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Ladybird likes goodie bag
I first came across Ladybird likes through another blogger. Then I came across them when I saw Clara Oswald wearing collar-clips a mere week after I'd received some I'd from Kate Gabrielle's Flapper...
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Autumn treasures
So, come on then Autumn, show me your finery!Take me on a journey of discovery, that we may know each other as dear old friends.Deck yourself in your most dandiest of threadsAnd serenade and woo me...
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TARDIS Tuesday- The temporary Caretaker
Image borrowed from http://www.combom.co.uk/2014_09_21_archive.html but original images belong to the BBC.Hello there!Greetings on this fine (?) TARDIS Tuesday. Today, I am returning to my favourite...
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Budgie in the tea pot! A DIY brooch post
Aloha!Whilst there is a still an amount of shrink plastic in my house, I have found reasons to make brooches or other items - it's funny but it's the drawing and colouring I am loving but with a...
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5 brooches part 7
Hello there,I hope all is well with you! I am well. The majority of these brooches have been worn over the past 2 weeks as there have been a few days sans brooches I wish this photo were better as...
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Charity shop purchases October 2015
Hello there!I thought I'd share some charity shop purchases I made recently as I know we all like sharing these! I only need TWO more books in the Railway Detective series (I think 'Iron Horse' is the...
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Hello!
Apologies for the lack of comments, new post and the such-like. I was away in Northumberland and I accidentally forgot my laptop /work bag (realised half way to Birmingham) which was a disaster in...
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Scavenger Hunt October 2015
I think I'm addicted! I could not stand not being able to blog!!! The good news is, I've stayed up ridiculously late for the last 3 nights (2am-ish) and got lots done). The bad news is I still have...
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One day like this
You know sometimes you have a day where you are so busy, so rushed off your feet, but somehow it is a day that makes you exhilarated,joyful, glad to be alive, efficient, working well and being...
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John Lewis- Birmingham New Street
Last week being half term and we planned as usual to visit Northumberland, CBC and I decided to pay a visit to the new John Lewis in Birmingham as CBC's sister had been one of the engineers working on...
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Boot!
It strikes me that the title Boot! should have been a Terry Pratchett title. Alas, he died before he could finish it. I've recently finished another Pratchett called 'Wee Free Men' which was utterly...
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5 brooches part 7- falling apart at times
Hi All,Hope you are well. I've had a lovely weekend with some great events and excursions which I will tell you about at some point but I thought I'd do a quick share of the latest brooches- these are...
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Foxed!
Hello there!CBC and I are pretty hopeless when it comes to planning our weekends. We survive the week at school and get to the weekend and start to wonder what we could do.Luckily, this weekend, CBC...
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Blanchland calling!
Blanchland is a village around 10 miles or so away from Corbridge in Northumberland.We ended up going for a walk there because a friend recommended we visit the Lord Crewe Arms hotel there for lunch....
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What was the iconic toy that was around when you were a little girl or boy? For me, as a child born at the start of the 80's (almost), my toy was the Carebears. I adored them. For anyone who doesn't...
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When the world is going mad, do something good
Hello All,I hope that you are well, safe, contented and warm. Usually, I live in a bit of a news/media bubble- I don't have a TV, I don't read the newspaper or internet news, listen to radio news or...
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5 brooches part 8
Hello all!I hope you are well. I am fine apart from some weird throat and tonsil stuff which has been going on for a while but it's not catastrophic.Onto the next batch of brooches then? Brooch number...
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Retro 80's birthday cakes
I alluded to my Mum's amazing cake baking during my childhood in my Carebears post (thanks to Steph/ven who helped locate the Carebears episode I longed to see!!) . I asked her to send me some photos...
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Biscuits and pickles and strange buzzings behind the curtain....
Hello there!How are you? Well I hope. It is late on Wednesday night and I am terrified because SOMETHING IS BUZZING VERY LOUDLY BEHIND THE CURTAIN!!!!! I am far too scared to check what it is. It...
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The paradoxical blogpost of pom poms
This is one of those paradoxical posts where I saw an idea, that someone saw, that someone saw- follow the chain to find out whose idea it was first, but I saw it on Char's blog! I had intended to make...
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