Scottish Mum Blog - Writing from Aberdeen
Walking in the rain, or blogging in the snow. On the path to enlightenment, wear comfy shoes.
How to make an Autumn / Winter tree decoration Unfortunately summer has gone, now it is time to celebrate Autumn and the coming of winter. Bring some colour to those grey days with this beautiful fun tree decoration craft activity tutorial by Stacey for Cutfoam, which the kids will love making. The tree shape [...]
Forget that it’s summer now as the weather has been atrocious. I had the kids with me last week when we went out and about to get some cheapie new curtains for the lounge I am decorating. Ok, the curtains didn’t end up as cheap as I was hoping to get them, but they’re certainly [...]
I made very strongly scented Coco Mango Tangerine and Fresh Linen Tealights to burn yesterday afternoon. The smells are amazing. If you want to make your own, follow the instructions on the Mothers Day Blog Post. Be sure to let me know how your candles turned out. Related Posts:Mothers Day – Crafty Tealight [...]
Making sure our mothers get a present that is fit for the fabulous job that they all do, is difficult. Often, it is the time spent on making something that is more important than what it is that they have received. How can we give our lovely mums something different? Making handmade gifts lets your [...]
Sandra from Kids Bee Happy sent me some sand art packs to review. My children whooped with delight considering they absolutely loved the sand art at our Christmas Party last year (that sounds such a long time ago). The little packs come in boys or girls style pictures and the transformers and car pack was [...]
Saturday was a revelation. A group of parents run a special needs club at the weekends, with the support of a school and the grateful advice and help from the National Autistic Society. We borrow a school premises and open up to children with ANY type of disability up to the age of 14 in [...]
It’s about time I introduced one of my hobbies – my smelly heaven of candlemaking. I absolutely love the scents and smells of burning candles. Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter, I love, love, love them. I started out by buying the ready mades you get in supermarkets, but they just didn’t cut it for me. [...]
