There are lots of videos , craft ideas using junk mail. I particularly like the ones that uses those junk mail envelopes. What do you do with junk mail envelopes? As I was tidying my craft table when I came across 2 envelopes that I have recycled ages ago and I wanted to do more. [...]
It just dawned to me that I have been nursing in this country 24 years ! Wow! I feel so old like a dinosaur. There has been a lot of activities on my social media lately as my Southampton nurse colleagues are busy preparing for our 25th Anniversary next year. I managed to find some [...]
Hello my craft friends! I am so sorry for this late post. It been a rather busy few weeks for me. I have been tidying up my craft space and found my little box of treasures ( embellishments from kits), a bag of lace and trims and some fabric scraps. Paperclips are one of those [...]
Summer is almost ending and I realised that I have not taken Poppy to the beach! We always have a beach day with Poppy as she absolutely loves swimming and digging the sand. I work with 2 international Nurses and both of them have not been in many places in the UK. So, we planned [...]
I cannot remember when was the last time I went to the theatres, but I loved going. Recently , hubby and I went to the theatres with his work colleagues to watch Moulin Rouge. I have seen the movie , but not in theatres form and I was so excited! We had brunch that day [...]
As I grew older , I seem to like a more quieter birthday celebration. I just want to enjoy the " Me time". This year, I spent my birthday with my family and 2 other friends from work. Both of them are international nurses and haven't really had the chance to go out and [...]
I have been thinking of ways of using up my Lollipopbox club stash. Over the years I have accumulated lots of ephemera , papers, tags and little note papers. Not to mention the different cut apart cards that always come with the kits. I was recently inspired by a video on YouTube - making little [...]
It's finally summer ! We have been having beautiful warm ( too warm at times) and sunny weather and we have been having a very good harvest of strawberries in our garden. In my previous blogpost , I shared how I wanted to transform our garden and one of the things I did is to [...]
We have been blessed with lovely weather this year! What better way to spend my days off , but to spend it outdoors and doing a little bit of crafty experiment. In the last 2 years , I have been very interested with botanical dyeing. Finding different plants and finding out what colours they produce. [...]
It has been a year! And it has been a roller coaster of happy memories... When this post goes up , it is my first year anniversary in my job. What a year it has been! I had such an awful time prior to this job , that I have totally lost my confidence in [...]
