"I paint flowers so they will not die." Frida Kahlo If you're a follower of The Little Bee you will already know that I'm more than a little Frida Kahlo obsessed. I love her art, her use of col…

  Nu ook verkrijgbaar in het Nederlands (scroll a.u.b. naar beneden) Hooking hoops!   Last week a glorious package arrived in my mailbox, all the way from the Netherlands! It was full of plump, sq…

  Colorful Crochet by Marianne Dekkers-Roos  How lucky am I to have been asked to review the latest crochet book by Marianne Dekkers-Roos (aka @marretjeroos on insta)?! Of course I leapt at the ch…

A few weeks ago one of my slightly craft-challenged besties sent out an SOS ~ an urgent request for some watermelon bunting for her daughter's birthday party. Now you can't leave a sister hanging, s…

Last week was a sad one for our family. My 94 year old Nana had slipped into a coma after a brief illness and the family had gathered to say our last goodbyes. Fortunately we all managed to spend some…