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We Made a Blues Night!
Just a very quick post as we are mid carnival and are just about to set off to get ready for the parade. Last night we were honoured with the presence of the fantastic ZZ Birmingham for our opening night of Carnival celebrations. The evening started off in perfect sunshine and ended up with great […]
Posted in: Claire, The Suttons
Mmm..pie
July 9, 2009
There are a few places around here that make a delicious homity pie, Denby pottery café sells one, as does our favourite Bloomers Bakewell pudding shop in Bakewell. We have been known to detour to there just so we can eat warm homity pie whilst sitting by the river Wye watching the trout darting about. This […]
Sunday Funday
July 6, 2009
Ambergate Carnival Fun Family Sports Day and Pet Show was a good afternoon. The sun stayed with us throughout, and I hope that everyone had a nice, if slightly chaotic, afternoon.
Posted in: Claire, The Suttons
Start of the Summer Harvest
June 30, 2009
Finally! Things are starting to flourish in the garden. It seems to have been a slow start this year, in fact the french beans and the courgettes just seem to be lounging around enjoying the sunshine instead of getting on with growing. Perhaps I am not watering them enough, but I don’t like getting the hose out […]
Early Morning at The Loaf
June 25, 2009
Our local bakery “The Loaf” at Crich has a website, a blog and also uses Twitter. They make the most fantastic bread and cakes so I call in whenever I can. I am always interested to know what their specials are so I suggested that they Twitter them on a regular basis. This seems to be […]
Things we didn’t make…at all
June 24, 2009
We didn't plant any of the currants in the garden, they came with the territory and this is the only one we saved. Then as I wandered around I noticed a couple of other plants, that despite being here over 5 years, have never been seen before.
Prize woodworking
June 22, 2009
This is a slightly unusual one for me; just completed this replacement base for an athletics trophy for my friend Robert. Its made of American Black Walnut, which will age to a nice deep chocolate brown over the years through exposure to the sun. Not the sort of job that comes up very regularly, but […]
Occasionally Tables
June 18, 2009
Well quite often tables in my case – it seems to be something I make a lot of. These Oak tables were made in a group of 6 to take some advantage of batch production. Interestingly the tops and stretcher rails are made from recycled library shelves given to me by a friend, who received […]
Entente Cordiale
June 15, 2009
I made some Elderflower Cordial yesterday from the recipe in Celia's blog and today it looks a bit less pretty but already tastes and smells lovely.
10 Green Bottles
June 13, 2009
We have just bottled up 10 litres of 'Elderflower Champagne' and are waiting nervously for it to mature, or explode, whichever comes first. It certainly smells the part and was not really any trouble to make.
It’s Carnival Season
June 12, 2009
Although Ambergate Carnival is not exactly a ‘Thing I Make’ I certainly played a part in raising the funds and organising it last year. This year I am Chairman, so feel even more responsible for making it be a good day! Last year we ran Parade Workshops and Dance Sessions, the School Painted a Mural, we had the Digger Dancers performing. […]
Posted in: Claire, The Suttons
Things that George makes
June 11, 2009
I thought we had better include the other members of the team, so here is a picture of something George made. George is aged 7. He loves his lego and has recently happily graduated from Duplo. Vehicles and fighting machines seem to be his favourite subjects but he is not aversed to a building or […]
Posted in: George, The Suttons
Pick a wood, any wood
June 7, 2009
Heres a set of wood samples I just prepared, so I have a talking point about timber selection, should I convince someone to commission some furniture from me. For those who care (and I fully accept that may only be me) the woods are (starting at 12 O’Clock) Maple, Birch ply, Douglas Fir, Tulipwood, Lime, […]
A Welshman and a Yorkshireman go into a pub…
June 6, 2009
These 2 chaps were carved to amuse myself on 2 different trips away. The Welshman on the left was carved in Trawsfyndd last Easter and the Yorkshireman on the right was carved on the beach at Filey last summer. Nowadays they stand as sentinels in alcoves on either side of the fireplace, where they’ve […]
Posted in: Ed, The Suttons
In an English Country Garden
June 4, 2009
The spell of warm weather seems to have brought the flowers on in leaps and bounds in the garden at the moment. Here’s a few recent pictures of some of my favourites. Anyway, enough of that, I’d better post something more manly next time. Ed
Make it Crusty
June 3, 2009
If you would like a really easy bread recipe that needs no kneading check out my version of the NYT recipe that is featured in this months Fabulous Places Blog. I find this works best for me if I make the dough just before the school run (around 3.30pm) then do the first dough slooshing when I […]
Maple Console Table
June 2, 2009
This console table in Canadian Maple was designed to sit on the landing at the top of a staircase, hence its very shallow depth. The subtle curves of the leg and the centre rail give a simple elegance, while the through wedged tenons provide some detail to punctuate the form. […]
Meet Ernie
June 2, 2009
Ernie is our Border Terrier who was one in September. He has changed our lives in many ways, ‘mostly’ for the better. He gets around 2 hours of walks a day which is good for him but also good for us as it gets us out into our beautiful local surroundings and we get to see things […]
Posted in: Claire, The Suttons
utility shelves
antipasti plank
whisky cupboard
a case for books
favourite brownies
how to make a cajón!
funnel cakes
laab moo
reuben sandwich
Ed on the decks
massive meatballs
apple pie
sweetcorn fritters
all day pork
rillettes
just chilli
macaroons
Things we make 
July 11, 2009
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