Frou Frou

This is a little Frou Frou Ballerina Cardigan I made a little while ago. It was intended as a gift for someone's little one, but by the time I'd finished it unfortunately the little one was not so little and so wouldn't have fit her. Its therefore gone on my Facebook page "A Hint of Magick" to be sold. I have enough wool to do the next size up so that will be for sale as soon as its done.

Its a sweet little cardigan don't you think?

Pot pourri

I'm full of experimentalness at the moment, I've recently made some pot pourri for the festive season.

Ingredients include:

4/5 dried orange slices

2/3 cinnamon quills

2tsp cloves

1tsp allspice

10 drops of orange essential oil

10 drops of clove bud essential oil

10 drops of frankincense essential oil

Place all in a tub for about a week, longer if possible. Arrange on a plate. I've added 2 oranges which I've cut in half and a orange/clove permander.

Smells lovely. Its currently sitting beneath my Christmas tree in my living room.

Soap making

I recently started making soaps, I ordered a bucket of soap base online. It was on special offer, I didn't think about how much a 20kg bucket actually was so was surprised and amused when the order arrived. Its palm oil free and clear, which means its easy for me to add bits to the soaps if I desire.

I've made a selection of soaps so far including

Rosemary Essential Oil (with Rosemary bits in) soap, Frankincense, Neroli and Rose Essential Oil soap, and I had an experiment with some Mixed Spice which I had in the kitchen. Doesn't look too pretty but its a yummy smell.

I had a request from my sister to make some black pepper soaps. Here they are setting, again not too pretty but they smell peppery.

I'm continuing to play with different scents, but you can guess what the family will have included in their Christmas stockings this year.

Randomness - How to wrap a cat

I wish my cat's were this sedate.

Yuletide greetings

Ok, so t'is a bit early for the season to be jolly, however I thought I'd share my Yule decorations which will hopefully sell during the craft fairs that I'm going to in the weeks leading up to Yule or Christmas.


For those who would be interested in these they are priced as follows, your comments on whether you think the pricing is right is very welcome:

These are 25p each

These are £1.50

These are 75p each

These are 50p each

There are a number of other things that are going to be added to the stall, but they haven't been made by me and too numerous to list anyway, so this is just a taster of the things that are included for sale. Hopefully it will be successful. Wish me luck :)

Christmas Craft Fair

I've agreed to do a stall at a Christmas Craft Fair in November. So I'm busily making Yule decorations that could be sold. Here are a few of the things I've been making to go on my little stall.





I've created 12 mini wreaths so far. I think the wreaths could do with some ribbon to hide the glue but I'm happy with the results so far.

I'm still deciding what to charge for the items, I'm sure I'll come up with a good price.

Elderberry and Apple Jelly

There was an elder in the back garden of the cottage we're living in. It takes up most of the garden and we agreed with our Landlord (i.e Daddy) that it should be removed. Before my hubby began cutting it back he's collected the elderberries for me. He's also brought some home from a garden he's tidying up for a neighbour. So with this in mind I've been given some apples from my parents and I've made Elderberry and Apple Jelly. Here's me in the process

And here's the result.



I'm gradually building up quite a stock of preserves so will be giving some of these jars away as gifts.