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in Embrace Imagination· Outdoor Fun

Reflections Of Love Mirror Fun

23 Mar

Mirror Mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all…. We took a mirror and a camera out under a beautiful blue sky, the reflective effects were fab… …a simple idea with some cool memories made.

in Indoor Fun

Making Holograms

17 Feb

We decided we wanted to make some holograms and never realised how ridiculously easy it is! It took 10 minutes using stuff we had around the house. Here’s how we did it.

in As They Grow

Returning To The Womb

9 Feb

At 13 days old Ms A returned to the womb, a nice cosy snug place that her sister had also sat snugly in and grew within 10 years ago. She fit beautifully.

in As They Grow· Embrace Imagination

With My Imagination I Am Going To…

9 Feb

The children wanted to make some nice memory pictures for newborn Ms A, so we thought we would get creative with our imaginations and some colouring chalks and tried to make something cutely magical…

in Autumn· Embrace Imagination· Indoor Fun· Outdoor Fun

Mosaic Leaf Art

8 Feb

With all the beautiful colours of autumn outside we decided we wanted to use some leaves to make some mosaic pictures. So we went for a walk to collect some. We laid some wrapping paper face down on the kitchen floor (you could use a large sheet of paper or an old sheet) as our canvas and then cut our… View Post

in Outdoor Fun

Looking Up

8 Feb

We decided to look at things from a different perspective, so with the sky overhead blue & the grass dry beneath the sunshine we headed out to look up whilst lazing about.. We took a camera to capture the views we had.

in Magical Adventures· Outdoor Fun

The Whole World In Our Hands

8 Feb

Sometimes getting outside can be made fun with simple additions. We took an inflatable globe to have some fun whilst the sun went down.

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Here’s another my highly professionally made pla Here’s another my highly professionally made plans for another area of the church 😂
Beneath the pew flooring outside of the front of the pod are voids which are around 4 foot deep into the ground. This means that we will be able to build ourselves a plunge pool between the arches in front of the window. 
We are hoping that we will be able to utilise the space so it will double up as a sunken seating area which we can fill to also use as a soothing plunge pool/bath/spa. This will be creatively custom made by ourselves and will hopefully have a cover made from the existing pew flooring so it’s a hidden delight. 
The pew wood flooring which the pews once sat on is staying in the church as it is to become like a decking area emerging from underneath the living pod.
I can envisage in my head and eventually it’ll all come to life...watch this space 😂

Got to have some luxuries right! And what a better way than to soothe away your aches and pains after a day working in the churchyard 👌

What little luxuries (or extravagant) would you make for the church?
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🚪🌸🌱🌼🌿💐 The living door basking i 🚪🌸🌱🌼🌿💐 The living door basking in the sunshine, they stand in the entrance to the wild woodland meadow area of the churchyard. An area canopied by trees with an abundance of dappled sunshine. 
These are the old doors from the bottom of the tower, full of woodworm and in a poor state of repair beyond the realms of restoration. 
We made a new set of doors using the old pew wood to replace them.
Rather than getting rid of them we treated the doors to stop further woodworm, covered them in a weatherproof varnish and roofing felt, and drilled holes into the frame before adding plants. 
The base of the frame sits amongst two pink hydrangea bushes (currently ridding beautifully) 
In time the doors will come alive. 

A few days ago I added a few fake flowers to brighten them up a little whilst the real plants grow.
My dear child... You’ll always be the sun to me My dear child... 
You’ll always be the sun to me,
You’ll always help me shine, 
And even on my darkest days
You’ll make my days worth while.
You’ll always make my heart complete,
And put the tune into my song,
You’ll guide me throughout parenthood 
And teach me right from wrong.
I’ll always be here next to you, 
Your hand will always fit in mine 
I’ll value your sweet company,
I’ll value all your time,
And even when the sky is grey,
You’ll brighten up my day 
And I’ll sit with you through murky fogs
And we’ll blow those clouds away 
And I’ll give you all the stars that shine,
I’ll reach the moon and give that too, 
And I’ll catch the sunbeams from the morning sky,
And pass them onto you. 
Because you’ll always be the sun to me,
You’ll always help me shine, 
And as long as you reach out to me,
I’ll freely give you all my time. 
And I’ll value all your preciousness 
And proudly watch you grow,
Because the love that you have given me,
Is stronger than you’ll ever, ever know. ❤️☀️Mumma
💚🤍❤️ With love from Wales on St David’ 💚🤍❤️ With love from Wales on St David’s Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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