Whether you’re into craft, baking, or gardening (or perhaps your into all three) you’ll want to check out these great links from March! For this month’s Links I Love I just had to share a photo of the marigolds in my vegetable garden! Originally I bought them to help deter bugs in the veggie garden. But now I love them because they are so pretty. Most of the vegetables are dying back because of the cold but the marigolds are still going strong! Actually I think that I planted them a bit too late because they only really got going once we got into March. Over the last few weeks they have … [Read More...]
How to Make Flowers Out Of Plastic Bottles!
It’s a bit sad when winter hits and all of the lovely summer flowers are gone. Don’t worry though you can make your own flowers to keep some colour around the house. This tutorial will show you how to make flowers out of plastic bottles! We’ve had a gorgeous display of petunias in our back garden throughout spring and summer. They are starting to fade now though and I have had to pull some plants out. Once the really cold weather hits they will be gone. :( We’re going to miss the big splash of colour that has been almost right outside our back door! I have been keen to make some of these … [Read More...]
Links I Love from February
Now that we are into March it is official autumn! It doesn’t quite feel like autumn yet though because the days are still quite warm. We had a funny end to summer actually this year because February was uncharacteristically mild. We have had some fairly warm days but they haven’t been as hot as usual. Plus the nights have been nice and cool and that seems to make a big difference. It’s a bit of a contrast to last February which was very hot and uncomfortable! Actually last February was horrible in more ways than one. Last February one of our cats (Wally) was bitten by a snake and we nearly … [Read More...]
Easy Broom Handle Extension DIY (extend the length of any broom!)
Weather you need it for cleaning high ceilings indoors or for reaching an awkwardly high point outside this DIY broom handle extension will come in handy all around the house. No matter how hard we try there is always the odd spider that will try to take up residence in the upper corner of a room. This is particularly true with our dining room that has very high sloping ceilings. The ceiling … [Read More...]
What to Do With Leftover Puff Pastry Scraps
My method for using up leftover puff pastry is something that I have been doing for years. It was the method that my mother used when I was a kid so now I do it too. Today I’m going to share this very easy and tasty way to use up your leftover puff pastry! Oh and let me just say that when I talk about puff pastry I am referring to the frozen sheets. I always keep some puff pastry sheets in the … [Read More...]
