Christmas Sewing with Merry Happy by Ruby Star Society
There's something magical about sewing for Christmas, especially when the fabrics are as cheerful and inspiring as Merry Happy by Kim Kight for Ruby Star Society. This delightful collection blends bright, happy designs with a perfect balance of vintage charm and modern style. While the range embraces traditional Christmas colours, it also includes fresh and playful combinations that appeal to makers who love a more contemporary take on holiday decorating.The prints are packed with festive … [Read More...]
Gingerbread Houses
Sarah and I had the best time today at a Gingerbread House and Christmas Cookie Workshop at Cake Tinz and Thingz. It was heaps of fun to decorate our house while sampling all the lollies.I went for a Red and White House … [Read More...]
Christmas Decorating
It is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas now that we have started our Christmas decorating at Chez Sugar. The teens insisted that we had to put up the decorations on December 1 - I love that they are still so into … [Read More...]
Review: Gourmet Crochet
A review copy of Gourmet Crochet: a yummy yarn cookbook by Christen Haden and Mariarosa Sala arrived on my door step this week fromย Penguin Australia. ย This is a sweet book which contains a smorgasbord of crochet items … [Read More...]
Handmade Living: Handmade Christmas Gifts
Today Sarah and I are thrilled to be a stop on the Handmade Livingย Book Launch Blog Tour. We warmly welcome Rosalind Grace of Grace Designs, one of the contributors to the book, with this guest post on Christmas Giving … [Read More...]
This ‘n’ That
Sarah made up a batch of Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars (Recipe from Martha Stewart) on the weekend and they were delicious!! The salted chocolate caramel layer was amazing. I think we will be making more of these over … [Read More...]
Christmas Favours
We are starting our Christmas celebrating early here this year as part of our extended family will be overseas for Christmas. I love to add some chocolates to gifts, especially when giving gift cards or money, as it … [Read More...]
Quick Crochet Gift Tags
I crocheted up a batch of small granny squares using ย DMC Perle 5 in red and white, etย voilร ย the Quick Crocheted Gift Tag was born.These would also work well in other colours - I can just visualise them in some pastel … [Read More...]
Handmade Living Blog Tour
A Spoonful of Sugar is delighted to be a stop on Handmade living - aย designerย collective blog tour which starts tomorrow. Handmade Living, written by Tania McCartney, ย is a beautiful, hard cover lifestyle and handicraft … [Read More...]
