Makes, bakes and occasional fakes

For the school Christmas Fair, I have made two games for the children to play. The first is a treasure map, which took a bit of thinking abo...

Today's Christmas task on our advent calendar was to make paper snowflakes to go on the windows. I have made them in the past and let th...

It was the school Christmas Market yesterday, and I paid to have my own stall selling home made decorations and gifts. My mum and I have bee...

I saw something on pinterest about doing a hand-made advent calendar with things to do each day instead of the ubiquitous chocolate. My chil...

I had a thought, would it be possible to make a cake that replicates mulled wine? I love mulled wine so today I had a go at making something...

I have been very busy making, but not blogging about it. Naughty? No, just didn't want to start talking about Christmas too soon. I am m...

A while back, a friend of mine posted on Facebook a link to a page of button craft creations . There were some beautiful things on there and...