The luscious tones of raspberry and white gingham remind me of Coconut Ice. I have been playing around with some Chicken Scratch Embroidery over the past week, and have made a bookmark and pincushion using some cotton gingham and white crochet … [Read more...]
Visor Magic
In 2007 I won first place in the WA Inventor of the Year Schools competition in the Year 5-6 category. I entered with Visor Magic - a storage solution for your car. You attach it to your car sun visor and it fits sunglasses, pens and a mobile or … [Read more...]
Family Traditions and Handy Dandy Purses/Bags
Well the holidays are over and it has been back to school and work this week for the kids and I. Last week was so much fun with lots of outings, catching up with friends, sleepovers, and of course extra time to sew and bake! I made up a batch of … [Read more...]
Tissue Flowers and Bath Salts
On Thursday my friend came over for a sleep over. We made some bath salts together - Here is the recipe:1 cup baking soda1/2 cup Epsom Salts1/2 cup of Rock Salt10-12 drops of essential essencefood colouringMix … [Read more...]
Introducing Anouk…..
….the Eskimo Girl. She is made of warm and snuggly polar fleece (perfect for arctic temperatures), quilting cotton and wool felt. She was fun to put together yesterday.I was inspired by this sweet Eskimo print fabric that I purchased from Retro … [Read more...]
New Fabric and a Tag….
I am now officially on a weeks leave from work (yayy!!) I have spent this morning reorganising my sewing space and have plenty of plans for the week ahead (although the kids also have many plans for the rest of their school holidays that involve … [Read more...]
Practical Magic
There hasn’t been much crafting going on at our house this week (actually none at all!) We have my in-laws staying with us for the school holidays and they have been entertaining the kids with lot of card games (canasta, 500 etc) and board games … [Read more...]
Cushions
I have just completed a trio of cushions for my Living Room. This room is fairly simply furnished using predominantly natural earthy tones. I am going for a serene look, and we try and keep it uncluttered and ready to receive friends at a moments … [Read more...]
Oven Glove Give Away
In 2006 I came runner up in the WA Young Inventor of the Year Schools Competition. I entered with my invention Mitt Magic - Oven Glove for the Junior Chef. It is an oven glove that goes all the way up to your elbow, is sized for children up to about … [Read more...]
Don’t You Just Love Getting Mail?
Sarah and I arrived home from school and work today to a lovely package from our swap partner, Tania. We participated in our first ever scrap swap at Melly and Me. Tania sent us some lovely goodies – some luscious “scraps”, buttons, ribbons, and a … [Read more...]
Stationery Set
This week we got the Get Creative Magazine for April. I had a look through it and decided to make the Stationery Set in the tween section using some of my many sheets of scrapbooking paper.Here is the inside of the set.I didn’t have any thick Bazzill … [Read more...]
The Domestic Goddess Rides Again
We built our house nearly 5 years ago now. My extravagance at the time was to put 2 ovens in the kitchen, side by side. My friends thought we were crazy (some thought that one oven was too many!). However, I have been nurturing Sarah’s cooking skills … [Read more...]
