At least the rain has stopped and Dudley is enjoying his walks without having to dodge the rain. Snowdrops are appearing as well, always a s...

I should have added this to my blog post of yesterday - after I wrote about using hairspray to seal a piece of gilding flakes work.  I'v...

In a few of Chrissie's YouTube videos, she uses gilding flakes - and that set me thinking back to when I too used to play with flakes an...

A while ago I bought some goodies from AALL & Create - and this is the first outing for one of the sets - it really tickles my sense of ...

... or, as my Mum always said, 'Panhaggerty'. Recipes differ around the North East of England, more than I realised until recently. ...

OK, who opened the rain floodgates? Non-stop rain here for what seems like weeks and no end in sight. I know that the UK isn't the only ...

I found this post - 11 years old now - but only a couple of you actually saw and commented on it - so it's perhaps worth a repeat as one...

  Just to say - I have today sorted out and rationalised my Christmas card list and deleted 21 people in total. Yup, shocked me too. A good...

The Snippets Playground is celebrating 11 years since I took on the running of it from dear Jules. Where did the time go? We have a new cha...

Many of us will be glad to see the back of 2022 - the year in which we lost our beloved Queen Elizabeth, I lost two close friends and also m...

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Ho, ho, ho! My snippets card below was made for a friend's hubby - it eventually arrived but was late due to a...

  I was a bit late putting the finishing touches to our Christmas decorations - and it also took me much longer than it used to!  So no snip...

It's always so hard to know what to do about Christmas cards for recently bereaved friends. On the one hand, 'jolly and bright'...

Last Wednesday I wrote about Miss Monica Tebbs, who was Senior Mistress when I was at a co-ed boarding school in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Fa...

I needed money holders to send to Kai in Germany, for her to use a PayPal transfer from us, and fill them with real Euro notes for the '...

It's time to have the Grand Switch on of the Christmas lights in the Snippets Playground. Do hop over to take a peek - HERE - at 7:30 p...

Me on the right and Monica Tebbs in centre Warning - this is going to be a long post so either pass by - or go for a wee and then make a cu...

About a week ago, I set to and made three money/cheque holders. The size is perfect for euros as I carefully measured up -  but Len had me ...