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October 18, 2017October 5, 2018 - Karen Leave a comment

Spotty Dottie font goes global

Spotty Dottie font by RecklessHen

We are so excited to be able to tell you that our Spotty Dottie font is now available on dafont.com. Spotty Dottie is available free for Personal Use. If you are interested in our Commercial Licence please email us for details.

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October 13, 2017October 5, 2018 - Karen Leave a comment

Decorating for Autumn

When my kids were smaller I used to have fun being OTT decorating the house for Halloween, the scarier the better. Now that they are older and not that interested in it anymore I was missing the decorating, so I decided a couple of years ago that I was going[Read more]

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October 7, 2017October 5, 2018 - Karen 3 Comments

The best Sweetcorn Chowder Recipe

I don’t know about your house but in my house at meal times I often hear that delightful refrain from my kids of “Yuck, I’m not eating that!” This is particularly true when vegetables are involved. There are not that many meals that everyone in this house enjoys with no complaints[Read more]

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October 4, 2017September 20, 2019 - Karen 4 Comments

Crochet an Autumn Pumpkin

Crochet an Autumn pumpkin

Feeling very autumny, I spent a few happy hours last week on a Pinterest safari looking for crochet patterns for autumnal bits and bobs. I found loads of fabulous leaf patterns, acorn patterns, squirrel and hedgehog patterns and of course pumpkin patterns. A crocheted pumpkin seemed a good place to start[Read more]

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September 27, 2017October 5, 2018 - Karen Leave a comment

5 things I’ve learned

I have read so many of those ‘things I have learned’ posts over the years and I always find at least one thing in those lists that I completely get. I was thinking about that the other day and started to make a list in my head of what lessons[Read more]

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September 13, 2017March 26, 2020 - Karen 4 Comments

Free Autumn printable

free Autumn printable from RecklessHen

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September 1, 2017March 26, 2020 - Karen Leave a comment

Stripe-It updated

Just a quick update to let you all know that the three new Stylecraft Special DK colours – Lapis, Lincoln and Blush – have now been added to Stripe-It. If you haven’t heard of Stripe-It yet, it is a random stripe creator for those of us who have difficulty in doing[Read more]

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September 1, 2017 - Karen Leave a comment

September desktop freebie

Can you believe that summer is over and schools have started back already? I don’t know how summer flew by so quickly and I didn’t get to do half the things I had planned. Oh well, that’s life I suppose, at least it is in my house! Maybe you are[Read more]

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August 28, 2017October 5, 2018 - Karen Leave a comment

Playing with Fonts (and a freebie)

So this week I have been playing around with creating my own fonts. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while but didn’t know where to start. Thanks to a fab course I did on Skillshare I was able to give it a go. So armed with my ipad Pro[Read more]

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August 4, 2017February 28, 2021 - Karen 4 Comments

Free Vintage Granny Square blanket pattern

Who is ready for a new blanket? Today we have a free Vintage Granny Square blanket pattern for you. This is a great stash buster project to use up all your leftover yarn and make room for new, yarny delights. Our colour inspiration came from the leftover colours we had[Read more]

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Hi I am Karen and I live in Northern Ireland with my hubby and grown-up kids. We have three furry lunatics who kindly let us live in what is clearly their kingdom and all together they keep me on my toes and young at heart.

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A little doodle for a chilly January day. #charact A little doodle for a chilly January day. #characterillustration 
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Who’s ready for a snowball fight? It’s getting Who’s ready for a snowball fight? It’s getting so cold here that I’m half expecting snow at any time! Have you had snow yet where you are? ☃️☃️☃️
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Can you tell I’m hoping for snow this winter? Pl Can you tell I’m hoping for snow this winter? Playing around with developing a character in different poses. Trying to think of a name for her - any suggestions? She looks like she’s having fun catching snowflakes. I love the one that’s on her nose, it’s cute. I think she might have a snowball fight next ☃️ what do you think? 
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A little Wintery doodling today with brushes from A little Wintery doodling today with brushes from @glanzgraphics @lizkohlerbrown @dekwebbel . Getting in a festive mood now 🎄
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Last of the spooky season drawings because tomorro Last of the spooky season drawings because tomorrow it’s on to C*****mas and I love love love it. Brushes used from @glanzgraphics @procreate and @dekwebbel 
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