First of all, do you like me in my Kimono? It was an impulse buy in Kyoto whilst walking home from dinner at 10pm. We happened to stumble across a little antique/second hand shop with lots of used kimonos and other knick knacks. Of course I couldn’t resist poking around was immediately attracted to this lovely orange one. I’ll tell…
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We have a new addition to our little family…Meet Perty, my, *cough* I mean Emma’s new Blythe doll. I thought it was a great opportunity to pick up a Blythe doll whilst in Japan, as they can be quite expensive here in Australia as you need to purchase them online (shipping is always a killer). I was looking out for…
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You saw some of my mum’s crafty work yesterday, today I present you with the handywork of my dad… As a gift for Emma’s second birthday, he built her a little play kitchen out of an ikea bedside table and bits and pieces from his shed. It has everything a little chef could want, a hotplate with a real light…
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On Wednesday I asked my facebook and twitter followers (you?) what they would like me to blog about today. The answers varied from tutorials and bunnies, to Emma and a little more about me. Well I don’t really know much about bunnies, but I do know about me, and there is more to me than just being a crafty mum……
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I couldn’t wait to make a cover for my new iPad this weekend, and there is nothing I love more than using up my scraps…so it was logical to make a felty patched cover sleeve. This tutorial will show you how to make the felted patchwork for the outer part of the cover and the instructions of how to measure…
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Wow, I’m so excited to share my super tidy sewing room with you. There are no ‘before’ pictures because they were almost too shameful to post. Picture piles and piles of stuff like in that ‘hoarders’ TV show…but worse. You couldn’t even see the floor! We moved in two years ago and I’ve never really have the time to focus…
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This book was an amazing find whilst op-shopping with Miss Pilgrim a few weeks ago – I must say it was the find of the day. Published in 1965, this beautifully illustrated book by Brian Wildsmith is in mint condition, but what really blows me away are the colours and shapes! Emma loves the ‘silly’ cat on the cover with…
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I’ve been sowing my winter veg garden, and because I’m a little on the lazy side I usually throw the seeds straight in to the soil and wait for something to happen. Fair enough you say, not lazy just practical. But the problem is, by the time anything sprouts I’ve totally forgotten what I’ve planted. So I had a brilliant…
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