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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Christmas is just around the corner [34 sleeps]. So this weekend would be an ideal time to put your crafty hat on and make an advent calendar. But never fear, if you’re lacking inspiration, here’s some great ideas. Simple but effective from Nice Package A red and kraft coloured theme from the red thread Be [...]

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Making some little notebooks with the grid/graph paper I found yesterday.You can never have enough notebooks. I also received a package this week from the lovely package exchange from Julie which had all sorts of beautiful things in it ~ like a mini moleskeine, the most elegant eraser (don’t know if I can bring myself [...]

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… cooking. Having the parents over for dinner for a very belated, postponed birthday celebration. So some cleaning, tidying and cooking. And naturally there will be cake. Tonight’s menu is still a little up in the air but last weekend’s roast chicken looks like getting a re-run and I am turning to this new site [...]

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I don’t know if I love this project because of the colours in these beautiful photos, or for the great re-use of crayons bit into something more fun. (we didn’t have quite enough odds and ends for a decent photo) Melt down your crayons to make new ones. It is fairly simple, popping the bits [...]

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This little project involves some adult help with the cutting but it can be used in a myriad of ways ~ paste a favourite picture of photo on the template and make into jigsaw, you could even send it off to a favourite someone. Or draw your own picture. Laminating the puzzle before cutting it [...]

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// Today is the 40th anniversary of man landing on the moon. So project holiday is launching into the world of space to commemorate the event. // This is life with the astronauts, a gallery from Life from the archives of photographer Ralph Morse who chronicled the public and private lives of the astronauts. Now [...]

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Eyespy a great project for today which could take you through the weekend ~ eyespy or I Spy books (like the television series of the same name). Take photos of groups of items, pick several items to find and photograph them separately, and then make up your book. Some examples follow. A book made for [...]

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It’s school holidays here so my creative space has been invaded by the little people. And we are back in the card-making studio, making cards for the friends will be meeting for a holiday outing tomorrow. (one is a birthday card and the other is a thanks for being my friend card ~ cause small [...]

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