Sarah and I picked up the latest issue of Donna Hay Magazine while we were having a girls shopping day yesterday. After reading it from cover to cover, Sarah was inspired by the "How to Cook Brioche" feature and made some delicious Brioche Scrolls … [Read more...]
Christmas Lantern
Christmas is my favourite time of year - and with only 11 weeks to go, I felt inspired to make a quick project this afternoon.Materials:IKEA Rotera 8" lanternred cardstocknarrow red ribbonCricut + Very Merry Tags Cartridge (optional)adhesive foam … [Read more...]
Spring Break
My recreation leave from work started today - I now have a week off - time to hang out with my teens (and drive them around!) and catch up with friends. I have a loooong list of things I hope to get done over the next week, including some sewing … [Read more...]
Random Recreation
The school spring holidays have got off to a great beginning here with a long weekend. I made a big start on my spring cleaning, had a few shopping outings with Sarah to buy summer clothes/shoes, and worked on a few crafty projects. I have to work … [Read more...]
More Christmas Projects
My copy of Handmade Christmas Special arrived in the mail today. It has lots of inspiring ideas for Christmas and includes a couple of my projects:Gift Baskets - I combined some hessian, some Ikea checked fabric and some Kokka linen with cute motifs, … [Read more...]
Quick Projects
I have been having withdrawals from my sewing machine lately. I had a couple of hours free yesterday and wanted a quick project to undertake. Sarah suggested that we needed a new table runner in our meals area and that it needed to incorporate some … [Read more...]
Knitting Mochimochi
As you know, Sarah and I love everything Japanese, so we were especially thrilled when we recently won a copy of Knitting Mochimochi by Anna Hrachovec from Rachael over at Rachael Rabbit. The book promises 20 Super-Cute Strange Designs and it sure … [Read more...]
Strawberry Jam
Strawberries are plentiful and cheap at the moment so I made up a batch of Strawberry Jam this afternoon. Our jam supplies from last summer ran out a couple of months ago and we returned to store bought jam. I think we were spoilt with all the home … [Read more...]
Milk Carton Packaging
I recently picked up a pack of white milk cartons from Riot Art and Crafts. They are made from a thick white card with a gloss finish, and I thought they would be the perfect way to package up some hard to wrap gifts.As it is never too early to … [Read more...]
The Postman Always Rings Twice ….
I was trying to get a head start on the weekend cleaning today but was interrupted by two deliveries. My designer copies of Stitch and Quilting Arts Gifts arrived within minutes of each other. I think both are due to hit the news stands this week … [Read more...]
Happy Fathers Day
Hope all the Fathers out there are having a wonderful day. We have spent the morning celebrating with the extended family - there were three generations of Fathers present. I have some lamb shanks in the slow cooker (a favourite of my DH) and we will … [Read more...]
Sew Liberated
I borrowed a copy of Sew Liberated by Meg McElwee at my local library. I have been on the waiting list for the book for a couple of months and was pleased to finally have a chance to look through it. I am a big fan of appliqué and the book has 20 … [Read more...]
