hilkat

Finally, after two weeks of carrying, lifting, moving and shifting, losing feeling in our feet and continually digging the car out of the snow and ice, we are settled in our new home. Somehow, I managed to pick not only the same year, but right down to the same week and even day to move house that the UK decided to go all unnatural weather-wise, and deliver us 20cm of snow - if it hadn’t been so annoying, it might have been funny. I hate moving house at the best of times, and it’s safe to say that trying to get everything done during what was dubbed, ‘The Big Freeze’ with a fifteen-month old toddler in tow really iced the removal cake. BUT, we’re in now, so I can get on with more exciting things, namely, new crafty goodies and a sneaky peek into our new home!

Our new place is much bigger than our old one, so we have lots and lots and lots of homewares shopping to do (secretly, my favourite kind!) to really fill it out and make it look as comfy and cosy as we can (while remembering to place everything up high so it’s safe from the sticky grasp of the little man). I’ve made a good start on the kitchen, with milk jugs, flower pots and printed trays all jostling for space along the worktops, and gorgeous little postcards dancing along the picture rail…..

The views from the huge lounge windows are lovely, and on a clear day you can see all the way across to the Isle of Wight - although this week it looked more like this…

Apart from the endless possibilities of finding coloured delights and little knick-knacks for our home, the second exciting thing is how many crafty projects I’m planning. For Christmas, my lovely husband-to-be bought me a Brother sewing machine, so I wasted no time in logging on to eBay to see what lovely fabrics I could find - I particularly like the blue owls that I’m going to use in the little man’s room, and the colourful flowers…and the stripes… actually, I love them all!

As you can see, I’ve also got some rather lovely new yarn for various crochet projects I’m starting (why work on one thing at once, when you can work on ten?!), and several new craft books to work my way through. I’m planning a post soon to actually start showing you some of the things I’ve (half) done, so keep an eye out!

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