Some of you may have noticed these pics already, up on the pattern page on Ravelry. And doesn’t the name ‘Phoenix’ suit the fiery red and the ruffled edge of this shawl? It’s so squishy and lovely. We had lots of fun doing “I’m so cosy” poses, and showing off how fab it looks when […]

Oh my, it’s good to get out in the fresh air taking some photos after being stuck inside and in the dark for so long. And when you have beautiful silk lace crochet to shoot, all the better! The colour is definitely perfect for those first hints of spring we’re eagerly anticipating – delicate yellow […]

I’ve mentioned before how I sometimes struggle with styling and props, and last year I got a chance to spend a wee while with some ladies who are absolute experts at putting together pure eye-candy, in every sense of the word :) Pearl & Godiva are who you talk to about hiring vintage china and […]

There was one day when it wasn’t grey and miserable so we got out and about and my dad took us to a train station where they were restoring steam trains (or ‘stoomtreins’ – possibly my new favourite word) from as far back as the forties, and we were able to wander about and take […]

Well, that was an explosive end to 2011 – the Dutch really take their fireworks seriously!And a perfect view from ooh, about 5 steps from the sofa, with no expensive drinks or taxi home. That’s my kind of hogmanay ;) But now we have emerged, blinking, into the harsh flourescent light of the office and […]

I got a lovely little surprise from a friend at the weekend, after he heard about my love of gingerbread/pepparkakor/lebkuchen and i was handed a little box containing this, baked by his mum and known locally as ‘perník’.  I managed to hold off with the nomming long enough to take a couple of pictures :) […]

This gingerbread house was my solo effort today after a (wine-fuelled) test run last night with Karen where we learned not to break the walls, put it together upside down or touch melted sugar while it’s still hot enough to be in liquid form… Still, we did a damn good job of the icicles and […]