My process of card making for my Etsy shop to produce unique cards from original engraving prints. Over the last couple of months I’ve been putting my time into creating original products for my Etsy shop which will be up and running soon. I’ve had a lot of fun creating eco-printed silk scarves and hand-made…
Welcome to our life in the Alentejo
Preserving our harvest – DIY sun-dried tomatoes
How we have been sun-drying our cherry tomato harvest. To preserve our tomato harvest I’ve been sun-drying some of our cherry tomatoes. It’s been a very hot summer over here, so we have been hiding from the sun between noon and 4pm. Our garden has also been suffering in the heat, but our tomatoes have…
Eco-printing silk with flowers and leaves
Making wonderful unique eco-print silk scarves from flowers and leaves. This summer in our area of Portugal the flowers have been stunning, but sadly they don’t stay for long. Wandering through our garden and fields where lots of wild flowers grow always makes me eager to do more eco-printing, and my favourite is to eco-print silk…
DIY seed pots
It’s that time of year to start planting seeds for the coming season, so I have been busy making these simple DIY seed pots. We are always trying to re-use or recycle as much as we can, so when it came to finding seed pots I decided to make my own DIY seed pots. These…
February Portuguese Garden Diary
Things are beginning to happen in our Portuguese garden! We have had a very mild and dry winter, with very little rain. This is going to be a real problem later in the year as the fontes (wells) and reservoirs are getting low. On the plus side it does mean that the garden is springing…