This weekend celebrated all the Irish explorers that have been to the South Pole and a black tie ball was held by the Irish Explorers Trust. The seven (yes, seven!!!) course meal was based on the banquet that Captain Scott ate before he set off for Antarctica in 1910….. WhyContinue Reading
This is the album I will be teaching at an amazing little craft shop and gallery Truly Gifted in Mallow, County Cork. It is run by Majella Spang, a glass artisit and is set in a beautiful old building, the art and crafts that are on display there make aContinue Reading
This is Mr. Toby modelling his new jumper, he wouldn’t look at the camera! I knitted it with Aran wool on 7mm needles so it was really fast. The pattern was free on Ravelry and is the first thing i’ve knitted for a full year – that Aran jumper IContinue Reading
(This was the only birdie picture I could find!) I’m thinking about joining the world of Tweets…… will I ever look at it? will I update it? will I waste too much time looking at it? or will I love it and become addicted to Twitter (and still waste tooContinue Reading
When Ebony was 4 she wanted a fairy castle cake for her birthday – which I made from sponge, I cooked the turrets in bean cans so that they would be round……..( I obviously had alot of time on my hands!) and then she asked for a pink castle cakeContinue Reading
Well, its here, 2012 – we celebrated at home which was cosy, comfortable and lovely. I always feel a bit sad about leaving the last year behind, I have no idea why, I’m an optimistic person, I look forward to the things to come, but I always get a littleContinue Reading
We had a lovely Christmas this year, very peaceful and relaxed. My parents came for dinner, which was delicious and too big, and the evening was spent playing “The Million Pound Drop” boardgame and drinking wine. But now its that strange week inbetween Christmas and New Year, I never knowContinue Reading
Issue 6 of Crafting Ireland is out this morning ( you can read it by clicking the link in the previous blog) but here is a close up of the finished pages… dont’ you just love Perfect Pearls???! The printing onto organza gives a ghost like quality to photos, IContinue Reading
Open publication – Free publishing – More 2012 calendarContinue Reading
I showed some little mice on my laptop keyboard on facebook yesterday – it was a lovely quiet Sunday afternoon and I had a notion to make something…. so out came the fabric scrap bag! Many years ago, when I was about 10 (many, many years….!) I made a mouseContinue Reading