So the long holidays have started and it’s still a couple of days until Christmas. And already the kids are driving me up the wall.
On my list of things to do this week was make some salt dough ornaments which I thought would be a cute place setting favour at our Christmas dinner {which will [...]

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… we’re waiting for Santa.
The whole merry of Christmas has caught up with me and I’m going to focus on getting organised this weekend for Christmas, inbetween Christmas parties and birthday parties where the small ones’ attendance is required. A spot of Christmas shopping, a spot of menu planning, and perhaps a spot of decorating [...]

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… make a mix tape.
Remember pressing the record button at just the right time on the cassette player, or swapping tapes in and out to make up a mix tape. Ah, the good old days. {showing my age here somewhat}.
I figure, it is only early December and we might already be feeling a little bit [...]

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Wow, the last weekend in November, and that means soon it will be time to get out the Christmas decorations, trim the tree and all that jazz. [We have a rule/tradition in our house ~ December 1 or thereabouts, depending on schedules, is tree time]
So this weekend, it’s time to start thinking about Christmas decorations.
Here’s [...]

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… try a new recipe.
I keep bookmarking delicious things I want to cook [or eat].
On my “list of things to try”.

The Pioneer Woman’s Mushrooms Stuffed with Brie
For our next soiree, would love to try this lavash by Eat Make Read
Tartelette’s chocolate wontons. Yes, please!
I know it’s summer but this quick udon soup looks tasty

Do you [...]

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… thing about what you are going to do for someone else this Christmas.
We are into November, and our minds turn to Christmas planning. And while thinking about handmade, recycling, cutting waste, I’m also trying to think about how to make someone else’s Christmas a little brighter.
Perusing the www the other day, I was reminded [...]

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The lovely Cindy has asked me to pick this week’s eye spy theme for Sunday. {i know ~ the pressure!)
Thought I would give everyone the weekend to think. After going through previous themes, I decided on …
{insert drum roll here}
… your favourite gadget.
I love gadgets, usually the electronic kind. But gadgets could also be your [...]

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Here in Australia, we are marvelling at the arrival of spring and the colourful blooms that are appearing in the garden. Spring ~ renewal, new life and all that ~ is a wonderful time for inspiration and feeling uplifted. After a drizzly, dreary end to winter, I was amazed at how motivated I was once [...]

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… schedule some “me time”.
This week, I’ve seen several posts around the www lately of mums feeling overwhelmed, busy and spread a little thin.
I hear ya.
I am a full-time working mum, juggling work, family, housework and my own hobbies. And most of the time there is never enough time in the day. In the crafting [...]

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… do some baking.
Spring is giving us an unpredictable spell of weather. Who knows what the weekend will be like? And the beauty of baking is, if you time it right, you can have something lovely and warm straight out of the oven for a cosy afternoon tea watching the rain splash on the window, [...]

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