Welcome to The Good Life!


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Hello and welcome to our little part of cyberspace! I'm Viki and live with my husband, best friend and personal chef Paul at the top of the Elham Valley! Our friends refer to us as Tom and Barbara, because we're basically trying to live The Good Life! We run a business called Valley Crafts UK selling our own handmade and handpainted thingymabobs on Etsy - www.valleycraftsuk.com

We are owned by two cats and have a random number of chickens - including some of our neighbour's birds which tend to pop by from time to time... Paul can mostly be found in his workshop creating wondrous things out of wood, like chicken arks and cat houses, or in the kitchen making delicious fudge and chutneys. I spend most of my time in the office/craft room where I knit, crochet, attempt to learn to sew, and paint traditional canalia (that's "roses and castles" style painting).

We grow our own veg, brew our own beers and wines, make chutney, eat free-range eggs from our own chickens and are a hybrid of country bumpkins and cool hippies with some boho chic thrown in for good measure.

Where Are We?  

Bored? Lonely? Need Advice? Ask us Here!

nirbr asked: hey I just had a long conversation with my favorite friend as to why people are so messed up and After i finished, I ran into your blog. I can see you genuinely appreciate all the goodness in the world and I love that about you. I hope you never change. Take care :D

Thank you that’s really kind! Believe me, people ARE messed up - I was myself once! I think now I just try to concentrate on the positives as much as possible but without losing touch with reality, because, let’s face it, reality sucks sometimes! I refuse to be all emo about it though - there’s plenty of places to find misery and self pity on the internet! ;-) Your words have really made my day - it’s people like you who prove that there’s hope for us little old humans yet! ;-) Keep smiling, big hugs (because hugs are awesome), and thanks again, it’s nice to know we’ve spread a bit of sunshine! XXX