It is my last day of summer holidays today before I head back to work tomorrow. With Christmas, family birthdays, our family holiday etc, I didn't get nearly as much sewing and crafting done as I had hoped. I have so many ideas of projects and quilts … [Read more...]
Valentine Boxes
Decorating small gift boxes and match boxes with washi tape is a quick way to create Valentine boxes -perfect for a special treats or gifts. It also gave me a great excuse to get out some of my red/white Japanese washi tapes.I found some plain … [Read more...]
Easy Valentine
Nothing says Valentines Day quite like hearts, flowers, and chocolates. Now you can combine all three in this easy Valentine project. These quick to make Valentines would be perfect to give out to your child's class mates.The Easy Valentine uses a … [Read more...]
Book Review: Stash Happy Felt
We have just returned from a fabulous family holiday to Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China which is why things have been a bit quiet around here lately! We have returned refreshed with plenty of ideas and inspiration. We have a few Valentines … [Read more...]
How to Make a Pencil Case
With the new school year nearly upon us in Australia, I am making up a few easy zippered patchwork pencil cases. This is a great scrap buster project. The little zippered pouches can be used for all manner of things. Mine was sized to fit approx 6 … [Read more...]
Vinyl Lettering
I am trying to start this year with a more organised approach to life. I have bought all the school supplies and covered all the school books. It was an easier process this year as I will only have one teen left at school. The other one will be … [Read more...]
Tea and Cookies
One of my favourite stores is Ikea - I always manage to find something that I can't live without. What I love is that most of their products are really practical, well priced, and help with maintaining a tidy and organised home. January is always the … [Read more...]
Dust Cover
It is that time of the year, when I have an urge to get organised around our home. Now that the busy Christmas season is behind us, I am gradually going through each room and cleaning, organising, and finding items to be donated/thrown out. It feels … [Read more...]
Jam Recipe
I usually make jam the traditional way but have been keen to try out jam making in the breadmaker. My breadmaker machine is an older style Breville Baker's oven (approx 15 years old), and from my research it looks like most breadmakers these days … [Read more...]
Flourless Chocolate Cake
Yesterday we celebrated Sarah's 15th birthday. We took a group of her friends out to our favourite local restaurant, and then we returned home for a special dessert that Sarah had made - Flourless Chocolate Cakes.The Flourless Chocolate Cakes were … [Read more...]
A Spoonful of Sugar Updates
Newsletter We are excited to announce that we will be launching a monthly newsletter in 2012 which will contain a summary of our more popular posts during the month, as well as some newsletter only projects, recipes, reviews and inspiration! To … [Read more...]
Butterfly Quilt
The Butterfly Quilt has now been completed, thanks to some quilting time over the Christmas break. I love the idea of scrap quilts - using all those treasured scraps and turning them into a useful quilt. However, in reality, I found that using such a … [Read more...]
