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My life in crosses

It's always difficult to get across to people just how disruptive living with chronic migraine is - so I thought I'd share the last few years of my migraine diary. Basically crosses represent...

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A new craft magazine on the block

I’d heard there was a new craft magazine knocking around so when the people at Crafty got in touch and asked if I’d like to review issues 1 and 2 I was definitely interested in checking it out....

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What to do when you’ve lost your motivational mojo

We all get them – those days where no matter how hard you try you can’t get motivated. That lack of motivation might be stopping you doing a piece of work, writing an essay, or even cooking the...

May 13, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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For the pick of 1984

I recently found these two beautifully illustrated mushroom books in a charity shop and just had to take them home. Tom and I do most of our mushrooming in Autumn although now is the perfect time...

May 10, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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These two are seriously becoming the best of friends - it's so cute and so I just had to share a couple of pictures.... I don't know why but these pictures of Rocky and Scout back to back just made...

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My little garden

I am in love with our little garden. We were really lucky because our landlady used to live in our house and as a result had spent a long time doing up the garden and having it professionally...

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The best medicine

Sometimes when life is proving a little troublesome I find the best thing to soothe the soul is to head out into the countryside. On Sunday that's exactly what I did and we headed up to Ardingly...

May 7, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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#imapiece project - the installation!

I wanted to share with you this great video showing the progress of the #imapiece campaign I've been involved in. Even if you don't watch the whole video - it's worth watching 10 seconds or so just...

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Not Waving but Drowning

Life has been a little bit of a struggle lately. Well, if truth be told, it's been more of a battle. Chronic migraine is tough - and at the moment my life seems to consist of four phases: having a...

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A Brave New World

Rocky has always been quite a nervous cat but since getting Scout he seems to have happened upon some courage. Granted, he still hides under the duvet when the postman rings the doorbell but rather...

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Guest Post: Amy from Almond Rock

Yay! I'm so happy to introduce you to one of my favourite sewing bloggers - Amy from Almond Rock. I asked Amy to guest post for me because I love, love, love her blog and all her sewing creations...

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The life of a freelancer – an update

I haven’t talked about the day job for a while on the blog so I thought I’d give you all a little update. It’s going really well, better than I could have ever imagined actually. You know when you...

Apr 23, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Adventures in Patchwork Quilts

A while back now I decided to make use of my massive fabric stash and make a patchwork quilt. I figured how hard could it be right? Wrong! I don't think I truly understood how much work goes into...

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Awesome fabrics and dressmaking

I am incredibly excited about my "to make" list. I've got some truly amazing fabrics and I can't wait to use them! I've had the bear fabric for a while and was planning on making a skirt from it...

Apr 19, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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The best online fabric shops

I'm forever buying fabric. I've got a cupboard full of fat quarters and metres of all sorts of prints and patterns. I'm always on the hunt for new places to find great prints so thought I'd share...

Apr 17, 2013 Like 3 people like this

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Life changing moments

One of my favourite bloggers Bangs and a Bun recently wrote a blog post on moments in her life that changed her. She asked people what theirs were and rather than writing a ridiculously long...

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The best TV show in the world. Ever.

I am completely obsessed with the new TV show Nashville. If you haven't seen it I urge you to go check it out right now. It all started when my amazing friend Victoria (aka Migraine Monologues)...

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Biba and Beyond

Last weekend my Mum came to visit. She’s a huge Biba fan and was pretty over the moon when I told her I was taking her to the Biba and Beyond exhibition at the Brighton & Hove museum! Mum has...

Apr 11, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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The Great British Sewing Bee

I have to say when I heard there was going to be a new sewing show on TV I wasn’t very excited. I found Kirstie Allsopp’s attempt really twee and cringeworthy. However, when I saw this glowing...

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Making a Dress: My First Attempt!

So I finally did it! I made my first ever dress! Ok well technically it's my second one - but the first one never got finished because it was such a disaster not even my Mum could fix it. This time...

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Kitten Pictures! Say Hello to Scout

So if you follow me on Instagram then you’ll already be familiar with the fact we got a new kitty! Scout is quite the character – completely different in nature to when Rocky was this small – Scout...

Mar 29, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Blogging and me

I haven’t had much time for blogging lately and any time I have had I just haven’t wanted to blog. It makes me a little bit sad because I used to love this little blog so much. I was always so...

Mar 26, 2013 Like

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Book Review: Material World by Perri Lewis

If you love craft then you'll undoubtedly have heard of Perri Lewis who writes about craft for a whole bunch of nationals including the Guardian and the Telegraph. In fact go check out this piece...

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Plastic Fantastic @ Brighton Porta

Yesterday evening the lovely people at Porta in Brighton invited me along to a blogger and PR event to showcase their Spring/Summer 2013 collections. The cute little boutique is based in Bond...

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DIY Laptop Cover

I've been meaning to make a cover for my laptop for some time now. When I saw this gorgeous typewriter material over at M is for Make I knew exactly what I was going to make with it! Making a cover...

Feb 3, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Little Goals: Courage

I had such a good response from the last podcast I did that I thought I'd do another. I quite like the 'thought for the day' style of them. What do you think? Anyway this one is all about my word...

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A Sweet Little Kitty

I was playing around with the camera the other day and thought I'd take a few shots of Rocky. He looks quite big in this picture but he's still so teeny tiny. I certainly don't think he's going to...

Jan 26, 2013 Like

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Recent Charity Shop Finds

I haven't done any charity shopping for ages. I'm not really sure why not - probably Christmas being in the way. Anyway, I stupidly forgot that January is a pretty awesome time to go charity...

Jan 24, 2013 Like

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Foxy: A Fantastic Little Fox

Most of the crafty projects I'm working on are quite big and time consuming at the moment - so I haven't really shared many of my makes on the blog recently. So here's a cute little fox I made from...

Jan 22, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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My life in crosses

A new craft magazine on the block

What to do when you’ve lost your motivational mojo

For the pick of 1984

Best of Friends

My little garden

The best medicine

#imapiece project - the installation!

Not Waving but Drowning

A Brave New World

Guest Post: Amy from Almond Rock

The life of a freelancer – an update

Adventures in Patchwork Quilts

Awesome fabrics and dressmaking

The best online fabric shops

Life changing moments

The best TV show in the world. Ever.

Biba and Beyond

The Great British Sewing Bee

Making a Dress: My First Attempt!

Kitten Pictures! Say Hello to Scout

Blogging and me

Book Review: Material World by Perri Lewis

Plastic Fantastic @ Brighton Porta

DIY Laptop Cover

Little Goals: Courage

A Sweet Little Kitty

Recent Charity Shop Finds

Foxy: A Fantastic Little Fox

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