Old encyclopaedia’s are often out of date and are fast becoming redundant in the computer age.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...]
Garden Blooms Completed!
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...]
More Paper Crafts and Baking
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...]
Notions Jar
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...]
Bedroom Makeover and More
Remember all those projects I have been doing lately with paint cards/chips? The reason I had a stash of paint cards on hand is that we are in the process of updating Sarah’s bedroom. We are still finalising a wall colour (although I can safely say … [Read more...]
Spooky Chocolate Ghosts
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...]
Cupcakes, Cookies, and Craft
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...]
Quick Christmas Gift Tags
I know - it is really early to be talking about Christmas but we had some Paint colour cards in red and green colourways, and made some little festive tags. (The hardware store was closing down and I was in the right place to get a bag of paint … [Read more...]
Paint Colour Card Crafts
I am really into the three R's right now - reduce, reuse, and recycle! What better way to embrace this philosophy than to find ways to use the paint colour cards that you can easily source at the hardware store! Don't you just love the names they … [Read more...]
School Holiday Activities
During the school holidays, I have been busy and have made some Coconut Cupcakes. I found the recipe in the current issue of the Donna Hay magazine. They were so moist and delicious!I have also made this decoupaged message hanger for my bedroom door. … [Read more...]
Mini Notebooks
When we built our house a few years ago, I collected quite a few samples of laminex and formica on little wooden cards. I kept them, thinking they would come in handy some day for a craft project. I found them recently when I was sorting through my … [Read more...]
Strawberries, Smiggles and Socks
Thanks to everyone who has stopped by and entered out 75th post giveaway - we have met so many lovely new blogs as a result - each and every comment is always appreciated. We will draw the prize on Saturday - so stay tuned.With all the lovely … [Read more...]
