(If you downloaded the original file, please read the edit at the bottom of the page!) Last night I made up some cute prints to put up in Hercules’ corner of our room, I had originally planned on doing just one, but whilst I was picking up some undies for the kids yesterday afternoon The Temptations came on the shopping centre music, and I had a flash of inspiration that I couldn’t let go of! So now we have two [...]

When I was in the first year of school I remember making a Christmas card for my Mum, a big green hand print covered in sequins and glitter glue, I loved that card and was so proud when she displayed it all year around despite it being Christmas themed. I LOVE hand print art, it’s easy to do and creates a great snapshot in time of your little one, here’s a collection of some of my favourite body prints that [...]

Stephanie Lynn from Under The Table And Dreaming has a guest post on Brown Paper Packages detailing how to make VERY cute bowls from crocheted doilys, I’ve seen these done with starch before, but never with white glue (PVA/school glue) and I think they look awesome, a really cute way to store those little bits and pieces that you need on your desk. My local Salvos has a box that is constantly being topped up with new doilys, generally priced [...]

One of my favourite things from Connor’s hungry caterpillar birthday celebration was the little matching party hats I made up for him and his brother, let me refresh your memory with a very bored looking birthday boy… (Connor is 3 going on 13, he has already decided he is far too cool to have people sing “Happy Birthday” to him) The hats are great if you’re fed up of buying party hats that rarely last the day or to add [...]

Look what I finished up last night! The quilt top that is, not the baby – he/she still has a couple of months to go, which is a good thing, because I am so unprepared for baby day and Christmas falling on the same month, not helped of course by having a six week window in which Hercules could arrive. The top isn’t officially finished yet, there is still a little appliqué to go, but I know that’s going to [...]