I’m now more than half way through my pregnancy so it’s time to start thinking a little more about creating a space for our new babe (dubbed “Hercules” by my boys, and don’t worry, we won’t be calling him/her that when she actually arrives, but it is nice to have a name to use!) in our room. We’re in a three bedroom home, with us in the master bedroom, the boys in the second bedroom and my husband’s office in [...]

Seventeen year old Shealynn is far more constructive than I was at her age, and instead of being the wild child that I was, is spending her free time created beautiful art work and tutorials and sharing them with the Internet. Way to go Shealynn! She recently shared this lovely tutorial for creating a beautiful clock out of an old book, including details on how to fit the mechanism into the pages, create the cleanest cuts and even alter the [...]

We celebrated my birthday yesterday with a beautiful cake covered in passion fruit icing and decorated by my mum and my boys. It was the first time my Mum had been here for my birthday in four years, my birthday is normally a bit of a non-event, as I have no family in Australia, so it was awesome to have her here and taking the initiative with the boys to help them make cards and presents for me, I was [...]

Penguin contacted me recently and asked if I would be interested in a quick book review and giveaway, never one to turn down new craft books, of course I jumped at the chance, and then roped my eldest, Declan, in to help with a child’s perspective. He didn’t so much jump at the chance, but groaned in a way that only a 4 year old who’s convinced he’s actually 14 could do. From the publisher: Little Things for Busy Hands [...]

With two boys in the house we have A LOT of bumps and bruises. A couple of weeks ago my eldest son took an impressive fall in our hallway and ended up bumping his lip pretty badly. The first thing he asked for (learned from preschool) was an icepack for it, I floundered and gave him a bag of peas wrapped up in a tea towel to do the job and vowed I should probably come up with a slightly [...]

On our first Christmas day together, my husband and I took a walk along the beach. I was a mess of emotions, it was a large collection of firsts, my first Christmas in Australia, my first experience of a southern hemisphere Christmas (this December marks my eighth and I still find it just as weird as I did that first year!), the first Christmas without the chaos of my Mum, my sisters and niece and my first Christmas with the [...]

“Check out this stunning artwork made entirely from potato prints!” is something I never thought I would say (or type?) but seriously, check out this stunning artwork made entirely from potato prints! Jordan and her family are only based in Paris for a year and obviously don’t want to spend too much on artwork or decorating their home, but still want to make it feel like someone lives there. Although you’d think “cut up potatoes, print them on paper” would [...]