Advent Series Day 24: The Christmas Cake

Ahhh we are at the end! We’ve had a lovely day doing an early Christmas with my brother and his…

Advent Series Day 23: The DIY Nursery Mobile

I hunted high and low for a mobile I liked for Niema’s nursery. I really wanted to avoid a noisy…

I’ve tried to shop as small and as locally as possible this Christmas. I follow so many gorgeous small businesses…

Oh no we didn’t… Oh yes we really did. I’m not sure how it happened but for the first time…

I’d planned a lovely winter walk… and then this day became Joel’s book launch day. I apologised to the children…

I love the idea of devoting a day to something as gracious as giving thanks. We don’t really do this…

These were fun to make. Rather than go for the normal pastry types we thought we’d have a go at…

Since I’ve been using a few glass jars for the various advents along the way I’ve been putting these aside…

They’ve been desperate to know what todays parcel is. The shape has thrown them. Inside is a Christmas mug in…

Chatsworth is one of our most favourite places. Each Christmas the house is ‘dressed’ for Christmas… through this huge stately…