For those of you who don’t know, we have recently moved to a place just outside Barcelona. It’s a lovely place on the coast and we happen to live in an area called La …

I am very proud of our advent calendar this year, which I made with my favourite recycling material: the hugely versatile magazine pages. I made 24 cones using the magazine pages, I printed some …

I made a selection of Halloween lollipops to treat the kids who will knock on the door this evening. They are simple Chupa Chups dressed up as pumpkins, bats and ghosts.   To …

Today is Halloween and this year we have a real pumpkin for the first time. When we lived in Sardinia it was near to impossible to get a pumpkin so we used our imagination …

It took almost two months, but we are finally settled in our new house just outside Barcelona. The hardest part was having the ADSL installed. When the phone company called after two days of requesting …

After a long silence here I am again! The last few months have been such a roller coaster and we’re not off it yet! But things are slowing down a bit now. No, we …

I love old corks to make things. Yesterday I made a peacock with a cork, wire, paper pins and card. In fact the paper pins idea isn’t mine but it came in very useful …

After my curtains, which I am very proud of, I thought I’d take on a project which required a little more skill and I must say I didn’t think it would come out so …

For someone who started the year wanting to take on sewing projects I have not done that well so far, but I finally got going with it. To start with I made some curtains …

After learning all about the global grid and how to calculate longitude and latitude in class these past months my son was very happy to go and stand on the prime meridian at Greenwich. It …

To celebrate Earth Day today I decorated one of the many glass jars waiting to be turned into something useful. This vase is very simple, just a touch of glue and a few flowers …

We printed hearts before using half a potato as a stamp, this time I made a stamp that we can keep out of a used cork. With a scalpel I cut out a heart shape …