#makedoandmend

This week has been (even more!) heavenly (than usual): cloudy skies, proper rain, figuring out some tricky issues with our houses, and the most precious day with @vincentnijman for my 53rd birth day

The season changed!! We are suddenly launched into a new dimension: able to work, rest, play a great deal more (co)creatively! We've loaded the car up with cement and roof paint, and are bracing for the

It still feels insurmountable, BUT I can at least recognise that I surmounted just a wee bit today - less overwhelming!

All I have to do is begin - and keep going.

My first ever Hive meeting! A glorious domestic-lchemy-filled-first-week at The Arthouse in south Italy!

My week in the sewing studio, alchemising clothing... and a podcast on sewing, for a change!

Ciao dear DIY friends, This is one of my favourite baskets, which I use almost daily. It has been weakened by over-use... and some woodworm! I used a big darning needle, and some string remnants, and just

I cannot recommend enough, learning by doing. It is SO EASY to think 'I don't know how', then not learn for that reason

Dear Build-It friends My laptop crashed, and fortunately, this aligned with a series of events which led to my experience with online work abd life HUGEly improving! It is a powerful thing, living in Natural