🎂🎂 HAPPY PLACE 🎂🎂
Yesterday could have been a rubbish birthday, but instead it was the opposite.
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We didn't do a whole heap of things but it didn't matter.
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I made this coconut and lemon cake with my daughter, who is a very ambitious baker. Her original idea would have used all our flour and most of our eggs, but she compromised without a fight. 🎂
I ate a sandwich so good that I didn't want dinner, which is just as well, because, cake! 🎂
I had a classic Totterdown walk with @alspals.uk where we couldn't go more than 50m without seeing someone we knew. I love living here.
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I did some creative stuff too, although less than I planned. But that was fine too.
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But most importantly, I was able to see the real life faces of people I love, whether from at a 'safe' distance or through a screen. That's all that matters right now. That's all that ever matters. Happy days. 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂
#Bristol #totterdown #coviddays
🌈 🦄🌈GOOD DAYS 🌈🦄🌈
Today is my birthday and I have approximately a million things to be thankful for. 🌈
Right now though I'm in a food coma from the ridiculous grilled cheese I had for lunch, delivered by @formiceandmen. One of the nicest things I've EVER eaten, but definitely nap inducing!
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Luckily, our new knitted rainbow (free pattern from @sincerelylouise) makes a brilliant neck cushion, which I'm wearing as I type this! 😴 It'll go in the window in a min, promise.
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Knitting it has kept me happily occupied the last few evenings. I didn't have any super chunky yarn, so I just held loads of different strands together, which meant I could create the exact colours I wanted. There may have been tangle related swearing as a result, but it was worth it. 🌈
Later today there will be baking and gardening ( #middleagedshoutout) and cake courtesy of @francinefoodie. Several people have used their daily exercise to deliver things to me (safely), which is ridiculously generous and I feel like a very lucky person right now. I have plants, and books and Polish chocolate and textile thingies and life is good. 🌈
I do hope you're having a fine day too, in whatever form that takes. I'm now going to attempt to lever myself from the horizontal. Wish me luck!
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#foodcoma #elvissandwich. #knitting #knitwear #knitweardesigner #handknit #handmade #knittersofinstagram #techeditor #techeditorsofinstagram #sewing #sewingbee #dressmaking#quilting .
🏕️ WOODLAND HOTEL 🏕️
We bought this sign just before we moved into our home seven years ago. I spotted it in the background of an ebay furniture listing, so it felt like a real find. But life is busy and it sat in a corner for years until we finally put it up over Christmas just gone.
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We were due to go away over Easter, but it looks like we'll be at the Woodland Hotel for the foreseeable. And that's fine by me. Anything we can do to support those on the front line gets my vote.
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Keeping busy helps me during tricky times. So today I stitched some covers for my yoga bolster and a slightly tired cushion. The fabric was a vintage curtain from our local (amazing) charity shop, @sphtotterdown - currently closed of course, and the whole project only took a couple of hours but definitely helped me feel a bit more normal.
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I'm lucky to work with @clovermfg fairly regularly, so I used the rotary cutter and ruler they sent me to keep everything neat. I've been talking to my Clover contact quite a bit recently, planning future projects, but also commiserating over everything that's happening. I feel like one good thing that's come of this is that it's made us all a bit more human. Clients sign off 'stay well' or ask after my family, and I do the same.
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I do hope you are well today. Personally, I'm having good days/hours/minutes amongst the tougher moments, and overall, I know I'm lucky to be here at the Woodland Hotel.
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#sewing #sewingbee #dressmaking #quilting #dressmaker #quilter #stylist #styling #coviddays
🙏 SMALL THINGS 🙏
I firmly believe you make your own happiness. Of course sometimes life serves you a tough hand, but being grateful for what you have can help. In the face of adversity, small victories also become more important. 🙏
Today I:
1. Did almost a full day's work (at weird times)
2. Took the dog to the park and sat in the sun
3. Emailed with some friends/ clients (my line is quite blurry on this!) 4. Spoke to other friends and family via socials/WhatsApp
5. Started on our veg bed project - we've been talking about it for two years. Now we've got a proper incentive!
6. Had a nice chat with a neighbour (four doors away so very socially distanced... )
7. Signed some petitions
8. Emailed my MP
9. Did PE with my daughter
10. Ate pretty well
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There were less good things too, but basically we're OK so I won't tempt fate by expanding on that. Instead I'm sending virtual power and positivity your way, whoever you may be. I hope you're finding your way through this too. If you have space to feel grateful for what you have, and for your small victories, so much the better. If not, I hope tomorrow is easier my friend.
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#stayhome #staystrong #staywell
🍵 TEA AND SYMPATHY 🍵
This month marked a return to #marchmeetthemaker for me, and I managed to keep up the posts for a while, but events have rather taken over, haven't they?! 🍵
Not everything is OK in my world right now, but things could also be a hell of a lot worse. So, to show my gratitude for my many blessings, here's a free pattern in case you need a quick project to take your mind off other things.
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I find wearing handwarmers very comforting and wear my Pomegranate mitts inside our drafty Victorian house as well as out. This pattern uses less than 100g of aran or worsted yarn and will be free on @lovecraftsknitting
and @hi.ravelry throughout 2020. If you can spare a donation to a charity of your choice when you download it, great, but if you can't, that's absolutely fine too. We're all in this together.
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#freeknittingpattern #knitting #knitweardesigner #knitwear #techeditor #techeditorsofinstagram #knittersofinstagram
