a party in the deep, dark wood

June 25, 2013 by the ashton alternative

Saturday was Niblet’s 3 and a half party. I know, I know…. most kids don’t have a half birthday party, but he never gets a party on his birthday (Christmas Day), so we decided to make a half birthday tradition. Advertisements

short and sweet

February 13, 2013 by the ashton alternative

This is the card I have made for Valentines for Hubbie this year. It still isn’t the card I had hoped to make this year or last, but I like it nonetheless.

making do

January 27, 2013 by the ashton alternative

I have been feeling a bit ‘blah’ or ‘meh’ for the past few weeks. I guess it’s to do with the weather and the post-Christmas blues that many people get. I have had no enthusiasm for anything, but lots of things I would like to do. Time seems to go so slowly, yet I get nothing […]

productive

October 17, 2012 by the ashton alternative

before Yesterday I had a productive morning while Niblet was at nursery. I’m normally busy trying to tidy up the house or sort out my endless stuff, but my mum had given us a bag of green tomatoes that were slowly going rotten and bought us some cooking apples (just because!).

on the blink!!

October 5, 2012 by the ashton alternative

Sorry, there hasn’t been much to see the last few weeks. We have been having some serious computer problems, on the plus side we’ve got a shiny new laptop with wireless web.

Veg in cakes

June 24, 2012 by the ashton alternative

Today we had a little party…. Niblet is 2 and a half tomorrow. I know most people don’t celebrate their half birthday, but as Niblet’s birthday is Christmas Day, we decided to give him a party in the summer.

Friday fun

February 3, 2012 by the ashton alternative

We had company today, friends for Niblet to play with and mums for me to chat with. So, yesterday I actually got round to making something…

It’s a sign!

November 28, 2011 by the ashton alternative

These are just signs in New York that I liked for some reason or other.

Baked

October 18, 2011 by the ashton alternative

In my mum’s old garden Today I got baking and making in the kitchen. We had a large pumpkin given to us by my mum, so I had to think of a few things to make.