What I got up to for my birthday including lots of cute gifts. The post Birthday Week appeared first on Asking For Trouble ..read more

I was back on Iona for a few days recently to work with Iona Craft Shop and here's a few photos from my journey. The post Work Trip To Iona appeared first on Asking For Trouble ..read more

A big list of all the craft projects, kits and patterns I haven't started or finished yet. The post All My Unfinished Craft Projects appeared first on Asking For Trouble ..read more

I've completed my first craft project of the year, a beautiful felt flower garland kit for my mantelpiece. The post Woodland Wonders Felt Flower Garland appeared first on Asking For Trouble ..read more

Some of the amazing things I've bought or been gifted recently. The post Recent(ish) Purchases & Gifts appeared first on Asking For Trouble ..read more

My old wooden turtle visited my dad's Repair Shop and came back looking beautiful The post My Wooden Turtle appeared first on Asking For Trouble ..read more

A look back at my month with photos, blog posts, books and more. The post January 2024 Recap appeared first on Asking For Trouble ..read more

While I did get a lot done in 2023, it wasn’t a very good year for plans and goals. The cost of living crisis was a major issue as my budget was severely restricted and I just didn’t have the money for travel, shopping, creating new products or doing random things for fun. So I basically failed all my plans & goals, other than going swimming at the new leisure centre (once!), though I did better with crafts and reading. Seeing these amazing rainbow nacreous clouds over Christmas gives me a lot of hope for the coming year! I do like to have to goals to stop me feeling aimless so here 10 bus ..read more

Here’s a look back at all my craft projects from 2023 and what I’m planning to make in 2024. I had an extremely crafty year and finished more projects than I could ever have predicted. That isn’t even all of them above! I tried some new things too, with varying levels of success. May favourite project of the year has to be my Zelda tapestry, since I had abandoned it years ago. It turned out so well and I really must get it up on the wall. I’m also really proud of this Butterflies & Bees embroidery kit as I learned so much and really improved my skills, plus it looks beautiful. I did a ..read more

Here’s a look back at my 2023 reading challenge and my reading goals for 2024. I optimistically set my Goodreads reading challenge back to 52 books and only managed 35, which is a new low for me. That was mainly due to MOBY DICK, which took me 6 months to finish, plus I also did a lot of re-reading – including some very long books – which I don’t count. I still read a lot of good stuff so here’s a little breakdown. Fiction: 17 / Non-Fiction: 16 / Comics: 2 5 stars: 10 / 4 stars: 11 / 3 stars: 13 / Unrated: 1 Ebooks: 30 / real books: 5 / of those, borrowed: 5 You can read about them all on my ..read more