School holidays have started here in Western Australia and we are looking forward to a slower pace of life over the next two weeks. I have spent a few hours in my sewing room this weekend, and have made a start on a new quilt.I was inspired by … [Read more...]
A Special Celebration
Yesterday we celebrated Sarah's Confirmation and after the service we had a small family gathering to mark the occasion. I was under strict instructions to keep it simple but couldn't resist a few little touches to make it special. We choose blue … [Read more...]
A Most Exciting Week…..
We had a very busy and exciting weekend. Sarah's Tournament of Minds Team competed in the state final on Sunday and won their division, so will now be going to Brisbane to compete at the Australasian Pacific Final in October. You can probably hear us … [Read more...]
Enchanted Forest Party
Thanks for all the lovely comments about our Master Chef Party. It features in the latest edition of Silver Magazine, along with some ideas for an Enchanted Forest Party. We had a lot of fun putting together ideas and projects for kids parties. Now … [Read more...]
Master Chef Party!
One of Sarah's most successful birthday parties was a cooking party she had a few years ago for her 9th birthday. Cooking is always a popular activity for kids and with the recent successful Master Chef series, there is a renewed national interest in … [Read more...]
Quick Fathers Day Gift
Hope all the Aussie Dad's have a great Fathers Day tomorrow! It can be difficult to think of quick gift ideas for men. This afternoon I have made my Dad a bin bag for his car using some Newsprint fabric.It has the following features:small and … [Read more...]
Marie Claire Idees + More
Today the autumn issue of Marie Claire Idees arrived in my letterbox, and in it was a wonderful journal project - similar to the Word Art Journal. Instead of cutting out words from junk mail, they had used a variety of packaging labels - I will be … [Read more...]
Word Art Journal
Here is a great project that teens will love! They can customise a plain spiral bound notebook to suit their style.Raid your paper recycling pile for old junk mail catalogues and magazines. Clip out any words that take your fancy. Try and get a range … [Read more...]
Keeping Crafty…
I wanted to do a quick project on the weekend and I was inspired by this travel journal I saw in a papercraft book. I didn't have any old Atlas's or maps to use, so in my version I used some encyclopedia pages. I was really pleased with how it turned … [Read more...]
When Life Gives you Lemons….
.... make lemon butter!When I visited my parents a couple of days ago, I left with a huge pile of lemons from their tree. This morning I turned some of them into Lemon Butter using a recipe I found in an old cookbook belonging to my Nan - she … [Read more...]
Patchwork Doorstop
It is a cold and wet weekend here and yesterday I wanted a quick project to fill my afternoon. I flicked through some books and magazines for inspiration and decided to make a patchwork doorstop that was designed by Elizabeth from Oh! Fransson and … [Read more...]
This and That
Thanks for all the wonderful comments on my String Quilt - you made my day with all the lovely feedback. Sorry I am a bit behind in my comment answering lately - life sometimes gets too busy - but we wanted you to know that we always read and … [Read more...]
