Spring

I just found this photo on one of my USB sticks. Really makes me think of last Spring.

Spring this year seems like a long way off right now. 

Will it be time for Ice Creams soon?

Hannahx

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter lovely bloggy people!

Are you all having a lovely day? Hope you are all enjoying the long weekend as much as you can.

I had today off work, with the Supermarket I work at actually being closed. I felt really thrown out with being off work, and with the clocks changing.
I'm quite looking forward to a bit more daylight. I do enjoy sitting all cosy and covered up in an evening, with a cup of tea or hot chocolate. But I always miss daylight.

Going to work when it's dark, coming home when it's dark.

I finally got around to taking photographs of a couple of makes that I did whilst I didn't have a laptop. It's great to actually finish a project instead of having half finished ones lying around.

My very first Granny Square Blanket..

I decided to do one giant one, rather than several pieced together. As I'm only just getting my head around crochet. I found a video on youtube of how to crochet a granny square, and off I went.

I enjoyed making it so much, that I decided to do another one in pastel-y colours..

Although, now I have a laptop again, this one isn't quite finished. I keep intending to sit down and get a bit more done, but I keep getting distracted by pinterest and blogs. Bad Hannah. I must try harder to resist the internet.

I wanted a patchwork cushion to just throw onto the bed, so I made this one out of some lovely fabrics I had bought a while ago.

 I had kept them for ages, and just kept looking at them as I didn't want to cut them up. I took a deep breath and eventually cut the first bit of fabric, and ended up here.

Does anyone else just want to hoard fabric? Some of it is just too pretty to cut up. It feels a bit like a crime to cut into it.

This isn't a very good photo, I apologise. It was just a quick snap before it got sent on its way to its new owner. I do love making little baby quilts :)

I've started to make a quilt for my bed, but I'm having a little trouble with it at the moment.

I've got all the patchwork top part done. It's just the pinning it together and sewing through all the layers on my machine. I don't have a table big enough to do it properly. I only sew on a fold away TV table, as my flat is really quite small.

So it's folded in the bedroom for now. Hopefully I will be able to get around to it one day.

Anyway, there are a few of the makes I enjoyed doing whilst being without a laptop.

I'mm thinking of making a rule where I stay offline for one day a week or something, and just craft. 

I do really love coming online and reading lots of blogs, and it really helps with my creativity. But I can really get lost online, and the time seems to go so fast.

I'm not the only one who does this, am I?

Anyway, I've said it already, but I am so glad to be back!

Happy Easter everyone.

Hannahx

I'm back! :)

Oh, my dear blog. I have missed you!

I can't believe it has been so long since I last updated. 

To any readers, I sincerely apologise for being missing for so long. If there are any still here, thank you so much for sticking around!

I finally have a laptop that actually works, so I can get back to catching up on reading blogs and updating too. 

I'm so SO glad to be back! I really have missed reading all the lovely blogs that I do. But on the plus side, I guess I have a lot to read :)

I'm hoping that I can use Easter Sunday to do a proper update. 

I actually have the day off, which is going to be rather weird for me. As I work every single Sunday at a Supermarket that only closes on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day. 

I'm sure I will feel lost, but I can't say that I will miss it.

Although I'm very pleased to have a laptop again, I've certainly noticed, even within just a few days, how much it changes my craftyness. 

While I didn't have a laptop, I spent more time actually crafting. And since I've got one again, and knowing what I was also like before.. I spent more time reading about and looking at other peoples crafting, rather than actually doing some.

Is that a problem for anyone else too?

As a welcome back to my blog, I will have a small giveaway. More details to follow tomorrow..

One thing I have been able to do, even without a laptop, is get addicted to Pinterest. Are any of my lovely readers on there? It's one website that my phone can actually handle me being on. So I've been able to get small crafty fixes whilst I've been away.

If anyone would like to follow me on there, I can be found here.

