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The Joy of Making, Selling and Giving
And just like Christmas it’s all over! I popped by craft fair cherry 🤭! After 6 weeks of manic making, I hosted my first craft stall at Fresh Ground Eltham’s first Christmas Fayre. As I mentioned before it was very much like the wedding prep but in a much shorter period but so worth it! …
Mikey’s Magic March
As some of you will have seen from my recent Insta posts a couple of weekends ago I spent Saturday very differently to my usual routine of CBeebies-Breakfast-CBeebies-Park-Lunch-Nap (SHED)-Reading (same book over and over again)- Dinner prep – CBeebies Bedtime Hour- Dinner- In the Night Garden- Bathtime- Bedtime. Instead I was up at 7:30 leaving …
Big brave steps!
HELLO!!! Anyone out there?! I have been a bad blogger (again) and failed to post for AGES! It’s not been lack of intention, but things have been rather busy at BBKnitz HQ. Also as you will notice the next few posts are not real time(!!) Firstly work has just gone crazy!! There is usually a …
About Me
“You’re wasted in banking”, is something I have been told on a fair few occasions during my career. Truth is I always thought I would be a career woman, a bit of a power bitch, then I hit a period in my early career that scared me. I nearly burnt myself out, became very withdrawn and spent all the time I wasn’t working sat watching telly like a zombie. A happy chance of creating some fancy dress jewellery for a night out with my friends, triggered an unexpected spark, and in that tiny bracelet I discovered a joy of productivity and achievement. Over the next few weeks this joy led to the realisation that crafting was therapy for me. I could use it as escapism (as I had films and books in the past). I took a look at my life and made a very serious choice, one that I am sure many people don’t realise is so important in lives we live today – You can live to work, or you work to live. Continue reading
