a change of venue

Yesterday’s – and today’s – Pretty Dandy Flea experienced a little hitch… The original venue in which the event was planned to take place had a problem. A big one. It failed its fire inspection 18 hours before the Flea … Continue reading

labour of love

Making commissions certainly has its ups and downs. I’ve just completed another. And I can quite honestly say, I am very glad to see it done and dusted. These two cushions are for a new baby girl and her older … Continue reading

pretty but pongy

This is what I bought at the Stuff of Life Festival on Saturday. I’m ashamed to say that I don’t know who I bought it from. Well, obviously, I know that I bought it from a nice lady with a … Continue reading

my handmade christmas – table decoration

Hello! Today I am showing you a very simple five minute craft to decorate the festive table. I love eating by candlelight and this year I wanted to have some candles in jars and give them garlands made from natural … Continue reading

my handmade christmas – wrapping paper

One of the things I wanted to do this year at Christmas was decorate some wrapping paper instead of just buying the usual roll of printed stuff. So I ordered some different colours of card twine and bought some brown … Continue reading