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Win :: Supplies to Make Your Own Covered Crochet Hooks ::

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Following on from my tutorial post on how to make your own polymer clay crochet hook handles I'm offering you the chance to win a set of supplies to make your own.


One lucky winner will receive 2 metal crochet hooks, 2 packets of Fimo (one purple, one glow in the dark!) and a full set of Fimo shaped cutters. The only thing you'll need to provide yourself is a craft knife, an oven and some...

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Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival ::

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This weekend sees our favourite of the Cheltenham festivals come to town; The Food and Drink Festival.  I don't think we've missed one year since we first moved here.  We're big food lovers in our house and every year we go armed with many shopping bags/rucksacks/coolbags to hunt out fabulous local and not so local, wonders and treats.


I particularly love taking Milo, as he's such an adventurous...

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Cheltenham Science Festival ::

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We are so lucky here in Cheltenham to have such a great range of festivals taking place throughout the year.  We have Jazz, Literature, Music and Science taking place between April and October.  All of these are fabulous and have a great range of events within them.
Last week was the Science Festival. We tend to go up to the main site every year to browse the tents and various free activities...

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This Week ::

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A round up of some of my favourite moments from my Instagram this week ::


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25 Weeks ::

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A couple of super powers I've developed whilst pregnant ::

  • I now have the ability to put something on the hob to cook and completely forget about said thing until the smoke alarm starts ringing.  I have done this 3 times this week alone.
  • I can pretty much tell the time by the level of pain the, constant, indigestion is causing at that particular moment.
  • I can now happily consume my body weight in...

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