Last year I started to source some old furniture to help me create a sewing room. I had a spare bedroom that was under used, and a sewing machine needing a permanent location. I started to look around antique and second hand charity shops, in search of furniture I could Upcycle. I was soon attracted to …
May 2015
Garden Furniture Decisions
Summer is just around the corner, and along with pottering in the garden there is nothing better that sitting relaxing and enjoying your handy work. Of course it also means the weather is nice enough to eat alfresco, invite family and friends round for a barbecue, a garden picnic or one of my favourites Afternoon …
Easy Fruit Cake Recipe made with Oil
This recipe for Fruit Cake made with oil is one of my cakes I can continue to eat as part of my ‘healthier bakes’ for lower Cholesterol. I am choosing to bake less with butter and baking fat, and instead using more olive oil or rapeseed oil. This is a favourite bake Fruit Cake recipe made with oil. A …
Serenata Flowers and Hampers – Garden Pamper Hamper Giveaway (closed)
Serenata Flowers are offering one of my blog readers the chance to win a Pamper Hamper. The perfect hamper for a garden lover, it includes a watering can and gardening gloves. Along with a few toiletries for those times you end up with grubby gardening hands, a nail brush, hand wash, hand cream and a bar of body …
Preen Manor, NGS Garden – Shropshire
‘What could be nicer than strolling through a delightful, plant-filled garden, enjoying a “proper” home-made tea and at the same time raising money for charity?’ These are the opening words in the 2015 National Gardening Scheme, Shropshire guide book. It lists all gardens in the county that open to the public and raise money for …