life, crafts, prettiness
I’ve been really confused by winter in Cape Town this year. We had some really miserable and freezing days, but they’ve also been interspersed with warm, balmy days where I’ve been tempted to wear short sleeves! I don’t think that we’re through the worst of it, so a part of me is bracing myself for more…
Morning everyone! I was just about to write “Happy Monday”, but I had to remind myself that it’s actually Tuesday. For those of you in SA, I hope you had a lovely long weekend. I’ve posted about Babylonstoren before, but one of my favourite things about it is that every time we visit there’s something…
Yay, it’s Friday! I hope you’ve enjoyed the first week of this series, I have to admit that I’ve enjoyed putting the list of projects together. For our last project for the week I’m sharing this really simple twisted crochet headband from Olivia and Hopeful Honey. I only have very basic crochet skills, but I…
I’ve never really been that inspired to crochet. My dear Nan taught me to knit when I was a little girl (I can knit a mean scarf), but crochet was never really that high up on my radar, I guess I associated it with those awful toilet roll covers with the barbie on top (yikes).…
My dear friend Jade has recently launched her own business selling her beautiful hand-crocheted items. I was lucky enough to get one of her scarves for my birthday recently, which I love! Each item is made with the utmost love and care, using high quality yarns in gorgeous colours. Pop over to her website, or…
So, it seems that Cape Town has decided that Summer is officially over. There was no gradual decrease in temperature, Autumn just arrived (or at least it feels that way). And I have to confess that I’m actually enjoying it. I love summer, but I’m also really looking forward to evenings cuddled up under a…
So, we’re back from our weekend in the mountains with the in-laws. And yes, we did get to play in the snow! I lived a somewhat snow-deprived childhood in a coastal town, so my extent of snow experiences was limited to yearly sightings on the top of the local mountains. I did get to see…