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I quite like toadstools, not to eat you understand, but I love their shape. I find them very pleasing. One of my early designs for embroidered leather cosmetics bags featured a toadstool…..queue shameless self promotion …. When I met Kirsty from PaperFish at my crafty weekend away a few weeks back I discovered that she makes these fabulous needle books.…

UK Handmade magazine

LittleBlackDuckSeptember 8, 2009

Every quarter the team at UK Handmade issue a fabulous on-line magazine (perfect for saving the environment and saves a trip to the shops). I’m a little late to be blogging about the summer issue, being September, but better late than never! In this issue there are some great articles, including some useful advice on preparing for your first craft…

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Cute as a button

LittleBlackDuckAugust 22, 2009

At last I have the missing piece for the cardigan I made for my little girl a while back. I was after a button, and Amelia from Bombus had a stash with her last weekend and I found the perfect solution lurking at the bottom of the bag…. Thank you Amelia x

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The creative juices were flowing

LittleBlackDuckAugust 17, 2009

At the weekend I went away with a group of ‘laydees’ for a weekend of creativity. Our base was the Queen Margaret’s School, just south of York – what a fabulous location! We had the (supervised) run of the art and textiles block and we all had our own skills, plans and agendas so we just sort of got on with…

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A good day was had by all

LittleBlackDuckJuly 19, 2009

This weekend we went to the Newport show and thankfully Mother Nature decided She would hold back on the rain for the day (which She more than made up for today – it has been torrential). Newport show was really great, we had a good time…… The food hall was better than ever with some amazing meat, cheese and pudding…

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Newport Show

LittleBlackDuckJuly 17, 2009

For me part of the joy of living in the countryside is attending school fetes, farm open days and best of all country shows. I’m in no way related to the farming industry but I love the atmosphere at these shows and more often than not there’s a good cake stall! This Saturday is the Newport Show, in Newport (!)…

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A blustery day

LittleBlackDuckMay 20, 2009

I normally dry the washing on top of the AGA (it costs so much to run it doesn’t make sense to use the tumble dryer) but I do get fed up of having washing in the kitchen all the time. Last week it was so windy so I decided to get a rotary washing line. Well, you can’t have a washing…

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Memory like a fish?

LittleBlackDuckApril 21, 2009

Now, I’m not saying that I ever had a good memory but since I fell pregnant and had a baby my memory is awful. When people say the pregnancy and birth affect your memory I thought they were kidding and it was a convenient excuse for those less organised! Those people were right – I am now so forgetful it…

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Glorious gift for myself

LittleBlackDuckMarch 1, 2009

I shop too much, I know I do, but when I saw the work of Su at Quercus Silver it seemed like it was time to flex the PayPal account! Now that spring is on the way (just a touch of hopeful thinking…well the daffodils are poking their heads up) I seem to be wearing a few less layers and slightly…

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Competition for Creative Types

LittleBlackDuckAugust 11, 2008

Occupying children during the school holidays sounds like a daunting task but if your children are creative, then I’m sure it’s a whole lot easier! How about a competition to ad a little more interest to their creative endeavours? This summer the lovely people at Noolibird are running a drawing competition where your drawing can be turned into an ink stamp!…

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