That's all for me tonight, I'm going to have a browse around my favourite blogs and then head to bed. And lose an hour..boo. But, at least I am off tomorrow, yay!

Happy Easter lovely blogland!

Hannah x

When life gives you lemons..

Today was a day of feeling like life had given me lemons.


And, as the good old saying goes.. "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade". 


Really love these art prints I found on Google..

So anyway, I did. And I really enjoyed it, it made my day that little bit better.

Some of it happened to get consumed before I even got to take the photograph. I knew there was a reason I kept this bottle, I love old fashioned bottles and labels (not that you can actually see the label here..)


It gave me a taste for making drinks, now I want to make Ginger Beer, but reading recipes online with warnings of releasing the gas frequently to avoid exploding bottles.. I think I might give it a miss until I have a shed where I could keep the bottles. The last thing I need in my kitchen is exploding bottles of pop! 


I'm sure I could find some other recipes to try though. Have any of you lovelies ever made your own drinks? 


Hope you're enjoying your weekends, and that life hasn't given you any lemons lately - unless you want to make lemonade of course :)


Hannah x

Jubilee Giveaway Winner :)

Thank you to all the lovely people who commented on my blog to enter my giveaway.

To pick a winner I just put the numbers into a random number generator to decide..as I'd want everyone to win, and could never decide for myself.


There were 15 lovely comments, unfortunately only 14 I could count as due to the postage costs I can only post to the UK (really sorry about that! I do really appreciate everyone who took the time to comment). 


And the winner is...

At Home With MelMel!

Thank you once again to everyone who took the time to comment on my blog. I've discovered lots of lovely new blogs to read in the process :)

Hannah x

Jubilee Weekend

So, did everyone enjoy the long weekend? I'm very pleased to say that I wasn't at work :)


And I was lucky enough to go away for it. I got to visit one of my favourite places..

(big lovely panoramic shot)

(I love standing here and just watching the water)

I also got to go to a street party..

Take some photographs of some beautiful creatures...

(This was so cute! The little lamb was wagging its tail so much whilst feeding)

And even better, I got to treat myself to some lovely things..

(I love when things get wrapped in tissue paper, I think it makes them more special. I might just be odd though!)

So, the above turned into these beautiful things..

Which made for a VERY happy Hannah :)

I hope you all had a lovely time yesterday, whatever it is you did. 

And dont forget, there is still plenty of time to enter my Jubilee Giveaway!

Hannah x

Jubilee Giveaway!

Hello any lovely blog readers of mine out there.

Is everyone enjoying the Jubilee weekend? I am. I meant to post this before now, but it's the first time I've had access properly to a computer for a few days, so now it is.

And, since I'm at a Jubilee street party tomorrow, I thought it was a good time to post about my Jubilee Giveaway.

Anyway, enough rambling on. Here is what my giveaway is..

There is :

- A Twinings Diamond Jubilee tea caddy/tin (with 20 Diamond Jubilee Tea Bags!)
- Diamond Jubilee Keyring
- Some Old Fashioned British Sweets
- A Keep Calm and Carry On Notebook
- Emma Bridgewater Union Jack Matches
- Union Jack Brooch
- A Beside The Sea Tea Towel
- A Union Jack Nail File (which you cant really see, as I didn't realise I hadn't angled it right, but it is there!)
- Handmade Lavender Jubilee/London Inspired Heart

To enter my giveaway, all you need to do is comment on this blog post and either leave an email address or be logged in via your blog so that I can message the winner.

Unfortunately, due to postage costs.. I would only be able to post to the UK. (Just incase there are any lovely people from abroad reading - sorry!)

If you know anyone that would like to be part of this giveaway, please let them know.

I'm not asking for people to follow me, but if you are here, and would like to.. then please do, the more the merrier! :)

I will pick a winner around the 11th, so you have a whole week to enter.

Hope you are all having a lovely long weekend and enjoying the festivities

Hannah x