Chez Spud

People Who Craft…I need you. I need various volunteers to make one item and send to a random stranger somewhere in the world and receive, in theory 36 hand crafted goodies back. Some of you can’t hide, I know you craft so I’ll be emailing you direct. Be afraid….be v..e..r..y afraid.
So people who sew, knit, [...]

When I was a child my favoured gift would have been….toys
When I was a teenager my favoured gift would have been….clothes/shoes/make up etc
When I was in my 20s my favoured gift would have been…jewellry/perfume/handbags
When I was in my early 30s my favoured gift would have been…a boyfriend/husband/anyone to stop the voices in my head
Now I’m [...]

The Afghan is slowly taking shape. I’ve been making it for a month now and I’m pleasantly surprised how fast it’s coming along. Today we put all the squares on the floor to see how near/far it is from being ‘enough’. The tally is 55 squares done, 25 to go. I’ve set myself a target [...]

Thanks to The Domestic Sensualists via Julochka via Julochka’s grandmother for the gift of Banana Bread. And a special big thanks to Julochka’s daughter, Sabin, for her inspired addition of vast chunks of chocolate to the recipe. Such insight at the tender age of 9! Banana and chocolate go together like, er, banana and chocolate. [...]

Last Sunday was a busy busy busy day for Megaboy 2. Much of the day was spent dressed as an elf, because you can never be ready for Christmas too early can you? Then there were models to make…

Puzzles to be puzzled…

Most excitingly, there was a Big Boy’s Bed to be made with a lot [...]

Well a bit over a year but let’s not split hairs shall we?
Year Two of the 365 Photo A Day project is, frankly, a bit of a challenge. I’m really struggling to get enthused about it and it’s feeling like such a chore at the moment that I’m thinking of giving up. Gasp. I’ve been [...]

I don’t remember Valentine’s Day playing any kind of role in my childhood, beyond a secret yearning for one of those vast and (I now realise) hideous padded cards, complete with saccharine verse inside. Valentine’s Day was for lovesick and sickening teenagers and dutiful married people.
I can remember the giddy expectant joy of it all [...]

…but hold your nose because my breath doesn’t smell too sweet….
This is Prudence, a Middle White pig. A rare and endangered species in the UK. Can’t think why…although, to be fair, both the Emperor of Japan and Anthony Worral Thompson keep herds of Middle Whites as they believe they produce the best tasting pork. An [...]

I almost called this post ‘On women’ but thought it would attract the wrong kind of attention. The kind that you get on Flickr if you post a photo of your feet, the uglier the better apparently.
I’ve been thinking about women a lot recently, but not in that way. About how delightful, empowering, reassuring, encouraging [...]

Can’t…stop…making…stuff…
Crappy iphone shot. Arms are both broken after shooting the valentine’s garland. Occupational hazard I guess…
This is mostly Julochka’s fault. She’s either my ‘enabler’ or my ‘craft stash pusher’ (her term), depending on how gracious I’m feeling. Last night she was tempting me with a Gocco printer, but I fear my craft budget has been [...]