Yes the movie is a year old and yes this has been around for a while but hey, I only just found it. And I know my kids would love it – wall-e papercraft. So much better than just buying one at your local department store. There are two versions ~ the initial one and [...]

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On the weekend I gave myself a little baking challenge ~ a multi-layered chocolate cake, complete with raspberry filling and chocolate ganache icing. The occasion was a family birthday and I was kind of excited to take this cake on. I had a recipe and some top tips from smitten kitchen. And amazingly, it turned [...]

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How fun are these knitted retro vehicles from Leah Sutton’s shop on Etsy. As well as offering the made items, Leah also sells the patterns which will be emailed to you as a pdf. 0

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Last night I made this deceptively simple but suprisingly delicious meatball dish for dinner. I have made various meatball dishes but yesterday I wanted something quick and easy, that wasn’t just spaghetti bolognaise. So I searched and came up with this from Taste.com.au.  The beauty of it is that it is easily adapatable for your [...]

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1. blues and reds, 2. greens and blues, 3. cherished china & books, 4. Creativity Series Here we are at Monday again and with a quieter week on the horizon, I hope to take the time to clean out some corners and do a little re-organising. To make a somewhat tedious chore seem that little [...]

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So all creative thoughts lately have been on a certain birthday party for the very small one who turned 5 last week. See the invitations here and the cupcake baking factory here (4 dozen cupcakes I made this week ~ phew!) Here’s a snapshot of our circus extravaganza. 0

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It was in 1969 that Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar was first published. The New York Times voted it one of the 10 best picture books of the year.  The book has since been translated into 47 languages, sold more than 29 million copies and reportedly, a copy is sold every 30 seconds somewhere [...]

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So on Saturday night we made Jamie Oliver’s chicken in milk. (First mentioned here) To be honest, it was a little frightening ~ I mean baking a chicken in milk, adding lemon zest. I wasn’t feeling real sure of myself despite all the rave reviews (See here) I mean even Jamie admitted it was a [...]

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Wow Thursday has rolled around quickly this week ~ school is back, I’m back at the job that pays the bills, lots to do and a certain little one’s party to organise. Hence these. We are having a circus party (which goes with some things that have been happening at preschool – plus it seemed [...]

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This is what I whipped up on the weekend ~ lemon delicious pudding. Uses a couple of mixing bowls but is otherwise quite easy. My recipe is from an old Australian Table magazine – I’m sure there are lots of others but this one is tried and trued for me. I even had the sense [...]

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