Wendy from Ramblings From The Sunshine State created this rainbow themed wreath as part of the decorations for her daughter’s birthday party. All it took was a wreath form (use a pool noodle taped in a circle if you struggle to find them in your local craft store!), some yarn and some felt. I know flower wreaths are all the rage right now (or they were last year? I don’t know, I’m so unhip…) but I love the addition of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I’m attending (thanks to the fabulous Liz of Jarod And Liz Productions – seriously, go there if you want fabulous website design!) the Problogger Training Day this Friday, I only just got the all clear this afternoon from the OB after spending a couple of days in hospital whilst Hercules contemplated an early arrival so it’s all a bit last minute. I mentioned to my other half how disorganised I was feeling about it all, he just laughed and said [...]

Kara from Craftastical has created and shared her first embroidery pattern, a beautiful collection of paisley designs, perfect for adding to tea towels, pillows or as sweet embellishments on a skirt – I think they’d look awesome on some natural linen, especially in the bright yellow that Kara chose to use. I can’t wait to see what the final project is going to look like! Download the embroidery patterns here. The book that started my love for embroidered Paisley – [...]

I spotted this stitchable iPhone case whilst wondering around Pinterest a few days ago and fell in love with its simplicity and awesomeness, but at the same time, winced a little at the price (+ postage to Australia) and wondered how the stitches would hold up in my handbag, which inevitably seems to collect pencil leads (I only ever carry pens in there) and gummy sweets at the bottom, leaving pretty much everything that enters there covered in a sticky [...]

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 [...]

My eldest has a name that is rarely heard in Australia, we could go to Ireland and find ourselves overwhelmed with “Declan” merchandise, but we’re pretty much out of luck here. He treasures the facewasher and keyring that we’ve managed to pick up with his name on, but still scours gift shops and gets a little disappointed when his name isn’t there, it’s about ten times worse when he can find his brother’s name right off the bat. Growing up [...]