This exciting new thing is happening.. Sew a Longs! Oh, a tricky bit! Audrey is loving it! Just hanging out..
Winter is pretty mild just now, we’ve enjoyed the fire most days, just to take the chill off, and we’ve seen a couple of mornings like this one. So far I’ve been hard pressed to get...
Do your kids get to do plenty of chopping? This started out as a bok choi leaf… interesting shapes.
These two tiny bears are one of my favourite projects from when I was a kid, I think I was about nine or ten when I made them, on a holiday at my nana and poppa’s place. They are taken f...
We’ve had a house guest for a week or so, and today we finally met them! The other weekend, Luna picked me a most precious gift, a chrysalis for a monarch caterpillar we had in the garden…...
This is one of my regulars, the whole family loves it, and it almost cooks itself, there are times when I have the chance to spend time on a meal, but this one can be ready in about 30 minutes if I&#...
I get a bit carried away with books I Must Have, but this gets somewhat expensive, so in an effort to control my habit, I’ve been requesting and borrowing many more books from our library…...
Woha, this was good, a vegan cheezecake, with frozen feijoa sauce… all raw, ALL good. I’ve made a number of variations on this recipe, a berry cheezecake, and have found that it barely ne...
Using refined rosehip oil and chamomile floral water, this is a light and very white cream, just lovely to use. So nice, I have a couple of extra pots to share around… And it’s really ex...
This may sound odd, but when it comes to having a few hours of ‘spare time’ (ie the kids are with Rob or are miraculously asleep at the same time) the first thing I want to do is work. A...
I left a dress out while pinning and ironing darts recently, Luna and Blake came across it grabbed a pin cushion and started ‘pinning’… I was happy as I could quickly get a bit of ...
How about this for a view in the morning? Beautiful Kawau Bay. Fun times at nana’s place, Luna and Blake put together this large nest on the back deck, I even got to try it out myself while B...
A lovely woman posted me this pattern to try out, and it’s SO pretty and unused, it’s a style I’ve not tried before, Butterick 8977. Not sure when I’ll attempt it, I will be d...
Just cut this dress out while up at mum for a couple of days with the kids… marked the dots, all ready to go! In theory I could whip it up this evening but the little ones have been wakeful. I...
This little number has been at mums for a while, until I was ready to smuggle it in piece by piece… I really love it and found it in a stash mum was wanting to re-home, Crown Lynn? Maybe, made...
Austin about to take the cake for The Most Tolerant Cat Ever award… Alphabet Cat! “You’re going to put this on the internet aren’t you.”
The girls can’t resist getting into the garden when we are away from home. Tree huggers! Loving Autumn… Can’t say I’m EVER so well co-ordinated with my garden as these girls a...
Off for an adventure. So what was this most precious thing that Luna was running to show me? Oh yes, a “Tiny mushroom!” Found somewhere right over there… That wasn’t the only ...
Hey see you this Sunday!!
More on the log blocks… Lining up objects is still big at our house. In the front room beside the bowls bag.
Phew! Just in time for Kraftbomb this coming weekend… Lovely new cotton snack bags, I’ve been avoiding plastic for a while, and love using soft fabric ouches and small bags for mine and...
Playing around with some ideas for my latest sew retro project… Style 4283 from 1973. I found a couple of meters of sweatshirt material at my mums, and decided it would be a could test run, I ...
A current project I’m working on is documenting our family handwork, specifically the collection of vintage embroidery. This includes work by my nana Shirley and her mother, and some other unk...
More old curiousities from mum’s place. I have always remembered this doll, I think it’s the print on the fabric, and s/he’s also like my sleepy dolly that I had (and still have) w...
A pumpkin! Or it’s probably actually a squash! I love autumn, and pumpkins are so very autumn. The best ones are those that come up by accident, out of garden compost… this one is in t...
I’ve been helping my mum sort out some of the family stuff that’s been with us (her) for years and years, there have been a few fabulous discoveries. Like this one, my dad sleeping a dra...
Luna created the Wood Place.
This vintage yoyo blanket has been in my family as long as I can remember, and it was made by a friend of my nana’s. This is the size of a lap blanket, and covered a rather large dolls bed that...
We’re pretty lucky here, we live just 5 minutes drive from a beach, it’s a city harbour beach, and it’s one of our favourite places to go after dinner to see the sun go down. We ha...
When you have a small person that occassionlly rises before six am, you get to see some beautiful sunrises. Today was no exception, though I was outside Auckland and could take in a sea view of sun u...
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