My Handmade Haven

Went to our first car boot of the year this morning - yay. I love car boot sales. Got loads of bargains for the house and boys, but the best...

From the postie today was a parcel from the very talented Gill from GP forum containing handspun alpacca wool. It is soooooo soft and the m...

Here is the horse keyring requested by Claire. Here's piccies of the pink bag that a Michelle requested. Laura Ashley fabric with pink ...

Elderflower cordial - we love this in our house so I'm making a double batch of this recipe. Elderflower heads (25) and lemons (3) cut...

Finished at last - woohooo. I've also finished the pink bag too, so that will be in the post tomorrow (hopefully piccies to follow).

I've been really busy these last few days. I've made a horse keyring for Claire (piccies after she's recieved it), I've been...

Spent the last couple of days pickling eggs, beetroot and onions. Going to be doing some strawberry jam later this week (unless we eat them ...

While browsing the local charity shops again on Friday I managed to find these goodies... 2.5metres patterned fabric, and a green sheet and ...

I've been helping my MIL this afternoon sorting through her Mum's house. I came away with a few things including a velvet jacket t...

I can't believe it's been 4 days since I last updated here!!! I've had a very busy week so far - started my group bereavement co...