December 18th

In our house Christmas tea involves a ham.
A proper ham, one we buy and cook ourselves, and the carve off in to huge chunks.
To go with the salty ham you really need pickles, and these look just the job.

December 17th

By now it's far too late for good from America to make it over to us, however the UK equivalent http://www.folksy.com might be able to help you out.

This Snowflake is adorable and only costs £1... what can you get for £1 now, specially for something that's handamde.

December 16th

Should you have a knitter in your life you need to see this. This is what goes through our heads...
If you are a knitter, please share with your nearest and dearest as prior warning.

December 15th

This baby snowman is about the size of the snowman I usually get to make each year. Now I've posted this of courses this year will no doubt see a repeat of the last 2 years where we get so much snow that we're all sick of it!



Photo by David's Images of Life

December 14th

It may now be reaching the time of year where the panic is setting in... you planned to make all your Christmas presents and all of a sudden the size of the task you set yourself is dawning on you.

Lot's of big supermarkets now sell value versions of plain white mugs, by buying a few pottery pens ( this site is pretty good), and searching for embroidery designs on Flickr, then copying the design on to the mug, you can end up with some cheap, personalised Christmas presents!

December 13th

By now I've reached the time of year where a stiff drink is on order. I've probably not made all my Christmas presents, the kids are going crazy and the weather has probably driven me mad.

How about a little Christmas Spirit

December 12th

If you lack the skill to knit my latest design (though it's honestly not that hard....) then maybe you can sew your own... ok at this point in the year maybe sewing your own might be a little ambitious too. How about buying one of thee delightful stockings?

Available from Bungalowquilts

December 11th

This photo is from a few days ago. I nearly always put up paper snowflakes at this time of year. They're cheap and very easy to make, I even made boyfriend do some during the snow days as he was starting to drive me a little crazy!


The link where you will find hundreds of templates to print out is here