Made With Love by Kat

In Manchester we have an annual Christmas market which, while great fun, is getting steadily and alarmingly more expensive. After a couple of pints of ale in the pub last weekend we decided it would be a much better idea to host the "Christmas market" at home. And so the "Christmas Mar-Kat" (geddit? Sorry) was born. Of course, as with most things, half of the fun is in the planning and I've been gleefully pinning to my Christmas decor inspiration Pinterest board . Here are some of my favourite finds - click to see the originals: I love the idea of clusters of baubles hanging like this I don't have a bell jar, but I'll be doing something similar with a clear glass vase Love these lights against the mountains   The colours in this pic are amazing Something else I can do at home With enough blu tac I can also do something along these lines I'm feeling very excited - I promise I'll post photos of the hou...

It's been a day of discovery today. I discovered Shop Handmade UK through Twitter ( follow me @made_with_love ) and signed up to their fabulous directory. I wasn't sure whether to file myself under "jewellery - fashion or "jewellery - designer", but I decided that as my prices are much more reasonable than most "designer" items the former would be best. You can visit shop handmade here: I also discovered that it's much harder to be interviewed than it is to be an interviewer, although I very much enjoyed talking to the lovely Amanda Griffiths from Lancashire Life. Hopefully the photographer will be able to make me look pretty when she comes (I'm the most unphotogenic person ever, which I find weird as I look nothing like a drunked Quasimodo in real life). And the last thing I discovered was the Poppy's Pretty Place blog . It's a lovely little account of doing up a house, and like me Poppy is looking for thrifty ways to improve her home....