... and DIY Flower Girl Baskets

You may remember that Ann Harris previously did a fab guest post for us about DIY Craft Ideas for Wedding Decorations. Well continuing on the DIY wedding theme, Ann has shared another great post with us, with ideas about how to make your own flower girl baskets!

Image c/o Vita Nostra

Here's a bit about Ann.... Ann Harris lives in Melbourne, Australia with her lovely husband and two beautiful children. She loves to write about love, relationships, beauty, weddings, DIY tips etc. Her hobbies include cooking and reading. Life is beautiful!

Tips, Tools & Techniques - Elderflower Cake

Hello! Here's our regular feature where we share tips, tools & techniques that have caught our eye, things we have Pinned, and things we have tried. These are probably not going to change your life(!) but might make it a bit easier...

Baking is certainly not my area of expertise and is also not something I do very often! However, I found a recipe from BBC Good Food while looking for different ways of using my homemade Elderflower Cordial, and decided to give it a go!

... and DIY Plant Labels

I had been getting in the swing of planting seeds and potting up plants, but then disaster struck and I ran out of plant labels (I'm not even being melodramatic!!). This crisis was averted when I remembered this post by The Micro Gardener and made my own labels using a milk bottle!

... and a Fabric Flower Brooch

The girls over at Live It. Love It. Make It recently did a fab guest post for us on how to make lovely Liberty Print Button Rings. So we were delighted to return the favour and share our Fabric Flower Brooch!

Obsessions & Distractions - St Patrick's Day

Happy St Patrick's Day for tomorrow!! Here's a round up of some of the great St Patrick's crafts we've seen around....

Obsessions & Distractions - Daffodils

Happy Birthday to Sian and Happy St David's Day (both for yesterday!). In celebration we have some Daffodil crafts for you to enjoy. Spring is here! (sort of!!)

... and a Lavender Heat Pad

I spent time over the weekend sorting the lavender that I had dried from the summer.... It was a bit time consuming, but all that lavender meant I was very relaxed by the end!! Plus I now have a big bag of dried lavender.... so used some to make this heat pad!

... and Homemade Elderflower Cordial

While out hunting for flowers to use in my flower press I found some elderflower bushes, so decided to collect some to make cordial!

There are different recipes out there, which are a variation on a theme, and here's the version I tried out...

... and a Handmade Flower Press

Now that all the lovely Spring flowers are (finally!) out in bloom, I felt the urge to press them to use in future projects. I had been using a VERY makeshift version of layers of tissue paper and cardboard underneath a heavy book. Although this does the job, it certainly isn't pretty so it was time to make a new one!