Diddle Diddle Dumpling's Home Made Christmas #DDDHMC

It's an acceptable time to start talking about Christmas, right? Who said no? Well I dub you Scrooge! It's never too early to talk about Christmas! In which case I bring you *drum roll please*

Diddle Diddle Dumpling's Home Made Christmas.

We all know Christmas is a pretty pricey time of year, particularly when only just returning to work after Maternity Leave, with one kid whose birthday is in November & another whose is in January (whose bright idea was that?). But it doesn't have to be expensive. Last year, being on only Maternity Pay & refusing to do Christmas shopping with a newborn, I made some nice little jars of chutney for the grandparents & some artwork by the kids for their Aunties. Both were received with great positivity, which has encouraged me to go all out this year & make a whole selection of home made Christmas gifts.

Ok, ok... Obviously, it is still a little early to be thinking about Christmas in great depth but there is method to the madness. My first few home made gifts are jams, which require fruit which will be out of season by the time Christmas comes around, so to make the most of the home made Christmas, preparation starts now. From now until Christmas, every Friday I'll be posting a Diddle Diddle Dumpling's Home Made Christmas tutorial. Food will be a big feature of this because, well, who doesn't like food gifts? But stay tuned for other homemade gift ideas including cuddly toys, quilts & anything else that I fancy trying my hand at. I promise lots of sewing, baking & maybe even some candlestick making! Not only that I'll be posting advice on getting the best from your homemade gifts, how to cut down on the already minimal costs & there will be some inspiration posts in there for good measure too.

First up is Strawberry Jam, which will be going live tomorrow.

I've also decided to start a hashtag for you to keep up with any of the latest creations (mine & yours!) on social media. Instagram is where I like to post sneak previews of what I'm up to so come follow us at @amylorimer and be sure to let me see what you get up to too, using the hashtag #DDDHMC.

Stay tuned,

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