Easter Projects to Sew
Easter and spring are such lovely seasons to sew for — full of soft colours, fresh starts, and small handmade touches that brighten your home. This time of year is perfect for quick, beginner‑friendly projects that use up your favourite scraps and add a little seasonal charm to your table, gift baskets, or décor. I’ve gathered ten of my most popular Easter and Spring sewing patterns below, each one simple to make, scrap‑friendly, and ideal for gifting. Whether you’re stitching for your home or … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [Read More...]
75th Post – Giveaway Time!!
Sarah and I have been incredibly lucky over the past 6 months of blogging and have won some beautiful giveaways. This week, we received some lovely goodies from Kathryn, Our Shabby Cottage - a gorgeous handbag door stop, … [Read More...]
Camp, Inventions and Belts
Last week I made a belt to go with my new shorts which I bought to wear on school camp. The design I used was simple but effective. I used a black spotted fabric from Spotlight.This year I entered the Western Australian … [Read More...]
Mixed Bag
Thanks to everyone for their get well wishes. I am pleased to report that I am well again but am counting down to two weeks leave from work in a weeks time while the kids are on school holidays.Today I completed "Tickled … [Read More...]
