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Seeds and Stitches
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This is a journal about trying to find ways to be arty in a 9-5 life, trying to be less wasteful and more self sufficient in a rented home and of making and doing lovely things on a shoestring. Here are my musings.
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Recently....

Ive been enjoying my smiling, giggling, ticklish baby; falling in love with her discovering the world.   Revelling in summer food; chick peas, chorizo, feta cheese, crunchy radi sh...

15 h ago

Crochet blanket, finished

Whoa, three weeks have gone by, gracious! We have been busy bees, Frankie-Rose and I; getting to know each other, going on adventures and generally pottering on through this whole motherhood, babyhoo...

5 days ago

Showered

Our baby shower was postponed because I was in labour, so we had it when she was three weeks old. We feasted on home made pizza, strawberry blancmange, mango jelly, berry cupcakes, families of g...

30 apr 12

Crafty happenings, part two

Rather than head out and buy all of the stuff babies require brand new, we mined freecycle and ebay and borrowed or were given stuff from our friends. We also used it as an opportunity to get our cra...

18 apr 12

Crafty happenings; Mobile, toy bags

As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, the few days before Frankie-Rose arrived I was busy cutting, painting, sewing, stuffing, crocheting and stitching in any spare minute I got (in between eating, &...

16 apr 12

Little Vintage

One of my best buds has just opened an amazing kids vintage shop called Little Vintage. Go check it! I have already amassed quite a collection of vintage clothes for Miss Frankie-Rose but It has grow...

14 apr 12

Frankie-Roses room...

I had an unexpected burst of energy in the last couple of weeks of my pregnancy and found myself in a nesting frenzy.  Planning, collecting, writing lists and more lists. Re-arranging, picture h...

10 apr 12 1 person likes this

Heart Home Notebook Tutorial

Just popping in from my babymooning to say that I am delighted to be a contributor to Heart Home magazine this month.Heart Home is a beautifully curated interiors ma gazine only availab...

04 apr 12

Introducing Frankie-Rose

Meet Frankie Rosalie Alison Bullivant, also known as Frankie-Rose . She was born on a beautiful spring morning on the 11th of March, weighing 5.3 lbs. She is an intergalactic& nbsp...

29 mar 12

Shes here....

.... slightly earlier than planned due to some complications. But shes here, shes perfect and we are deeply in love.Much more soon, but youll know why if things are a bit quiet around here ...

14 mar 12

The baby gender post

Image from What Calico Did Next, Via the amazing blog Blue MilkI mentioned in our Half way there post that we didnt find out the sex of the baby, and promised id explain more in another post. It...

08 mar 12 1 person likes this

Things not to say to pregnant ladies

Wasted RitaWell-meaning and perhaps not so well- meaning things friends, strangers and family members have said to me in the last few months: On my preferred sitting position:"When you sit w...

27 feb 12

Valentines, belated

Just before Valentines day my mister directed a Valentines promo for Samsung based on the concept of a love note. Ive been a bit of a bad wife for not blogging it until now, so I am making amends! My...

22 feb 12

Happy Pancakes!

Whether it is an artfully constructed galette of stewed fruit, quince jelly, cream and crushed hazlenuts, or  dolloped with Nutella and scoffed straight fro m the pan, heres wishing you...

21 feb 12

The beat my heart skipped, and why I love the NHS.

Rather lovely heart embroidery by KnittyMD on EtsyI have had a few complications an d oddities in my pregnancy that I havent wanted to elaborate on until I knew the outcome either way. ...

15 feb 12 1 person likes this

Grazia: have a sweet crafty Valentines!

Ive had fun over the last couple of days pulling together some sweet crafty Valentines ideas for Grazia.  Hop over to read 7 ideas to turn Valentines from a mass produced corporate tack fest int...

10 feb 12

London day: Breakfast, stars, market

We set out to Greenwich park on a cold bright January morning on a date day organised by my mister (my Christmas present). Smoked Salmon and cream cheese bagels and a flask of hot coffee we...

02 feb 12

The third trimester

Winter bump.So. 7 and a half months pregs. Golly. I can safely say that I love being pregnant. Like, love it. Which sort of surprises me. In fact most things about being pregnant have surpr...

30 jan 12

So, life.

A 50th birthday and my Grandads funeral in one weekend;  leaving me reeling with mixed emotions. Flying high in the whoosh of a ceilidh, hysterically laughing, blinking away tears during ho...

28 jan 12

Lionheart Magazine

Ive been a little tardy with this post, but before Christmas my copy of Lionheart, the brain child of Hels Martin, arrived on my doorstep. I contributed a couple of pieces back in the summer, one is ...

17 jan 12

Merry and Bright: Home made Christmas

December bustled by in a flurry of crafting, baking and Christmas cooking. Evenings were spent making batches of biscotti, stamping labels, crocheting and making big batches of mincemeat. Instead of ...

10 jan 12 2 people like this

Recipes: Home made cleaning supplies

My kit* One of the things we manged to tick off our list during those inbetweeny days after Christmas and before New Year was to make up large batches of our cleaning supplies. Weve been making ...

05 jan 12

On New Years Dieting...

Source: championdontstop.com via Hannah Seeds and Stitches on Pinterest  *Ive seen it splashed across most of Januarys magazines, talk shows and websites, Ive overheard it on the train, bet...

04 jan 12

Boxing Day

We wake late with full tummies but I still manage porridge topped with chunks of home made Christmas pudding, drizzled in cream, which is utterly divine. After lazing around in our pjs for most of th...

31 dec 11

Christmas Day

We awake too early, outside the sky is still inky black and the birds remained silent. We hear the others stirring, coffee is ground and brewed; its bitter nutty fragrance reaching our nostrils and c...

30 dec 11

Christmas Eve

Just a short luggage-laden train journey to Ray and Phils house for Christmas this year. Five days of long walks, long talks and exceedingly good food awaited us. On Christmas eve we stock up on...

28 dec 11

Christmas dinner party

A recipe. Take 14 friends that have known each other for a decade;  five courses including a whole belly of pork; a tea-urn of mulled wine, cocktails and a few rounds of silly games and cook in ...

27 dec 11

Ethical gift guide and Liberty Christmas craft class: Grazia

Ho ho!Just popping in to say that a couple of my pieces went up on the Grazia site today. The first is about a brilliant craft class I did in Libertys private wood panelled craft room. (By the way a ...

23 dec 11

Porridge...

Is there anything nicer on these bitter windy days? Im already looking forward to my bowl in the morning.Apple and cinnamon porridge, our favourite weekend breakfastWhats your favourite porridge topp...

20 dec 11

Christmas with the Beach Boys

How awesome is that album cover? Imagine finding this in vinyl?!We are currently obsessed with this Christmas from the Beach Boys album (only £4 from the Amazon MP3 store!) There are some surprisingl...

15 dec 11

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