The Red Wren

Gardening

The garden

Due to our garden mainly contaning roses, it’s at its most photogenic through October. I promise I’ll stop posting what must look like the same rose pictures over and over in a month or so! They’re just so pretty! While out on a walk this evening I was observing other  ...

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Sewing and Craft

Motivation – oh how I’ve missed thee

I held craft day #3 at my place yesterday. Small turnout this time, but it seemed to make us a bit more productive! I finally got started on some Christmas decorations (I say started as they’re still no where near complete!) I also managed to cut out the Acacia fabric from a previous post  ...

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Sewing and Craft

Craft projects

I’ve hit a bit of point where I suddenly have too many craft projects on the go. I’ve tried setting up the machine so it’s ready to go at all times, but somehow I still don’t seem to find time to finish anything! It’s been sitting like that for a week or so now…

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Food & Recipes

Wine

Want to add a yummy, fruity twist to a glass of wine? Add some frozen berries! Not only do they help keep your wine cooler for longer, they will have thawed nicely by the time you finish your drink and be ready to munch on!

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Sewing and Craft

Mail excitement!

On Tuesday I ordered some fabric from Lara Cameron’s shop Today it arrived! It’s so beautiful! I purchased half a metre so I’m hoping to do something biggish with it – a skirt perhaps…

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Sewing and Craft

Chair

I have an old dressing table that belonged to my mum when she was a teenager. It’s white with gold handles and to go with it I wanted a gold chair with fluffy fabric. One day, I found just the chair (well almost- it’s a bit uglier than I had in mind – but hey who says no to a  ...

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Gardening

Veggies!

The veggie patch is doing rather well. We’ve been using the herbs in our cooking and the lettuce in our sandwiches. It’s all very exciting:

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