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Category Archives: Things to make and do.
Nikki’s (very small) miniatures.
Middle age, I often think, is a bit like jam. There you are sandwiched in between your elders and your children, trying to care for both in some very sticky situations. Nikki compensates by miniaturising and is firmly of the … Continue reading
Sylvia’s room.
I am aware that regular readers here are usually creative people. If you suspect that further time spent at home could be looming in the future, you may appreciate creative inspiration from other readers. Sylvia makes lots of room boxes … Continue reading
The lockdown house 2
I may be posting every day and a half for a while. As well as making it to show you and photographing it, I have to find it. Although the builders have left (hooray!) everything I possess is still under … Continue reading
The lockdown dolls’ house.
Or – How to go into lockdown with nothing and emerge some weeks later with an heirloom. I would, before we begin, absolutely love to show you my collection of houses made from junk but they are all put away … Continue reading
Naughty and nice.
It’s along way from Christmas but if Santa is compiling lists of those who are naughty and those who are nice, he’ll be busy. People have polarised, quite noticeably. This was going to be a wonderfully upbeat, informative thingy about … Continue reading
A toy to make for a toddler.
Board racers Toys to make for small children. In the mid 1950s a local policeman was popular among parents as the entertainment at children’s parties. He was cheap, safe and slightly wonderful and few families had television so he went … Continue reading
Rice paper
When I was a child rice paper was the stuff you found on the bottom of macaroons. My Aunt (the one who was the fabulous patissier, which in the North East in the Fifties was pronounced: good at cakes) made … Continue reading
Stuck up.
Decoupage is an interesting term which broadly covers most activities involving cutting bits of paper out of their original source and sticking them somewhere else. In card making it can involve repeated cutting of the same duplicated image in decreasing … Continue reading
My Milliput Aunt.
As a little light relief I have been making Milliput pictures again. This time it was after a photograph had emerged at my mother’s of her big sister, who will be 99 tomorrow. Here is the photograph My mother has … Continue reading
Paper sculptures to make.
Paper crafting is popular at present, utilising factory produced components. Here’s a way to make your own original three dimensional paper bas reliefs that you can attach to greetings cards, use to decorate boxes and make lovely gift pictures. Once … Continue reading