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Helping mum

I needed some midget hands to help me make a front cover image for the Playgroup brochure. So I borrowed my little girls hands (she was awfully cooperative). I dipped them in paint and did a bit of tweaking in […]

More hearts

For Valentines day I baked cookies and cupcakes. The cookies I bundled up and added a recipe card, cookie cutter and hair pin. We gave them out to some very special people. I hope you all got something nice for […]

Today’s bargain

I have a bad habit of popping in to the local Salvo store on the way back from dropping my son off at kindy. Today’s score is a million small coloured wooden blocks. I only paid $2.50 for the lot. […]

Baby Nana Rug

After weeks in the making, I finally present to you  my first ever crochet baby blanket. For Christmas my partner gave me a book on how to make 500 different ‘Granny squares’.  I wasn’t sure if I was up to […]

Baby Blanket

After weeks in the making, I finally present to you  my first ever crochet baby blanket. For Christmas my partner gave me a book on how to make 500 different ‘Granny squares’.  I wasn’t sure if I was up to […]

3D Print

Check it out. I did this. I now have my very own 3D printing software. So the first thing I draw and print out all in the same evening is a cookie cutter love heart. I feel very proud …

Love hearts

Not sure that love is in the air, but it is definitely all around me at the moment. I set myself a challenge to see how many hearts I could make with all my odd-ends and this is what I […]

Babushka Softie

This beautiful doll was made for a very dear friend of ours baby girl. I had so much fun making her and used all my favorite materials. I must confess, I haven’t used the sewing machine since making this little […]

Easy Crochet Headbands

I wanted to make some cute little headbands for my daughter and her friend, but time had gotten away from me. Searching through some patterns I found this fast easy headband idea. I guess you can add any kind of […]

Christmas birds

My boys Pre-School teacher has a soft spot for birds, so I put together some Christmas Budgies for her and the other teachers as a thank you for enduring my son for the past six weeks 🙂