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Bostik Blogger Autumn Craft.

Autumn has tumbled upon us in a rush and far from mellow mists and fruitfulness, it has mostly brought bugs and snuffles and a general sense of “gaaaaaaah, bring back summer!” This did mean that I had...

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Countdown to Christmas.

This week I have realised with horror that all my Christmas sparkle has totally disappeared. I have no idea what to buy my children, I have nothing I want, there is nothing we need (except more time...

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The Gallery: Yellow

We went to the library, to see the lady read the books – and she read some books about Spot. Oh Spot… you and I have been friends a long, long time now. And afterwards, they do drawing.   And he picked...

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Peaceful Afternoon: Make with Mother Challenge.

I can’t really believe it is 10 days since I blogged (Yeah, I started this a few days ago). Silence is always a worry, huh? We are mired under in Christmas at work, busy, stressed children and tired,...

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Christmas Craft #1: Family Fun Wish Labels

I’m optimistically going to try and do at least 20 crafts for Christmas over the next month. Quite how, I have no idea, but I think I need a goal to make myself work at. All of us are feeling like our...

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Making Christmas.

I don’t really want Christmas this year. Not in the same way that the last 4 Christmases have been their own tiny version of hell (I can’t believe this is our 5th Christmas without Freddie any more...

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Sunday Stitches: WIP Update.

Being determined to start the year by getting on top of some of my works in progress has been good for me. I do get irritated by having half finished projects under the bed but I get distracted so...

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I suspect this will be the worst timed Valentine post ever.

I’m sticking with my ‘blogging it for next year’ meme. To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of Valentine’s Day, having been that kid who never once got the rose delivery to the classroom on the big day at...

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Our Spring & Easter Crafts

Continuing in my marvellous ‘blogging it for next year’ tradition 😉 This years Easter crafting comes courtesy of our Bostik Bloggers box again. With the girls getting bigger now I either get LOTS of...

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Crafty Makes: Ocean Themed Tidy Boxes

I’m desperately trying to wind some crafting back into my life; Maddy is still my best bet for this, though Josie and Bene are more up for a go than they used to be. This month though, Maddy grabbed...

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Soothing Stitches: Wreath Update

  I spent the weekend away in Liverpool with most of my girls which, given where we live, meant a fair bit of time on trains. I didn’t crochet as much as I intended and it was a very busy weekend but I...

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Halloween Crafting #BostikBloggers

Halloween is having a bit of a revival here this year as (thanks to the infernal YouTube phenomena that is Blippi!) Bene has really got into the idea and is very excited about being a skeleton while...

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Snowflake Journal #BostikBloggers

Apparently it is going to be the coldest winter in years with 56 days of unrelenting snow… can’t say I’ve seen much evidence of it yet, but since snow is such an intrinsic part of ‘getting Christmassy’...

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Christmas Crochet Wreath.

We got the Christmas Decorations up last night, the annual strewing of pretties around the house which has, thankfully, become largely a joyful affair again over the last couple of years. It reminded...

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