THREE THINGS I LOVE: CRAFTGAWKER EDITION.

Have I mentioned how much I love Craftgawker here before? I don't think I have which is strange really because apart from Pinterest it's the first site I check when I get up in the morning.

Craftgawker is a photo gallery site filled with craft projects from bloggers all over the world. If you like crafts and diys you should definitely check it out. I've been lucky enough to get some of my own projects on the site, you can find my project gallery here, in fact it might even be how you stumbled across this blog in the first place. It's a great place to find new blogs to read, crafts to try out and a huge amount of inspiration.

Here's the three things I love (and found via Craftgawker) right now:

1. These  Diy Sky Blocks from Lovely Indeed. Such a simple and clever idea.

2. How to make your own printable Post-it notes (printables included) on The Paper Mama.

3. And these sweet Diy Copper Bar Earrings from Almost Makes Perfect.

Happy weekend everybody.

OUT AND ABOUT: HALE VILLAGE.

We took a trip to the village of Hale the other day. Hale is most famous for being the birthplace and home of John Middleton, best known as 'The Childe of Hale' who lived over 300 hundred years ago and was 9 feet 3 inches tall..

It was a beautiful, sunny day. We walked along the coast, watched quite a few planes take off and land (Liverpool airport is just down the road) and snapped a few pictures. The village was full of gorgeous whitewashed thatched cottages but sadly I'd forgotten to check my camera batteries (oops) and they ran out way before we got to that part of the village.

The statue above replaced a supposedly life size wood carving in 2013. There's a fantastic legend about how The Childe of Hale became so tall which you can read about here or if you're interested and fancy visit yourself you can find more out about the the village here.

It's definitely a place we'll be going back to, next time I just need to remember to check my batteries!

LOVELY LINKS.

Here's a few of the lovely links that caught my eye this week.

Pretty driftwood sailboats made using vintage lace and clever diy wood hexagon coasters.

Wise words from Sweet Reverie on Society6.

The best bbq ribs // Citrus garlic butter grilled prawns // The only pizza dough you will ever need.

How to give meaningful feedback on Design Sponge.

Tips for digitizing hand lettering using illustrator.

And finally some amazing floral landscapes on The Jealous Curator.

Have a lovely weekend everybody.