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I'm adding more suggestions for things to watch online.  YouTube films to spark your creativity, enable you to learn new skills or simply accompany a sit-down with a cuppa for a five minute rest.  Yesterday I recommended various channels, but today it's more about individual videos.   (By the way, if you're wondering about the photos chosen, I wanted you to have something colourful to break up the paragraphs of text.  I meandered through what I've saved on Google Drive and picked out random prettiness.) Let's kick off with a puzzle.  In particular, a Victorian purse puzzle.  All you need is a square of paper.  It helps if it's patterned on both sides, whether that's a commercially made decorative paper or something you've painted or drawn.  This video explains the process of folding a perfect puzzle purse.  Why not give it a go?   Next up, we have a YouTuber called Bo-tique who's filmed the process of making scrappy fabric bir...

SATURDAY:  There's no doubt winter's well and truly upon us, is there?  Last night was the first frost for many, many  months, and I'd to crack the ice on the makeshift birdbath this morning.  I made sure I topped up the peanut feeders for the hungry little birdies.  This morning I got the boring things out of the way - laundry, hoovering, paying bills - and spent a little while messing about with making a Victorian purse puzzle.  If you've not come across these before, and I hadn't until a couple of days ago, they're easy to make once you figure out which fold goes where.  If you head over to YouTube there's a short video by Leapling Studio, titled 'Make with Me: Victorian Puzzle'.  The only slightly tricky bit is creating the windmill shape, but once that's understood then you've cracked it.  I'm not much good at drawing, but I splashed watercolours paints and coloured pencils over a square of sketchpad paper, and am still trying to con...