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Shepherd’s Pie with oomph and aah

By Clare Albans / 01 Oct 2015

I love the book by The Incredible Indian Spice Men which accompanies the series of the same name.

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Embroidered banner | Hello! Hooray!

Embroidered banner

By Clare Albans / 14 Aug 2015

I have been making this embroidered banner as a house warming gift for one of my best friends over the past few weeks, and now that I have given it to her I can share it with you!

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Bradley Gardens

By Clare Albans / 12 Aug 2015

[vc_row row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” video=”” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1504899636620{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”]A couple of weekends ago we had a lovely walk out to Wylam.

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Bits & bobs: July 2015

By Clare Albans / 11 Aug 2015

Hello! Sorry for my little blog absence over the past week or so. July was another really busy month – so busy, that I’m a little (well, quite) late with my monthly round-up post again!

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Geometric meal planner DIY | Hello! Hooray! for Oh No Rachio!

Geometric meal planner

By Clare Albans / 07 Aug 2015

I’m so excited to be guest blogger over at Oh No Rachio! today with my geometric meal planner DIY!

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Craft for the Soul

By Clare Albans / 27 Jul 2015

Pip Lincolne’s latest book, Craft for the Soul, came out in Australia earlier this year and having seen various snippets of it via Instagram and Pip’s blog I knew I’d have to read it!

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Painted fabric banner

By Clare Albans / 23 Jul 2015

Fabric banners are everywhere – they pop up in my Instagram feed all the time and I’ve wanted to have a go at making one for ages.

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Lemon and elderflower drizzle cake

By Clare Albans / 22 Jul 2015

Having made a batch of elderflower cordial, I was keen to find some other ways to use it.

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Sleeper bench makeover

By Clare Albans / 20 Jul 2015

I was recently contacted on behalf of MKM Building Supplies to see if I was interested in taking part in their ‘Renovate Your Garden’ challenge.

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Spiral courgette tart

By Clare Albans / 19 Jul 2015

It has been a busy weekend here working in the garden between rain showers, and on blog projects – you’ll be able to see my garden bench makeover here tomorrow 🙂

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Craft organisation

By Clare Albans / 12 Jul 2015

A little while back, I wrote a little post about us starting to declutter and generally get things organised at home.

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Hello! Hooray! is now on YouTube!

By Clare Albans / 11 Jul 2015

I am so excited (and a little bit nervous) about the fact that I have just launched my very own YouTube channel! In keeping with my other social media channels it is called Hello Hooray blog (although my website title has exclamation marks, I can’t use them on Facebook so I have to be consistent!).…

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Elderflower cordial

By Clare Albans / 09 Jul 2015

I have spent the last couple of summers saying that I wanted to have a go at making some elderflower cordial, but I have only just managed to get around to making some this year!

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Columbia Road flower market

By Clare Albans / 04 Jul 2015

[vc_row row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” video=”” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1504900110204{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”]Before travelling to London I had seen so many beautiful photos of Columbia Road flower market on my Instagram feed, so I knew that I’d have to visit whilst I was down there for Blogtacular.

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Bits & Bobs: June 2015

By Clare Albans / 02 Jul 2015

My bits & bobs post for last month is a little late – sorry! I have been really poorly over the last week with this horrible virus that’s going around, so haven’t really been doing anything other than sleeping. And to be honest, I’m not really a sleepy person so it has been a bit…

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Blogtacular 2015: the photowalk

By Clare Albans / 21 Jun 2015

  Early last Saturday morning, I joined the other lucky people who were picked to go on the Blogtacular 2015 photowalk with West Elm.

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Martha’s apple and cherry traybake

By Clare Albans / 20 Jun 2015

I’m very excited to feature a guest blogger today, with a really delicious recipe! My Mum’s friend Martha (age 7 – nearly 8 🙂 ) loves to bake, and she sent me this recipe to try out. I have heard that she is a big fan of Hello! Hooray! and loved seeing my feature in Craftseller…

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Blogtacular 2015

By Clare Albans / 18 Jun 2015

It has taken me a few days to even begin to process all of the things I heard, saw and learnt at Blogtacular last weekend (which is why I’m only just getting around to posting this!). When I bought my early-bird ticket for Blogtacular 2015, I knew that this was an even not to be…

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Spicy aubergine chips with couscous

By Clare Albans / 08 Jun 2015

We tried out a delicious new recipe yesterday which I found in the latest international edition of Flow Magazine (issue 9). It is taken from Rachel Khoo’s book, My Little French Kitchen, and there are a few more recipes from the book in the magazine too (all of which look yummy!). The great thing about…

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Sewing machine bag

By Clare Albans / 06 Jun 2015

A little while back I made a cover for my sewing machine (click here to see that post) and it has been brilliant for keeping my machine super clean! But because I don’t have a craft room, I have to move it around. A lot. It would be helpful to do this without having to…

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One week until Blogtacular!

By Clare Albans / 05 Jun 2015

I can’t believe it’s only one week until Blogtacular – this time next week I’ll be on the train to London! I bought an early bird ticket last year and have been really looking forward to it since then. There have been so many exciting things happening in the build-up that I’m even more excited…

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A natter with…What Delilah Did

By Clare Albans / 04 Jun 2015

Photo credit: Secret Garden Embroidery – What Delilah Did   A few weeks back, I was really excited to see that the latest book by What Delilah Did (created by Sophie Simpson) is about to be released. A limited number of advance copies of Secret Garden Embroidery (pictured above) were available to buy so I snapped one up! I know…

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Bits & Bobs: May 2015

By Clare Albans / 31 May 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1433098037507{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”]It’s time for my monthly round up of Bits & Bobs for the month – yay! This month has been really busy in our day jobs, and I haven’t felt like I’ve had much time or headspace to do lots of crafting. So I’m really looking forward to having more time in June…

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A day out in Craster

By Clare Albans / 29 May 2015

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1432835155423{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”]We’ve had the week off this week for reading week (or half term, if you teach in a school!) and it has been lovely to have a few days at home. Last week was completely manic with the busiest week of the year in the day job, combined with playing in…

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