As you might expect, December has been a light month on the making-time-for-reading front. The New Mrs Clifton by Elizabeth Buchan: "As the Second World War draws to a close, Gus Clifton, having been working with the interrogation teams in Germany and out of touch with his family, surprises his sisters at their home. But … Continue reading For the Love of Books | Currently Reading December 2017
Month: December 2017
December Daily | Days 21-25
Welcome to my favourite project of the year! Let's see how days 21-25 turned out: Day 21: The first day of the school holidays and we marked it with a visit to the Panto in the West End. It was really quite rude in places.A simple 7x5 photo of The Boy Child, with journaling on the reverse, … Continue reading December Daily | Days 21-25
December Daily | Days 16-20
Welcome to my favourite project of the year! Let's see how days 16-20 looked: Day 16: A fun day in town with our visitors and home in time for pyjamas, Champagne and the Strictly final. Day 17: One set of house guests left and another one arrived. Herman the tortoise came on his holidays as his … Continue reading December Daily | Days 16-20
Happy Christmas
I wish you all the kind of Christmas you wish for yourselves. I'll be rounding off the year with three scheduled posts: my final two December Daily posts and a round-up of December's reading. I'll then be back in early 2018 with my annual Blog Review. See you on the other side.
Herman
Herman is a tortoise. We have him as a house guest over the Christmas period and, I have to confess, it's nowhere as near as exciting as having a dog in the house ...Because, you know, Herman doesn't actually do very much, and I feel certain he should be hibernating. His owners say he doesn't. When … Continue reading Herman
Festive Scrapping #2
London's festive windows deserved a page in the album. Here it is (with design inspiration again coming from Instagram): Supplies: patterned paper by Pebbles, Becky Higgins (a trimmed down Project Life card) and Simple Stories. Alphas are from American Crafts. Embellishments are from
Festive Scrapping #1
The Boy Child's visit to Santa is always scrapped twice in 12x12; one for that year's album and one for his own album (I am currently on album #6 for him).This year, I took my design inspiration from festive layouts I'd seen on Instagram, tweaking as I went along. I'm also making more of an effort … Continue reading Festive Scrapping #1
December Daily | Days 11-15
Welcome to my favourite scrapbooking project of the year! Let’s take a look at how days 11-15 turned out: Day 11: I included the recipe for Mulled Cranberry and Raspberry Punch. Between days 11 and 12, I made a pocket to hold The Boy Child's letter to Santa. Day 12: The day I had a marvellous afternoon with my … Continue reading December Daily | Days 11-15
This Weekend I …
Our weekend with friends began early. The Boy Child and I went directly into town from school pick-up so that we could see the West End's Christmas lights before arriving at the station to meet our friends.Saturday saw us be a little like tourists in the West End - Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden. There may have been … Continue reading This Weekend I …
Weekday Walks | Victoria
When I first came to live and work in London some twenty years ago, I lived in a small bedsit (shared bathroom!) on the edge of Victoria, which is in the City of Westminster. To be honest with you, back then that whole area was a bit of a dump. How things have changed! The area has undergone/is … Continue reading Weekday Walks | Victoria