I am very excited to announce the arrival of Western Australia's newest lifestyle magazine - Silver. This bimonthly publication features the best of WA fashion, beauty, food, craft, and feature articles. The first issue features 12 of my Christmas … [Read more...]

Transform chocolate bars, mints, and rolled candy into festive treats with some basic supplies. We spent a couple of enjoyable hours customising treats for gift giving. We used a range of chocolate bars; rolls of Mentos; Tic Tacs; and peanut brittle. … [Read more...]

Yesterday we were delighted to come home to two lovely packages on our doorstep!! Terri from Terri's Notebook sent us some gorgeous Christmas fabric full of old world charm; a sweet little patchwork bag; some fun mittens to hang on our tree; and … [Read more...]

There was much excitement in the sugar household last night when we attended the book launch of "Du Jour" - a cookbook that features 17 of my recipes! I have been included in this lovely cookbook with some of Perth's best chefs. I specialise in … [Read more...]

Old encyclopaedia’s are often out of date and are fast becoming redundant in the computer age. I have been making some gift tags using elements cut from encyclopaedia print. I also embellished a candle for gift giving by wrapping it with paper and … [Read more...]

I put the finishing touches to my Garden Blooms lap quilt this week. I started it for Sarah nearly 2 years ago and it has taken rather a long time. It is based on the "Garden Blooms" pattern by Piece O Cake designers that was featured in APQ Feb 06 … [Read more...]

During the week I made some origami heart baskets using card and paint charts.I have also made some chocolate caramel tarts out of the Woman's Weekly Great Casual Food Cookbook.Caramel Chocolate Tarts1 cup plain flour90g butter, chopped¼ cup caster … [Read more...]

  I collect jars to use for all manner of things - homemade jams, preserves, sauces; to store buttons and other notions. Jars come in such a great range of sizes and shapes - perfect for so many projects. Here is a quick project to "pretty" up a … [Read more...]

This week at Girl Guides I made these white chocolate ghosts.Ingredients: White ChocolateChocolate chipsPopsticks Start by melting the white chocolate, then spoon a few spoonfuls of chocolate on to aluminium foil and shape like a ghost. Then place a … [Read more...]

This week I have been busy and have baked some M & M cookies. 125 g butter¼ cup sugar1/3 cup brown sugar1 egg¾ cup plain flour¾ cup self raising flour½ teaspoon salt½ teaspoon bicarb soda140 g M &M’s Baking bitsPreheat oven to 190 degree C. Cream … [Read more...]