Root Magic by Eden Royce My rating: 5 of 5 stars I enjoyed this book so much! I particularly loved that it could be both chilling and warm-hearted at the same time. One thing that really struck me was how chilling some of the magical scenes were, but that the real fear was to be… Continue reading Book Review: Root Magic
Becoming by Michelle Obama My rating: 5 of 5 stars Summary: An engaging, warm, and inspirational account from “an ordinary person on an extraordinary journey” who, despite becoming First Lady: “a strange sidecar to the presidency” reminds us, through this work, of the power of our agency in our own lives. First line: “When I… Continue reading Book Review: Becoming
It’s taken a while, but I’ve done it, a brand new felt pattern has been added to the What Jenny Did Next shop! Inspired by letter-writing, keeping-in-touch the slow-living kinda way, and Victorian Valentine cards and romantic tokens, this felt heart features a message-carrying dove and includes a pocket for tokens, heartfelt messages, or even… Continue reading Send a Heartfelt Message!
Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted! Considering the last year was one in which I barely left home, the time went crazily fast! My excellent blog and craft intentions fell by the wayside thanks to more mundane things like binge-watching series, mini decorating efforts, too small-scale or dull to mention (painting windowsills… Continue reading Back in the lockdown swing of things
Tuesdays are our family quiz days, they started as a bake-along, but then it got too hard for all of us to get the same ingredients, so it became a bake-what-you-want-along. Then, weekly bakes were becoming a bit much and we ran out of certain ingredients altogether. My brother had started hosting a quiz… Continue reading Days 84 – 85 Pop Tarts
To celebrate the weekend and the fact that I had finally managed to source cocoa powder, I made some very simple chocolate cookies. For this, I turned to another tried and tested resource; the BBC Good Food website. The recipe said to include chocolate chips but, as I didn’t have any, I had to do… Continue reading Days 81 -83 Cookies and Travel Pics
For some reason I had a craving for a nice Cornish Pasty. It seems to be a habit now that I always really want something that wasn’t in the last food shop delivery!!! If I order Cornish Pasties as a treat in next week’s shop, you can guarantee that I will fancy a pizza instead.… Continue reading Day 79 – 80 Cornish Pasties and Hippo Photo Shoot
After releasing my latest embroidered decoration – a cute little Hippo – Tuesday was a day of celebration and relaxing! Monday had been a long day doing a full day of work, followed by a late night to get the shop updated, so Tuesday was much more chilled out: hanging out with family (remotely) in… Continue reading Day 78 – Hippo celebrations!
Guess what everyone? It’s the first of June and I’m launching my second pattern in my Etsy shop now! Yay! This pattern is the first of, what I hope to be, a cheerful little series of patterns, and, as you may have guessed from the post title, is a Hippopotamus! A lovely embroidered felt Hippopotamus… Continue reading Days 71-77 Hippopotami!
The past few days have been all about the animals! Our village has been creating a zoo trail around the village for kids and families to go around and see different animals and learn things about them. If you read my last couple of posts, you’ll know that we have made a tiger, and here… Continue reading Days 65-70 A Makeshift Zoo
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