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Project Wild Thing ::

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As Camp Bestival gets closer, we're getting pretty excited by the prospect of attending this year.  As a result we've been keeping a fierce eye on their news page.  On Friday they announced Project Wild Thingwould be joining them for the weekend, creating an area for kids to really get back into the wild, activities will include building fires, tree climbing, identifying plants and animals and...

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Crochet Bird :: Free Pattern ::

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Quite a few months ago now, Angie of Ask Baby Cotswold and I did a bit of a skills swap.  She designed a logo for my crochet business and I wrote a pattern for the little bird logo of her business.  I completely forgot at the the time to blog about it, but the pattern is available over on her website for free, if you fancy making up your own little bird.


They make great little decorations and I'm...

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Finding Inspiration :: Rainy Day Crafting ::

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The weather has not yet improved and doesn't look much like it will, not during half term anyway.  So I've been scouring pinterest in the hope of some rainy day entertainment for the little one.  Of course I was not disappointed!  I cannot wait to get started on some of these lovely ideas.

Click the little pictures at the bottom to see the original source of the images above, or click the big...

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Rhubarb and Strawberry Sorbet :: A Recipe ::

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For Easter weekend we headed down to Johnny's grandparents house, which has become so much of a tradition, Milo considers this trip 'going to Easter'. Whilst there, among all the many wonderful dishes and copious amounts of chocolate on offer, we sampled some rhubarb sorbet, created by Johnny's Grandpa. I couldn't believe how delicious it was. It had such a sweet flavour that I can't quite put my...

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Rhubarb and Strawberry Sorbet :: A Recipe ::

Posted by vicki brown on

For Easter weekend we headed down to Johnny's grandparents house, which has become so much of a tradition, Milo considers this trip 'going to Easter'. Whilst there, among all the many wonderful dishes and copious amounts of chocolate on offer, we sampled some rhubarb sorbet, created by Johnny's Grandpa. I couldn't believe how delicious it was. It had such a sweet flavour that I can't quite put my...

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