Jan
31
This months Lones newsletter is all about craft and the envelope ended up being more crafty than I expected. I failed miserably to buy A5 envelopes or bring home the A4 ones I keep stored at work so instead I had to come up with a envelope – a recycled Hello! magazine came to the …
Jan
29
Well this past two weeks I’ve had some dread disease (possibly the common cold) anyway it put a stop to reading much with a epic plot or hard words (well at least a lot o f hard words) so instead I decided to catch up on my favourite comic strip – Get Fuzzy. You can …
Jan
08
Y: The Last Man is a series of comic books by Brian K. Vaughan which was recommended to me by a man dressed as Clark Kent (I was dressed as Barbara Gordon at the time). Often a tad sweary, certainly full frontal female nudity and a fair bit of gore but also full of pop …
Jan
06
I haven’t just been reading, oh no. I also picked up a needle and thread and tried some embroidery. Now this is my first attempt (I know I should have done a traditional sampler but I just wasn’t inspired). It’s a picture of one of my rats – Wheeler. I tried to do a range …
Jan
06
The latest book the be completed is ‘And another thing…’ by Eoin Colfer. This was another very enjoyable book. If it hadn’t been I’d have been most disappointed as 1) I’m a big fan of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and 2)I’m a big fan of Artemis Fowl. Not only that but it was …
Jan
05
Tom felt I hadn’t made a bear for a while (he’s right it’s been an age) so to get me back into it he bought me a ‘Make your Own Bear’ kit. Now this consisted of a bear skin (complete with Velcro back), a jumper, and everything you need to make the bear. Gyles was stitched up …
Jan
03
Another of the read by World Book Day books – Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Now this one I can enthuse about. I was worried at first that it would be similar in disappointment to Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights – neither managed to draw me in. At no point did I fall for our leading …
Jan
02
The Christmas holidays are a time of family, food and reading for me. So the first two books for the holiday were Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis and Blood Red Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick. Blood Red Snow White I’ve had lying around for a wee while. It drew me in as it mixed fairy tales …
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