7 Feb 12

Copenhagen, Denmark

If you follow me over on Twitter you might have noticed last week I visited Denmark for a long weekend. I like travelling, I’ve always thought it broadens the mind especially when you go somewhere and your illiterate! You have to work out what things mean and what they might be used for.

copenhagen1 Copenhagen, Denmark

Denmark was such a fascinating place to visit – there was so much to do and my legs ached from all the walking! We visited pretty much all the city centre galleries and museums. The thing I always find most exciting is holiday food, where you get the flavours of a country.

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2 Feb 12

From my favourites – Craft it yourself!

Keeping in the DIY spirit of my last post – picking up new crafts for a new year I’ve collected these items from my favourites. Each of them are great additions to your handmade projects or might just inspire that unique flourish for a special gift!

faves diy From my favourites Craft it yourself!

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23 Jan 12

Win a hand thrown pottery yarn bowl!

winterblues yarnbowl2 Win a hand thrown pottery yarn bowl!

So, how are your new years resolutions getting on? Last Friday was apparently the most depressing day of the year, when most of us break those things we’ve resolved to achieve.

There’s still time to turn things around though! if your resolution this year was to try and spend more time crafting then I’ve got a treat in store for you. I’m giving away this hand thrown yarn bowl – unfortunately it is a second but if you’d like to give it a home just complete the survey below.

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17 Jan 12

Process: Making hand thrown pottery bowls

I’ve been wanting to do a post like this for a while, this takes you through the process of making a set of bowls.

The first stage is preparing the clay and getting it ready for throwing. You need to ensure that the clay is free from air bubbles and to do this you ‘wedge’ the clay before weighing it into balls.

process bowls1 Process: Making hand thrown pottery bowls

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9 Jan 12

There’s something brewing

brewing1 Theres something brewing

Making home brew is something I’ve always wanted to try, I think I’ve wanted to understand more about the brewing process and become more ‘involved’. When I go down the pub I always prefer to drink real ale – my favourite being Fursty Ferret and Double Maxim.

For Christmas my boyfriend got me a brewing kit and so far its been quite a fascinating experience. From mixing it all in the fermentation tank to actually being able to taste the sweet to bitter flavour as it develops.

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