling away at my desk these past few weeks which is why the blog has been a bit quiet (that and I’ve got a few gig reviews to put up but they are somewhat still ‘coming together’ & so far all I can say about them is that they were awesome, must try Read more about Just like that my first lot of made things heads out into the world[…]
This year I was determined to have a Halloween party. I was really dead set (pun intended) on the idea until I found out the date in question fell on a Thursday thus not having a weekend day behind it (boooo). His Jamness and I decided a night in waiting for trick or treaters was Read more about All hallows[…]
There is no rest for the wicked and so I spent most of Friday night in the kitchen making pink vanilla cupcakes with very pink icing. The reason was Against Breast Cancer were taking over Abingdon market place and they were a bit short on cake. So I put on the oven and had a Read more about More cake and curtains[…]
I finally got round to making my birthday cake A special cake for a special birthday! The tin was a present from my mum a couple of years ago when I was still a beekeeper (I’d like some more in our back garden, Jam worries about them swarming though). The cake was a honey cake Read more about It may be late but there is cake[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
It is my sad duty to report that today we lost one of our oldest and most awesome ex-batts Bea chicken. Those of you who have been long time BTTC readers may remember that we took Bea on last summers when her mum and dad (the most excellent Beth and Nick) decided to relocate to Read more about Goodbye Bea – Adventure chicken[…]