Proof that time flies . . . the newest family member previously referred to on my blog as Baby Tattoo has now been promoted to Toddler Tattoo. She took her first steps at 11 months of age, and ...
https://claire93.wordpress.com/2024/04/17/the-young-and-the-old/
The activity is commonly called “diamond painting” but I always think of it as “diamond dotting” when I’m sat at the table, with my little plastic stylus thingie, and tray of drills. ...
https://claire93.wordpress.com/2024/04/11/diamond-painting-april-and-asparagus/
Today it’s Le Bleu’s 16th birthday – yay! Last month Le Bleu had to go for an impromptu vet visit because of abces on his right cheek and general check-up. Blood works all good but weight...
https://claire93.wordpress.com/2024/04/08/happy-birthday-le-bleu-5/
It’s SAL Sunday again . . . is it me, or do these 3 weekly updates seem to come around fast? Time to link up with fellow SALers to show progress on our current stitching project. Mine is an...
https://claire93.wordpress.com/2024/04/07/sal-abc-dolphins-2/
The husband had a surprising find while walking the dog on Easter Monday. Came across a lost dwarf rabbit . . . no doubt escaped from its garden over the Easter weekend. We set up an old cage i...
I don’t seem to be getting much done in the crafting department because of other things getting in the way this month. One of the “other things” is Le Bleu. We noticed he had a very swoll...
https://claire93.wordpress.com/2024/03/25/a-bit-of-this-that-march/
I’ve just picked up a partially stitched project that had been gathering dust, to work on as my next SAL project. The design is a kit bought several years ago on ebay for only 2€. I did mak...
It’s time to link up with the worldwide group of Scrapsters, organised by Kate, to share scrap happiness. Kate, Gun, Eva, Sue, Lynda, Birthe, Turid, Tracy, Jan, Moira, Sandra, Chris,�...
https://claire93.wordpress.com/2024/03/15/scraphappy-march-4/
Having a crochet happy dance, after finishing the mother tortoise for the tortoise memory game. Adult tortoise is literally 2 circles sewn together, with feet, tail and head attached. A gap is le...
https://claire93.wordpress.com/2024/03/14/tortoise-memory-game-happy-dance/
A couple of years ago, I had the idea of making a set of 6 placemats, ressembling the Greek flag, for my brother-in-law, who is of Greek descent. These were they. The BIL was thrilled to bits, bu...