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Stop the press guys… A while back I pinned this super cute romper from Erin at Lemon Tree Creations, with the promise that if Hercules was a boy, I would be making it for his Christmas outfit. Turns out that Herc was Ronan, and so it was time to get stuck into my Christmassy fabrics. (and FYI, if Herc had been a girl, I would have been making this sunsuit from Made By Rae in Michael Miller’s Yule Critters in [...]
Well I wish I had the exact tutorial, but everyone has their own methods, mine apparently involves several months of tears, 33 weeks of baking time, and eventually 21 hours of labour, but after all that I would like to officially introduce the newest member of my family to the CraftBlog readers. Ronan Clay Treacy was born safely into the world on the 22nd of November, just a little bit undercooked at 2.36kg (just over 5lbs) but otherwise perfect in [...]
Creative Jewish Mom has this simple tutorial on creating your own very funky, very colourful glasses using glitter glue and glass paint. They’re great for adding a bit of colour to your home, but would be absolutely perfect for weddings or other celebrations once painted to match the colour scheme. I have about 28 of these tealight holders from Ikea left over from our wedding (five years ago, yes, I am a hoarder!) that would be far more likely to [...]
A few weeks ago I received an email from Kailaasking if I could promote her event in Redfern, Sydney, I’ll let her do the talking… Fabric-a-brac is coming to Sydney! What is it you ask? It’s a fabric sale from lovers of projects, who just have too many projects (er, that would be me then). If you have piles of fabric in your wardrobe, in a cupboard, and you KNOW you’ll never get around to using it. Or you’re looking [...]
Recently I saw a beautiful picture of some “Salt Dough Gift Tags” on Pinterest. They immediately piqued my interest and I set about thinking up a tutorial with a slight twist on the original idea (look out for it next week!) but didn’t think much of it again. This morning, half way through baking my own gift tags, I decided to wander along to the original blog (which I hadn’t looked at previously) and see how her dough recipe might [...]
Food companies have recently woken up to the fact that a large portion of the population is trying to develop healthier life styles, and so have been modifying their product recipes to fit in with this, removing the excess fats, salts and sugars whilst at the same time preserving the taste that made those products popular in the first place. Or at least trying to… there’s been a couple that have let me down when they’ve released something with a [...]
Another new craft book to review, thank you to my lovely friends at Penguin Australia. This time around it’s the English Translation of Happy Homemade Vol. 1 – Treasured Collection by Yoshiko Tsukiori, originally printed in Japanese for Japanese sizing, Penguin have translated the book and adapted the patterns to fit Australian sizes 6-16 whilst keeping the Japanese aesthetic that is so popular at the moment. The clothing within are all casual women’s outfits and it comes with full size [...]
Jen from A Thousand Words created this amazing duvet/doona/quilt cover for her son, Daniel, using fabric markers on a plain white duvet… the best bit about it? Those are all Daniel’s drawings! Enlarged and dutifully traced by his mum in a project that took her more than twelve hours work to complete. This is such a wonderful way to preserve and display drawings, and the finished effect is so graphic and modern it looks like the kind of kooky bedding [...]
Melbourne cup is less than a week away, only a few days left to get your craft on and create a totally unique fascinator to wow everyone at the track. Below is a round up of my favourite how-tos from around the web, using everything from the standard feathers and flowers, to zips and even a USB cable. Clockwise from top left… Laura Howard shows how to create a felt headband using recycled jumpers. Lindsey of Shrimp Salad Circus made [...]
