by Jane Haselden | Sep 16, 2022 | A Simple Life
The changing of seasons is always a special time. Each season brings with it memories from childhood, traditions, celebrations, things that you look forward to and sometimes things that you don’t. Whatever the seasons mean to you, they are such an important part...
by Jane Haselden | Sep 8, 2022 | Family Crafts, Tutorials
Today, I thought that I would show you how to make a coil basket from old t-shirts, as part of my Making Hard Times Good Times project. The cost of living crisis is going to have a huge impact on families like mine, who struggle to get by at the best of times. I think...
by Jane Haselden | Sep 1, 2022 | A Simple Life
The past couple of months have sped by. We finally got the necessary planning permission to reinstate our derelict farmhouse and outbuildings into a home. With autumn and winter fast approaching, we have been trying to fit in as much work on the house and cabin as we...
by Jane Haselden | Jun 15, 2022 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
It’s that time of year when lots of people have been gathering dandelion stems, to use in cordage and basketry. Dandelions are great, I’m a big fan, but they are not the only gift from nature to be gathering right now. Here, the daffodil leaves are all...
by Jane Haselden | Jun 2, 2022 | A Simple Life
Well we seem to have arrived at June already, but I couldn’t tell you how. When we bought our house, back in December, I naively thought that we would be making great strides forward in our renovations, by this point in the year. How wrong I was! Half way...
