Our friends arrived yesterday for our annual 'Fakemas' and after a delicious meal at the Fish Inn in Ringwood, we all headed back to the flat for pudding . . .  This is...

I had to have another round of Christmas pudding making, after discovering that the one's I'd made previously had gone mouldy, grrrr! This time I made sure to let the puddings leave to...

We had a festive bake off at work, and our team took an innovative approach and made mincemeat muffins and then decorated them in the style of mini Christmas puddings, unfortunately we didn't...

Winchester market has been at the top of my list to visit for quite some time, and leapt at the chance to go recently, however was left a little disappointed. There were not...

The finishing touches have been made to my Mum's Xmas tree, just in time too, I left to come back to Bournemouth the next day! ...

Today we ventured out into the Suffolk countryside in search of the family Christmas tree. The farm was plonked in the middle of nowhere (Stanningfield to be exact) but it was well worth...

We had a lovely craft market at work today, with everyone with crafty talent put had a stall selling their wares, I bought this beautiful piece from Sea-Saw designs by Caroline Harris, an...

These are so simple and inexpensive to make -  What you'll need -  Cardboard luggage tags - a size that will fit your chosen stamp on comfortably  Festive coloured Ink pad - I've...

It was a beautiful day along the south coast today, and we decided to take full advantage of the fact that this could well be the last decent weekend we have for the...

This weekend Jason's parent came over to help with the new(er) car and to also help fix the lights, that have been on our 'to fix' list for nearly two years, I'm pleased...

A tad late I know, but we couldn't find any pumpkins last weekend for love nor money, however, this week we managed to bag ourselves one. I've never made anything with pumpkin before...

Inspired by the Great British Bake Off, Jason and I decided to make Mary Berry's treacle tart, one of the technical challenges in this years series. I think our pastry lattice on the...

We've not been down to Bournemouth beach in such a long time, on Saturday we took full advantage of the glorious weather and went for a stroll towards Hengistbury Head (didn't quite make...

Another weekend, another baking session . . . this time chicken and bacon pie, with a little help from Jason with the white sauce (something I've never been quite able to master!)   Before...

After the hectic-ness of this week we decided to head to the calm, relaxing and tranquil setting of Brockenhurst, getting some much needed exercise and fresh air on our 6 mile walk/adventure through...

A Sunday afternoon spent taking a stroll along Poole Quay, beautiful weather . . .  ...

Whenever I read about Renegade craft fairs I always want to pack up my suitcase, head off to the airport, and jump on the first plane heading for one of the five America...

I have been a fan of the whimsical care free designs of Ink Press for some time, and I've finally found a website that have all of their designs in one place, and...

It's been quite a while since I posted anything on here, and that has been due to the most horrendous stomach upset that I had all of last week and the beginning of...

I received this lovely bouquet from work for my help at last weeks conference, such a lovely surprise . . .  ...