The Crafty Nook

The Crafty Nook Handmade gifts with heart & a hint of glitter
Hair bows | DIY craft kits | Personalised goodies
Single mum. ME/CFS warrior. Creative queen.

Crafting joy, chaos & a little magic—daily! DM to order or just say hey!

306 paint your own sets. 16 orders. One crisp-related school incident I will not be elaborating on. Let's just say Mummy...
04/09/2026

306 paint your own sets. 16 orders. One crisp-related school incident I will not be elaborating on. Let's just say Mummy forgot the all important crisps in her lunch box and had to run them over to avoid a meltdown 🤣

Absolutely glued to the floffice all day, give or take a school run, dinner, and a lunch break that lasted exactly as long as it took me to eat standing up over the sink.

The pile is magnificent. Genuinely one of the best things I've ever made. It's going first thing tomorrow and I am choosing to feel like a logistics queen.

The baby, meanwhile, has received the memo about the induction date and binned it.

I'm off to bed with true crime YouTube. The packing tape is going away. Nobody talk to me. 🫠

My best friend is on her way in to be induced as we speak and I have absolutely no control over this situation, so I'm d...
04/09/2026

My best friend is on her way in to be induced as we speak and I have absolutely no control over this situation, so I'm doing the only logical thing: making it everyone else's problem.

When is this baby arriving?

I'm going tomorrow afternoon. Not because I have any insight into the matter, but because that's when Little Pickle and I will be at a birthday party with twenty million screaming seven-year-olds, and the universe has never once let me have a convenient moment.

Drop your guess below. I'll report back with results and a full debrief. 😂

This is an actual photo of me doing the school run this morning.Obviously.She went in absolutely fine, I had a natter wi...
03/09/2026

This is an actual photo of me doing the school run this morning.

Obviously.

She went in absolutely fine, I had a natter with people I haven't seen since her birthday, and now I have a full day of absolutely nothing important to do.

Eyebrows. Paint run. Sofa. Telly with no one telling me it's boring.

This is what freedom looks like and I am not taking it for granted. 😂

Went to count my moulds on Saturday and genuinely lost count. Not in a 'oh there are so many' way. In a 'I need to sit d...
02/09/2026

Went to count my moulds on Saturday and genuinely lost count. Not in a 'oh there are so many' way. In a 'I need to sit down' way.

Turned out I had six full themed sets I had never once used. Just living in boxes. Unbothered.

So Besties, Ducks, Flamingo, Gaming Hedgehog, Space Villain and Wizard are now all on Etsy, which is not a sentence I had planned for the last day of the summer holidays.

If any of them are calling your name, orders are open now at https://thecraftynookdst.etsy.com/listing/4567473945

The council has now rejected my new kitchen request twice and instead just replacing the hinges on the cupboards and I a...
01/09/2026

The council has now rejected my new kitchen request twice and instead just replacing the hinges on the cupboards and I am choosing to see this as a personality arc. I give these ones a month before they're broken again.

Labelling school uniforms with one hand, running plaster moulds with the other, and somewhere in the middle of all that deciding that the "ber" months are actually my favourite time of year. I stand by it. I will not be taking questions.

Orders are getting done. The chaos is under control. Mostly. 🫠

Went into Canva to design a print and came out the other side having made something for my god daughter.Started as mummy...
29/08/2026

Went into Canva to design a print and came out the other side having made something for my god daughter.

Started as mummy's dumpling. Ended as auntie's dumpling. Sometimes a design just tells you where it wants to go.

These Christmas Dumpling PJs and dress are a preorder, landing with me mid to end of October. Sizes from 0-3 months to 12-13 years, from £10.50. Stock is VERY limited and there's no restock planned.

Message me if you'd like a pair or two.

Brand new for Christmas 2026 and I am so excited about this one.Christmas postage label gift stickers. Stick one on top ...
29/08/2026

Brand new for Christmas 2026 and I am so excited about this one.

Christmas postage label gift stickers. Stick one on top of your wrapped present and it instantly looks like it's come straight off Santa's sleigh by special delivery.

Ten labels per pack. Six by four inches each, so they're a proper size. Personalise them with whoever's name you like.

Themes include football, ballet, baby, dinosaurs, jungle, forest friends, December birthday, and a cheeky C**tmas option for the right crowd.

£3 a pack. Message me or get them here: https://thecraftynookdst.etsy.com/listing/4564582926

Half my moulds are on their last legs and today is the day I finally do something about it.I've laid them all out, check...
29/08/2026

Half my moulds are on their last legs and today is the day I finally do something about it.

I've laid them all out, checked every one, and the cracked ones are getting retired. There's a whole list growing of replacements I need to track down.

It's one of those unglamorous jobs that just has to be done, but I always feel better once it's sorted. Tidy workspace, fresh start.

The halogen oven has made its decision and frankly I respect the commitment to terrible timing.One week. That's all I ne...
28/08/2026

The halogen oven has made its decision and frankly I respect the commitment to terrible timing.

One week. That's all I needed. One more week and I would have made it through an entire summer without losing a machine. The oven said no.

New air fryer was purchased this morning. Cheap one, before anyone asks. Because if it's going to pull the same stunt, it's not doing it on my good pennies.

The business appliance graveyard grows. 🪦

My body woke me up at 6:30 this morning and then had the absolute nerve to refuse to let me go back to sleep.A full hour...
28/08/2026

My body woke me up at 6:30 this morning and then had the absolute nerve to refuse to let me go back to sleep.

A full hour. Staring at the ceiling. Running through absolutely nothing useful.

The real kicker? Even when Little Pickle has school I don't start this early. I do not do early starts. 8am is already a stretch for me and I wear it as a badge of honour.

Apparently my brain didn't get that memo and decided today was the day for a sunrise productivity arc.

Nobody asked it. Nobody consulted it. It just went ahead anyway.

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