What Can I Use This Biscuiteers Biscuit Tin For?
I have a serious tin habit. I drool over tins both vintage and new and find them very hard to resist. Once they have been emptied of their contents they are repurposed to hold cakes, buttons, sewing...
View ArticleSimple Things – Gardens, Tiptoes, Heirlooms and Birthdays
My Simple Things as April makes way for May are all the more important as life chez Thinly Spread is busy beyond busy at the moment. I have two boys revising, one for GCSEs and the other for A Levels,...
View ArticleGardening Crafts – Homemade Plant Labels, Seed Packets and a Decorated Pot
With Father’s Day approaching and the garden beckoning my thoughts have turned to easy gardening crafts to give as gifts. I love how these turned out and I hope you do too. Plant labels, seed...
View ArticleDrink Carton Crafts – How to Make Bird Feeders and Plant Pots
I do love hanging out with other crafty people! Last week I took part in a Google hangout with fabulous craft bloggers from Red Ted Art, Zing Zing Tree, Here Come the Girls and Kids Chaos where we all...
View ArticleHow to Plant A Summer Hanging Basket – Dreaming of Sunshine
It is pouring with rain outside and I have itchy fingers – I want to be in the garden so badly! When November drapes its cloak over me I begin to dream and I plot and I plan for the new season. I have...
View ArticleFive ways to make your garden an Eden – Gardening Tips
With the mornings getting lighter and the evenings becoming longer, spring is well and truly upon us. If you are anything like me, this means getting outside and doing a spot of gardening! But when it...
View ArticleMy Container Garden Makeover
I have an oddly shaped garden which wraps around the back of the house. We are lucky to have driveway parking in a part of our town where that is like gold dust but it doesn’t make for a pretty...
View ArticleSimple Things – Spring Springing and Earth Hour
There’s been an annoying virus thing hanging around the place at Thinly Spread but this weekend we threw it off and sank into the Simple Things which are guaranteed to make us feel better. Spring is...
View ArticlePatio Garden Makeover – Moving On
My kitchen has windows at both ends, the garden wraps around the house and in the summer the sliding doors from the sunroom/dining room are always open. Over the last 15 years children have run in and...
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