Who’s The Crafty Lass? Oh yes, I remember now – that’s ME.
The Crafty Lass… who’s that? Who is she? Oh yes, I remember now – that’s ME. I had almost forgotten. I was asked in a consultant doctor’s appointment the other day what my job was – seeing as we had only just met and he needed to establish my general day to day ‘activity levels’
The Crafty Lass does… Maternity Leave!
How is it May? MIDDLE of May. Christmas, Januuuuuuuuuuuuuary. FebruaryMarchApril. MAY. And so that’s it, I am on Maternity Leave as of the end of today. The last 36 weeks in particular have been super speedy – part of me feels like I’ve been expecting a baby forever, part of me thinks – how is
I can’t do everything!
People presume as I am ‘The Crafty Lass’, I can do it ALL. Everything – ALL the crafty things. Well… I can’t! I cannot sew a zip. Although I can easily sew on a button, I do not know how to sew a button hole. I think there is a setting on my beloved sewing
The Journey
September 1, 2018
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Business, Christmas, General Craft, House & Home, Places to Go & Things to See, Workshops
People keep asking me, what is next? There are lots of exciting things happening, but the one thing about this journey – it is all about putting yourself out there, and seeing what happens. Saying ‘yes’ to things perhaps I wouldn’t normally do… and also learning when you actually can say ‘no’. There IS such
Life. Got. Busy.
May 23, 2018
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Business, Charity, Christmas, General Craft, Places to Go & Things to See, Radio
So, blogging used to be a thing. In fact – I should start that sentence again. It used to be THE thing. This business started out as a blog, (and I quote) with the aim as… ” a design, craft and things to be inspired by website and blog – but the long term plan
The Crafty Lass does… COLOUR! The ‘ultimate’ handpainted playroom!
40 paint tester pots 63 triangles 5 rolls of Frog Tape 3 months of painting(!!!) 100000s of brushstrokes 1 determined Crafty Lass 1 happy boy… When we moved into this new home, one of the (many) selling points, was a little room just off the hallway next to the kitchen – destined to be
The Crafty Lass does… A celebration of the discarded babygro!
July 26, 2017
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Birthday, Business, Crafty Kids, General Craft, House & Home, The Crafty Lass does..., Workshops
Babies grow REALLY fast. Everyone tells you – “enjoy it, they won’t be like that for long…” I heard what people were saying when I first heard this… but I am not sure I really took on board just HOW super mind bogglingly fast time actually disappears… and that some days I think our little
The Crafty Lass does… Too much!
I really wish there were two of me. Or, if we are going for ideals – perhaps even three or four… Right now, there is simply just so, so, (SO) much whizzing round my mind. Multiple, multiple tabs open that often sends my brain in to overdrive. I actually started to write this blog post at
The Crafty Lass does… MUSH!
I love my little one – more than I can describe. You only need to look at my Instagram feed for #babyspam! However… sometimes – there can be very hard days that don’t always make the Instagram feed and filters! 90% of days are brilliant, but there is the other 10% that don’t quite cut the
The Crafty Lass does… Motherhood!
Firstly, thank you for all your love and well wishes, our beautiful bubba arrived over three weeks ago now, and we are doing remarkably well. But… THREE WEEKS??! It already feels that our new little boss has been here forever. But it also feels like HOW have we ALREADY got to 3 weeks since he
The Crafty Lass does… The Nursery!
September 22, 2016
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Crafty Kids, General Craft, House & Home, The Crafty Bump, The Crafty Lass does...
So, the cot is built. The car seat has been bought (and fully test run in the car) and finally – the nursery is done! The jobs are being crossed off the list (or highlighted as complete on my spreadsheet – such a geek!) This. Just. Got. Real. I will be 37 weeks pregnant on
A new focus, a new direction, a new chapter. A new inspiration!
So what exactly is ‘inspiration‘? And, what is YOUR inspiration? Big, open questions – and where I suspect there are many, MANY different answers. Some people are inspired by nature, or photography, or music, or colour, poetry, their family, their own personal desires and wishes etc. The list goes on. The dictionary defines inspiration as: the process of
