It's officially Autumn!

The 1st of September is here and some may say I'm crazy, but in my eyes, that makes it officially Autumn and what a dent we made in the first day of Autumn.

I made these gluten free and vegan cupcakes...

Mum made soup and we went blackberry picking ready for my first crumble of the year on Sunday. I also gained a fruit bowl (thanks Mum).

She gave me some of her homemade jam too :)

I also had my whole knitting technique re-written, we discovered my Great Nannie had taught me to knit by looping anti-clockwise instead of clockwise, leaving me with a twisted stitch. I was taught to hold my tension in such a way that once I've grasped it I should be able to knit like fury. I was like learning to knit all over again.

I almost forgot the squashes I have gotten this week, ready for my favorite time of year (yes, how did you guess, Autumn.) Anyone that knows me well, knows I have an absolute obsession for squashes of all shapes and sizes, I love finding new ones, my net challenge is to grow some.

Paquito and Gem Squash!

My 1st of September was finished off with this scrumptious vegan dinner...

Dan Dan Noodles with Spicy Tofu

Rain, candles and Great British Bake Off

Today I have had a really lovely day with Mum! We went to Taverham Garden center and resisted the urge to buy Christmas fabric.

I really fancied soup due to all the rain today, it feels ever so autumnal, much to my delight their soup of the day was vegetable :)

I may have been able to battle temptation with fabric but when it came to Yankee Candles I was far weaker and bought Mountain Lodge and Kitchen Spice ready for the autumn months (which I can't wait for now)

After running around doing errands in the rain I curled up in my PJs and watched The Great British Bake Off, I do love that programme, there is always some really interesting concoctions and its so inspiring!

I'm off to make this for the boy...

Spinach, Pea and Ricotta Tart

Fabric Shopping Fun

It's taken me far too long to blog about my lovely day fabric shopping with Mum yesterday.

I got really well stocked up for my Autumn/Halloween crafting...

Apologies for the poor photo quality!

I also got a few Yankee Candles :)

Hiatus

So it's been exactly 4 months since I blogged.

Its been a tough few months.

With the help of Mum I have come to realise its time to reunite with my blog.

I read this on Crafty Helen and thought 'yes that's exactly what I need to do'

"So, I need to face up to my short-comings

(and boy have I got plenty)

and not spend so much time beating myself up

for having failed to reach my unreasonable expectations"

Click!

Click!

So here's to a fresh start and knitting squares!

Early Birthday Presents and Sparkling Kitchens...

... Is what fantastic Thursdays are made of.

Despite first thing, whilst half way through the washing up with Mikey, our sink breaking today was a really great day.

Thankfully the sink is now fixed.

My Mum visited today and we went to a lovely wool shop just round the corner from mine called Norfolk Yarn where I got an early birthday present loaddddsss of amazingly coloured fleece for felting with

Thanks Mum!

Once getting home I was determined to have my kitchen spotless and I mean spotless like its never been before and I thought it only fair to share my success with photos (how sad am I)
Only those who have seen some of the states my kitchen has been in will realise how much of a big deal this is and how proud my mother will be haha.

You can finally see my kitchen table, which we ate on I will add!

I really need/want to resurface this table am still looking for inspiration, please feel free to share some ideas I would love to hear what you guys think.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

My goodness it has come round quickly and this week has flown by as I've been so busy and unfortunately really rather unwell :(

Monday I spent the day with my Mum and we had lunch at Captain America's, which is this lovely little (one off and not a chain) American Style Dinner Restaurant

I had a tasty Chilli Burger YUM YUM YUM!

The evening brought friends, more decorations, getting pretty and partying :)

This picture makes me giggle :P

Today I spent a lovely Christmas Eve at my parents (sadly with no pictures) but there was lots of chocolate and goodies, good coffee (the type with Baileys in it hehe) and a fantastic Chinese Takeaway to finish. I hope they like their presents!

The snow has pretty much all disappeared now so it was a white Christmas just a touch early.

After a lot of thought and diligence and a small amount of shouting to Amazon on the phone this morning I did manage to get all the presents I planned to buy but sadly, yet not surprisingly, I have not finished the jumper, damn being ill, but it can be a New Year present!