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 [...]

  Megan from The CraftyCPA created these funky coasters using tiles, paint chips and Mod Podge, she offers a full tutorial and tips, as well as a few things she would change if she were to make them up again! Megan mentioned how awesome they would look in a monochromatic range of chips, and she’s not kidding, I think they would be awesome in various shades of purple. See Megan’s full tutorial here.

I LOVE Rashida Coleman-Hale’s new fabric collection for timeless treasures “I Heart”, not only because it features Robots (up there with pirates in my fabric stash) but because it features robots AND flowers… in pink! My uterus is yearning for a sweet geeky girl to make up some awesome summer dresses with pink and orange robots on, so you can be guaranteed that I will be stashing some yardage! I’m also going to be picking up some of the blue [...]

My biggest boy is getting to the stage where I can’t really trace a pattern from his current pants, whack some elastic at the top and call it a day when I need a quick pair of pants. He’s constantly reminding me how he’s a big boy now (and we have the 2012 Kindy enrolment forms to prove it!) and so needs some slightly more tailored pants to suit. I figured the days of sewing his pants were pretty much [...]

Jessica from How About Orange has created another awesome tutorial, this time how to create your own mini-boxes from paint chips. She offers a pattern for both the box and lid plus detailed instructions on how to put them together. They’re the perfect size for storing paper clips or pins, or even better using as cute little boxes – how great would they be as a ring box?! See the full how-to here.

Kate from MiniEco shows us how to create this very cute space invader paper weaving, in both rainbow and a very neon green. I love how striking it looks against the white. I don’t think I could waste this one on a gift topper though! I love the thought of creating all four designs that Katy has made, framing them in some op-shop frames spray painted bright colours and hanging them in a group somewhere in the house – I [...]

We’re always looking for new ways to add to our dress up box on the cheap, we’ve bought plastic crowns in the past, but they don’t often last more than a couple of days before they’re snapped or pieces start to break off! Jeromina from Paper, Plate and Plane posted a great idea for making crowns from plastic bottles with the addition of glitter glue. She offers a few different designs that you can just tape inside your bottle and [...]

Maryanne on half of the sister team that writes Australian craft blog, SewTogether has put together this tutorial on how to create your own flat bottom zippered purse with angled sides, perfect for make up bags, stashing small toys in, or make it up in oil cloth and you could use it to carry snacks! Even better, Maryanne has given detailed instructions and diagrams on how to draft your own pattern, meaning that you can make a bag in any [...]

Does anyone in Aus do much for Valentines? I’m not keen on the whole sending cards thing, but I can’t resist the thought of decorating for the season in lots of pink and red! Jess from Craftiness Is Not Optional created this beautiful Valentines wall hanging from felt, and shared a tutorial so you can make one too, and it doesn’t have to be for Valentines, I think this would look awesome using the word “Home” and hung in an [...]