Made the most gorgeous wintery damson crumble today.  I had some of our homegrown damsons in the freezer so used those, added sugar, cinnamon, orange zest and some red wine, then put a crumble mixture on top.  Mmm it was so yummy.  Tasted very wintery with the most gorgeous deep crimson colour. It was the first time I have ever added alcohol to a crumble and it really works. The flavours reminded me of mulled wine. No photographs as we ate it straight from the Aga. 😋

Last year I gave myself a personal challenge to try and use as much of my existing craft/sewing supplies as possible rather than keep buying new stuff.  My 2 reasons for doing this were: 1. Environmental - goes without saying 2. I have enough stuff in the craft room and whenever anything new is brought in, it involves a major move round of everything each time, this is because I like everything in its place, organised and tidy. I hate sewing/crafting in an untidy/unorganised environment.  I did really well and compared to previous years bought very little. All I had to do was for each project was to consciously make the time and effort to look through what I had.  Looking back through my projects from the last year, I would say I was able to complete 90% of them using stuff that I already had. As a result I can honestly say that when I have bought or been given something, I enjoy and appreciated it much much more.  In fact I enjoyed the whole process so much I am going to continue into 2024. 😀x