Coco rose diaries

There's something undeniably delicious about wrapping yourself up in a cosy homemade crocheted blanket. Here, Let's Get Crafting magazine's deputy...

.......2018 Dear Vanessa, Goodness, that year went so fast. It seems that with every year that passes and one grows older (and hopefully wiser), the years just go by at a quicker rate. I'm sure soon it will feel like each year is only a month long. Well, as I touched on in my November post, 2018 saw a creative year for you. Whilst 2017 felt really rather non-existant in creative terms, it seemed that as soon as the New Year of 2018 rang in, your brain exploded with a never ending list you…

.......2018 Dear Vanessa, Goodness, that year went so fast. It seems that with every year that passes and one grows older (and hopefully wiser), the years just go by at a quicker rate. I'm sure soon it will feel like each year is only a month long. Well, as I touched on in my November post, 2018 saw a creative year for you. Whilst 2017 felt really rather non-existant in creative terms, it seemed that as soon as the New Year of 2018 rang in, your brain exploded with a never ending list you…

I was glad of this weekend. Truth be told i'm a little weary. I'm a homebody. I like being at home. I like pottering about. They are my favourite kind of days. I occupied myself with little crochet

Morning all. I have to say it's nice to come back to blogging with a ta-dah moment. Without taking a break, it may have been a fair bit longer for this moment to have come! Thank you so much for your comments and emails with regards to my last post. Trying to find a balance between bloggy time and home life is a hard one to get right. I think I just needed a good break away and reassess how I can make a better balance for me, which means I don't feel like I am always letting someone down…

....has been a little hurried.....but not as hurried as I thought it was going to be.......so that was a bonus. It mainly consisted of getting back into the school and house routine. I don't really do

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Well.....here it is. Alicia Paulson's 'Sunshine Day' Blanket FINALLY It seems to have been a long time coming. I first started making these little squares at Christmas time. I had such fun making them. I wanted the circles to be pops of colour, which meant having a muted background to play them off against. Mid grey was chosen, as I have a real soft spot for grey. All was going tickety-boo. I knew the blanket was a small one. 10 x 8 grannies, but when it was all together, it was teeny tiny…

I cannot decide whether this to be a cushion or a blanket

Strong coffee to get me through this morning. And no, it's not for a hangover. I just needed a caffeine surge this morning. Unusual for me to have such a caffeine hit so early, but needs must! I have a ton of washing to get washed and put away. A food shop needs doing and I am sitting here faffing on the computer. I need to get off Pinterest. Is there help available for pinterest addiction?!!!! Anyone else feel like that? The urge to pin and spend ridiculous amounts of time looking at…