Yesterday I shared my Christmas crafting table top for Teri from The Lovely Drawer’s 12 Styled Days of Christmas series, and I promised you’d be able to see the results of my crafternoon. This crafting session was all about giving…
The 12 Styled Days of Christmas – Day 2
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Christmas. I adore all the traditions, I love the build-up and that bubbly feeling of excitement. Fairy lights! Candles! The tree! So much magic and sparkle. So when Teri from The…
10 brilliantly creative DIY advent calendars
Thanks for all the love for my DIY copper advent calendar I shared earlier this week, but do you know what it’s lacking? Some colour! So to balance that out I’ve got ten of my favourite DIY advent calendar tutorials…
{Make it} Nature in the home: Christmas garland
Back in the summer when I did the rounds of Christmas press shows, I saw gypsophila, or baby’s breath, used in frothy excess at the White Company show where it was the star, rather than just a filler. Since then…
Christmas wreath workshop with Poppy & Peonies
Last night I attended a workshop run by Sarah from Poppy & Peonies to learn to make a Christmas wreath. Sarah created the stunning wreath that was chosen for the front cover of Ideal Home’s Complete Guide To Christmas (my…
Christmas Jumper Day – Friday 13th December 2013
Last week I was invited to the launch of Save The Children’s Woolly Wonderland at Westfield Stratford in London. Unfortunately I was poorly and couldn’t make it, so I missed out on the chance to customise my very own Christmas…
Our homemade advent calendar
This post is a bit of a case of better late than never, but after I posted my 25 favourite homemade advent calendar ideas a couple of weeks ago, I could hardly fail to show you my own attempt, could…