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A tasty experiment
Last weekend was cold and miserable, not a time for working outside or in an unheated workshop, and my dearly beloved was busy so a perfect day for an experiment. In the Autumn we harvested our crop of apples, some we ate, … Continue reading
Was it worth it?
I do enjoy a good pickle, and better still a vinegar based sauce, my home made plum and ginger stir fry sauce in my mind is the stuff of legends, and a bacon sandwich made with home made bread, home … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, education, food, food smoker, home, home.food, how to, male, pork, reciepe, smoker, work
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Christmas Dinner going up in smoke!
Christmas was a little different this year, or should I say Christmas dinner had a slight twist. This year we cooked the turkey in the smoker and what a difference it made. Earlier in the year I had constructed a … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, charcoal, christmas, dinner, food, food smoker, home, home.food, how to, thomas green, tom green, turkey
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Do you admit to a mistake
As every father will tell you, your family in particular your children are your harshest critics. Triumphs which anywhere else would be celebrated, in the family home are just accepted, however mistakes are cherished and never forgotten. Alas today is … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, christmas, diy, experiment, hobby, home, home.food, how to, humour, leisure, present, smoker, thomas greeen, work
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Christmas Dinner Starts Early
We are having a change this year, the menu will remain the same as every year, Turkey, followed by real Plum Pudding, and then Christmas Pudding Ice Cream, but where we will differ is the method of cooking. This year … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, christmas, food smoker, heritagecraft, home, how to, leisure, quirky, reciepe, thomas greeen, tom green, turkey, work
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After years of trying
For some time now I have been trying to make shoe polish, which seems a ridiculous ambition really when you consider how cheap it is to buy ready made in the supermarket, and really as more and more people wear … Continue reading
Posted in craft, Diy, fashion, heritage craft, Leather work, Uncategorized
Tagged applications, charcoal, craft, education, fashion, handbag, home, leather, leather. handbag, leatherwork, leisure, present, quirky, reciepe, satchel, shoes, thomas greeen
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I put it off as long as I could
If you read my earlier post you will know I wasn’t looking forward to parts of this bag, in particular the lining and internal zipped pocket. Combining Saddlers Leather with a fabric is fiddly and time consuming which is probably … Continue reading
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Tagged backback, blacksmith, briefcase, craft, education, fashion, handbag, hobby, home, leather, leather. handbag, leatherwork, present, quirky, saddler, satchel, thomas greeen, thomas green, upholstery
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I cant put it off any longer
Recently I have been making a variety of Leather bags and cases, and whilst all my work is to individual order, with customers encouraged to ask for any modifications they may want, they tend to follow a certain pattern. Usually they will … Continue reading
Posted in Diy, fashion, heritage craft, Leather work, Uncategorized
Tagged briefcase, business, craft, fashion, handbag, hobby, leather, leather. handbag, leatherwork, retail, satchel, thomas greeen, tom green, work
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An open and shut case
When I first started stitching leather about 10 years ago one of the very first projects I made was a red leather briefcase, and I have used it proudly ever since. But finally it was time for a new one, … Continue reading
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Tagged applications, briefcase, craft, fashion, handbag, heritagecraft, hobby, how to, leather, leather. handbag, leatherwork, present, saddler, satchel, thomas green, tom green, work
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what do you get the man who has everything?
There’s an old joke that says “what do you get the man who has everything?” The answer to the joke is anti biotics, but the answer to my question is a Beer Bottle Holster, which will undoubtably be everymans must have … Continue reading
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