I regularly wonder,have i gone mad? I guess so, but let me tell you something, the best people usually are! I often feel like alice? Falling down the rabbit hole, the world spinning past me. Try to make some sense of it all but the sense falls just beyond my reach. That’s where I am tonight. I think I fell down my rabbit hole along time ago and I saw my magic door. The journey of trying to run a business took me through ups and downs. I certainly cried my river a long time ago. That 10 years was … Continue reading “Like Alice down the rabbit hole”
Month: May 2017
Personalised knobs
With all the furniture and bedrooms I seem to have been decorating its been nearly impossible to accessories everything with the same themes. Its not that similar products aren’t out there, its just they cost an absolute fortune to get something that’s almost right. One of the hardest things to find has been draw knobs so with a few Youtube videos I figured out how to make my own. I found some plain white ceramic knobs on Ebay and printed the design onto decal paper. After 3 or 4 coats of protective polyurethane i soaked the designs and transferred them to the knobs. … Continue reading “Personalised knobs”
Cherry blossom tree
My sister has been having the world’s longest house extension. I don‘t mean her house is massive, I mean its taken forever!!! How she didn’t go stir crazy with all those builders in the house I don’t know! The worst bit about how long it’s taken is that it means my sister has spent hours and hours on Pintrest coming up with ideas about how fabulous her new home will be, but as always with these things, after she’s paid the builder’s fee she has champagne tastes and a lemonade budget. The other problem is she is not the most … Continue reading “Cherry blossom tree”
Not so crafty mum
When I was young I always dreamed of being a mum. Where some girls fantasise about their big white wedding my fantasies were of days filled with glitter and pritt-sticks, adventures in the woods, picnics of homemade delights and fun filled days educating them with in castles and museums. My reading out the signboards, their eyes glued to me, mesmerised as they learned the secrets of the world. Long before they appeared I had a draw full of soft cuddly clothes and tiny shoes. I knew no matter what it took in life I was going to be a mum … Continue reading “Not so crafty mum”