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Hi!  I'm Laura, and welcome to My Lucky Dip Life.

2021.
As you can see, this blog has been dormant for a good few years.  My gorgeous girls are now 14 and 13 years old.  I'm still living in the Netherlands with my lovely husband and have in the interim, added 3 little dogs to our family and more recently a bigger allotment garden.  I'm still growing and making and thought it was about time I started documenting some of my adventures. 

(This blog is a place for me to document all the things I sew, make and grow.  Each week seems to bring a new challenge and I hope you'll enjoy following me on my creative journey!  I have 2 gorgeous girls aged 6 and 4 and am married to my lovely, patient husband.  I was born in South Africa to my English mother and Italian father and now live in the Netherlands, after a 10-year stint in the UK.  As much as I've longed for it, I've never managed to acquire an "international" accent!)

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