Hello week 42! This was the week... I completed my Week in the Life 2013 album I resurrected my blog My Studio Calico December Daily kit arrived all the way from America Matthew found out he'd passed his 11+ entrance test for grammar school and was eligible to apply for a place (we won't find out if he's actually got... Read more →

Back in the summer I wrote an article for the Scrapbook Magazine about Project Life. I wrote about the concept behind it, the products available, shared photos of my Project Life spreads and talked about my processes. The issue is now on sale, issue 76 for those of you interested. If you've not heard about Project Life before you can... Read more →

For a few months now I've been working with a recycled t-shirt yarn called Boodles. I have been designing and making crochet patterns with this yarn, from bags and baskets to placemats and footstools / pouffes. Hobbycraft now carry the Boodles line and you'll see my granny square placemats on the POS material and soon some of my patterns will... Read more →

I'm in my second year of doing Project Life, a fantastic project that documents our day to day life in weekly spreads. I absolutely LOVE it. It has definitely reduced the number of traditional scrapbook layouts I've been making, but at the same time so much more is being recorded and each little insert acts like a mini scrapbook page.... Read more →

Ok, let's kick this blog revival off with my latest project, my completed Week in the Life. For those of you not familiar with this, it's a project that documents one week in your life, recording the everyday moments. You can check out Ali Edwards' blog for more detailed information, she is the founder behind this great project which has... Read more →

Oh my goodness, this feels really strange to me...writing a blog post, I've been absent from my blog for nearly two years. I think it will take a while to find my way around the 'backstage' part of this blog! Anyway, I'm not going to dwell on it, let's move forward... I am currently loving Project Life a freelance designer... Read more →