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Christmas biscuits
Today’s Advent activity was to make Christmas biscuits. This is, I will admit, a little early for the big day itself, but I am sure we will make some more before then, and I did have a slight ulterior...
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Festive Rocky Road
The Advent activity today was to make Rocky Road. And not just any Rocky Road, Festive Rocky Road…. Here it is in all it’s glory: Can you spot what might be festive about it….? It’s not just the...
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Homemade Christmas clay decorations
Our Advent activity yesterday was to make clay decorations (you can read all about our Advent calendar, and some of the ‘things to do’ here). This is the post from The Woodside Kitchen, that is the...
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The wreath…
After the Great Make Do and Mend Egg Box Tree, topped with it’s peg star, and all our other handmade and upcycled decorations, we obviously needed a wreath for the front door to match. We haven’t used...
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!
And I think we’ve done it! WE HAVE BOUGHT NOTHING NEW FOR CHRISTMAS!! A couple of E-bay finds, some car boot treasures, and charity shop goodies, and all the rest is 100% homemade!! Including the tree,...
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Our Make Do and Mend Christmas
Well, we did it. We made it through Christmas without buying anything new! We had ‘alternative’ Advent calendars I had a small rant about Christmas and ‘stuff’ We did a Gift Exchange with the lovely...
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Christmas morning Chelsea buns
I mentioned yesterday that we had Chelsea buns for breakfast on Christmas morning, so I thought it was only fair to share the recipe with you! Despite my Bread Day at River Cottage and my other bread...
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So what did Santa bring..?
I know you are all desperate to find out exactly what Santa bought me… Hubby, who is bound by “The Rules” of My Make Do and Mend Year, did very well, and made all of my pressies! Desk tidy-I think as a...
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Leftovers…
Despite my best efforts, as ever, there was too much food on the table on Christmas Day. Not our Christmas dinner, I hasten to point out! This would be a travesty if it were all thrown away, but in...
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Halfway….
I know I am a little bit late with this, but guess what? 1st March saw us reach the halfway point in My Make Do and Mend Year!! It has flown by, and as I’m sure you all know, I am LOVING it!! I do a...
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Try Something New Tuesday
Waste Less, Live More week continues apace, with Try Something New Tuesday! My Make Do and Mend Year definitely become more adventurous with the food I was cooking, and more open to trying new...
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The Goose is Getting Fat….
Or not. As that would imply some kind of preparation for Christmas. It is looming far too quickly for my liking. Just a week left of November-eeeeeekkkkkkk! The major take home message from our Make Do...
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Stir Up Sunday
Tomorrow is Stir Up Sunday, and the day that, traditionally, Christmas puds are made. We still have a put tucked away from last year, and I am going to take a chance that there was enough booze in...
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Charity Shop Fairies
Someone on Twitter once mentioned to me (as you do) that there were such things as Charity Shop/Car Boot/General Thrifting Fairies, who can choose to smile down on you and bless you with a multitude of...
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Top 10 Tips for a Make Do and Mend Christmas
I was asked recently to write my Top 10 Tips for Make Do and Mend Christmas for a local paper, and thought that I would share the longer version that was too long for the paper with you lovely lot! 1)...
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Make It Christmas!
So, after my moaning and whining about not being in any way ready for Christmas, it is now already December, and I have progressed hardly any further at all. BUT, you have all given me some wonderful...
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Easy Peazy Lemon Squeazy
Last night, I made not one, but TWO different Christmas gifts, in the space of half an hour. Now, that is my kind of Homemade Christmas! I made Preserved Lemons, and some moisturiser bar things. First...
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Easy peasy not so lemon squeazy
The second of my easy peasy makes from the other night, is these moisturiser bar thingys. They were suggested on the blog by Sara, who even very kindly posted the link to the tutorial on Frugal by...
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WWW
Not the World Wide We, but a Willow Weaved Wreath! I think I have inadvertently started a tradition for making a wreath for our front door. Two years ago, hubby booked me onto a very pleasant...
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Recycling in Action
Homemade paper-this has to be the ultimate in recycling! BigSmall did this with Emma Croft, from the Witltshire Wildlife Trust in the summer, but I forgot to take any pictures, and then the paper blew...
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