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Flickr Group Friday

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Jewellery Business Week 2011 3rd-7th October

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Are you comfortable with your blog identity?

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More Facebook Fan Page Tips... how to be 'Tickertastic'!

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29 Ways to Stay Creative

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Hey Handmade - Would you spend £35 on a Craft fair?

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Understanding Facebook Subscriptions - Are you going to be going public?

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Facebook changes... what do you think?

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Want More Facebook Fans, Comments and Likes?

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Photography Competition Winners!

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Crafted 2012 - That's more than lucky!

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Flickr Friday - Remember Summer?

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Blogging Tips and Tutorials - The Craft Blog UK Archive

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Evergreen Blog Posts

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This is where we live

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How to add a message at the top of your blog

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How to Optimise Popular Posts - Turn the Clicks into Customers or Subscribers!

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Vote Now! - CBUK Flickr Comp

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My name is Hilary Pullen aka @haptree. I am passionate about creativity and nature. I love writing, photography and learning new skills. I use my blog to inspire me to take time to look for the interesting things in life and to build (and share) my skills and findings along the way.

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Mini Coin Purse Tutorial - step-by-step photos

How to make a little zip up purse - a really easy tutorial.

This cute little fabric coin purse makes an ideal gift or stocking filler, especially for a little girl to keep pocket money, hair clips or any other little treasures inside. It's very simple to sew up too, and makes an ideal sewing project for a beginner. Scroll through the pics - the mini coin purse tutorial is at the end.

Growing and caring for Physalis peruviana - aka Cape Gooseberries

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Physalis peruviana - aka Cape Gooseberries, Ground Cherries or Inca Berries I was lucky enough to inherit a very mature Physalis peruviana in our greenhouse when we bought our house. The plant is of the nightshade family Solanaceae.

The fruits look like an orange cherry tomato but the taste is quite different, it's almost like a pineapple taste, it's one of those fruits you either love or hate. I love them, they are so beautiful. Each fruit has a husk which looks like a little paper lantern casing, they're really quite magical, you may have heard them called Chinese Lanterns.

The fruits of the plant I had in the first few years were prolific and the plant would grow vigorously almost all year, needing regular chopping back to stop it bursting out through broken panes in the greenhouse.

Once the Physalis peruviana lanterns turn from lime green to a papery cream colour they are ripe and can be picked, or snipped. The fruits don't ripen once picked but they will st…

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