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Finding inspiration :: allotments

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I've been thinking a lot about the plans for my allotment recently. There is a lot of work to do (two thirds of it is grass that is heavily compacted due to my neighbours using it as a car park) fortunately my mum has sad that she will come down to help me dig it all up.

But for now, whist it's still dark in the evenings and most days too cold to keep Milo happy there for long, I am planning and...

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January pullover :: now available to purchase ::

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January Pullover ::

You can download it on ravelry on craftsy. x

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finding inspiration :: of the love variety ::

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well it is valentines tomorrow, some lovely crafty lovey themed finds from around the internets ::

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My day in photos ::

Posted by vicki brown on

Inspired by a photo I spotted in fat mum slim's instagram stream over the weekend, yesterday I took a photo of my day, every hour throughout the day. Below is a little snapshot of my Monday ::

#mydayinphotos 9.30am

#mydayinphotos 12.30pm finishing up this mornings work

#mydayinpictures 2.30pm post nursery hot chocolate

#mydayinphotos 7.30pm swatching, sketching, designing patterns

You can see the rest of my day over on Flickr.

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A new obsession :: bread ::

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For Christmas my lovely man added to my growing collection of river cottage handbooks, with 'vol 3 : bread'. When Milo first starting eating real food, and I was being a precious first time mother all concerned about what I gave him, I started making my own bread, I got ok at it but never brilliant, and it took up a lot of my day, so we purchased a bread machine. I've never regretted it, there...

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