Mum's Simply Living Blog

Previously on Mum's Simply Living Blog ... As well as finding the feather I also spotted, waiting patiently for a new owner,  th...

Previously on Mum's Simply Living Blog (note the sentence about the junk shop) ... DD has been invited to a 20s Ball and is lookin...

Hopefully we now have another volunteer for our Bloggy Blanket. Thank you, Compost Woman. There is information on the Bloggy Blanket pages ...

Just the day for a walk. It was cold but sunny and the tide was in. Wave to the sea please. Did you see it wave back? ...

Quilting uses up an awful lot of thread so in a rummage in a bag at the JS I spotted spools of thread in an old plastic carrier bag. It too...

Beautiful blue sky today with little fluffy clouds. To be correct it's a mackerel sky. "Mackerel in the sky, three days dry....

A ball of wool (20p) from the junk shop is keeping me going with the 2012 blanket. I decided to do some corner squares and edge them with th...

Just a bit to get from this ... ... to this. Nice one DH! :) Welcome to my new followers. I do hope you enjoy popping in from time to...

Oh my. The lady had a whole plastic linen basket full, FULL, of wool. I was tempted but I resisted and only bought a few (5) balls @ 50p eac...

I figure I've done enough de-cluttering for a bit. Let's bring something 'new' into the house. This pretty saucer was 10p fr...

Remember this? The teapot was from the Charity Shop. (I wonder why the spout is on upside down?) It's probably why it was taken to th...

I bought  some balls of wool ... ... and a hat for 75p. The cat thought it was an interesting buy. The blanket's coming along well...

I couldn't resist these drink mats from the junk shop, bought with a white jug (more jugs) and a glass pyrex bowl (more bowls) for £1. ...

... and so was the car boot. Do you want to see what I bought? I'll show you anyway. Homes mags - 10p each Set of 3 wire boxes whic...