A year in photos...12 photos, 12 amazing months...

I celebrated my Dad's fiftieth with my amazing family...nautical style!

I turned 21 and spent the day in dismal Frome with my best friend - what a day!

We moved into our new MASSIVE home and the cats grew SO BIG.

I started dating the most incredibly kind man on earth.

May was all about the heat wave and living with these amazing guys.  Such happy memories! xxx

The opening of a new museum meant a great day out with my bestie!

July is the Boat Festival and this year I was so blessed to spend it with the people I love!

I spent August going on scavenger hunts with Ed and finding real treasure on the way...

An amazing family get together with three of my brothers and my Daddy!  Insane love there.

I got to spend a morning trying on bridal gowns for an article. So much fun.

My incredible little brother become a daddy himself, to Milla Rose Chapman,

I had a beautiful Christmas meal with my niece, my besties, my brother and his lovely partner.

For me 2011 has been a champion year.  I wrote a weekly feature for a national paper, entered and left a relationship (one that really made my summer truly magical and I have a real friend forever there), have spent a lot of time with family and building on friendships.

I feel so blessed in so many ways and it is all because of the people I am surrounded by so thank you all.

Much love,

Hannah xxx

P.S I've heard that 2012 is the year of SUCESS...is it for you too?

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I know, I know.  I promised not to blog until after I moved.  But I wanted to show you this pretty lace necklace I am wearing at New Years.  The lace is vintage and was gifted to me by Iz, an illustrator pal.  I simply threaded some festive red wool through the lace and tie it in a bow at the back.  Super sweet and so simple.


What are y'all wearing?
Hannah xxx

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Happy Christmas Eve everybody - I hope you are all sipping delicious mulled wine, eating home made mince pies and getting deliciously fat.

A little festive photo for you all. Me, my niece and my best buddy.

As I am sure most of the people reading this are aware, I am moving to Chicago in January. I fly out on the 11th to be precise and it is an event that has been sucking my life away.  I have been so focused on that that other projects and aspirations have fallen to the wayside a little.  


And so I must apologise that between Christmas and me arriving in my new home there may be a break in blogging.


I wanted to make my own clothes, become a better cook, make a handbag, build furniture and decorate the little boat I have been living on.  Sadly these things have not happened yet but it's my sincere hope that they do.  As of 2012 this little blog will be coming straight from the U.S.A and I hope we can all learn a little something about crafting while I am out there!


Here are some pics from last year, hopefully Christmas will be just as AMAZING.

I made Christmas jumpers last year, including: reindeer, christmas trees, snowmen and a robin.

I love this picture of TIm and Elly, she looks like a celebrity chef and so poised!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


Hannah xxx


P.S Think there's nothing to look forward to? Think again. Handmade gifts have been exchanged all over the place and I will be sharing the ones I have given and received this festive season.

A little Christmas project

I love to make Christmas cards.  I think it is a super sweet way to share Christmas cheer with the people you love and if they are handmade then even better.

This year I made them with the help of my best galpal Wai Wai who just happens to be a very talented illustrator.  We were watching the film Elf and decided it would be really cute (and funny) to send Elf qoutes to all my family.  They haven't seen the film so they probably won't get the references. Anchor Man cards next year maybe?

One thing we learnt was that I cannot draw quotation marks.  I kept having to say "66 and 99" to get it right and even then I occasionally had to look at what I had drawn and say"Oh...66 and backwards 66..." Weak.

I bought two packets of pre-folded cards and envelopes.  We used a variety of pens to write the quotes and add the confetti to the pages.  Some of them are flush with the card while some dried raised, this makes them really nice to touch.

I hope you like the cards - I do!  Maybe there's one heading your way.


Hannah xxxx 

Coffee date with a new father!

I took Gigantor for a coffee date with my little brother.  Not only did he become a dad this month it was also my first mince pie of the season.  I think that calls for a share with you, yes?

Here is my beautiful but MASSIVE neice.  She weighed over 11 pounds and looks just like her mother, Elly.

Have you had a mince pie date?
Hannah x

Handmade necklace by moi!

Isn't this necklace festive?  I certainly think so.  It took me an afternoon to make using felt, embroidery thread and a length of wool. I was inspired by this tutorial but as you can see, hers is much nicer.  What I am learning is that I need to think and plan things through before I dive into them.  Even if I am happy with the end result!

I folded over a piece of red felt and cut out a rectangle and a smaller circle.

I embroidered one piece of each and then stitched the plain felt onto the back to cover untidy stitches.

I made little loops with the embroidery thread and threaded the wool through.

Waddya think?

Hannah x

Handmade necklace from Elly!

The lovely Elly, mother to my niece and long suffering girlfriend of my younger brother, made me this pretty necklace as a thank you gift.  

Back in September I threw her a baby shower full of hand crafted prettiness and she made me this little beauty and some earrings.  I love wearing it with a plain black top and red lipstick, the green and the red make it a festive necessity   

Hope you're all having a wonderful December

Hannah x