Posts by Jane Watkin
Crafty Things
There are many arts and crafts ideas out there, to start as a business, a hobby or just to experiment with. Favourite crafts are jewellery making, card making, pottery, knitting, ceramic painting for example. My personal favourite is working with dry clay. I find working and moulding clay very therapeutic, and it gets my creative…
Read MoreDigital Detox
Detoxing can be a struggle letting go of your digital life controller, although many people now with demanding technology driven jobs are taking time off to digitally detox. Dumping the technology for a few days to find inner peace away from it all on a Digital Detox Retreat or Getaway. We have become so reliant…
Read MoreEyelash Serums
As this site is more parties, leisure and happy times I would not normally add serious subjects to blogs, but I felt this information published in 2014 on a website that will shortly be taken down is important for circulation. I have transferred the content to this site with updates. This 10-year-old blog has been…
Read MoreOld Fashioned Charity
I don’t know about you, but I love rummaging in a charity shop. This hobby of mine started way back in my very early years when charity shops didn’t exist, but jumble sales did. They were rough tough times where handbags were drawn, and elbows sharpened and I had to be protected by my mother. …
Read MoreDyeing for Colour
I’m always interested in new activity ideas to offer groups and when and I came across a course for Natural Dyeing Colour from Plants, I had to book. On a sunny day in May I drove to a smallholding on the border of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire to be taught the art of natural plant yarn…
Read MoreChestnut Barn, Norfolk
Chestnut Barn, Thurgarton, Aldborough is a beautifully converted barn offering spacious self catering holiday accommodation for families or groups of friends in North Norfolk. There is a private hot tub in the garden, table tennis and outdoor games in the cart shed, and dogs are very welcome. It is located only 15 minutes drive to many beautiful beaches…
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