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 [...]

Sydney based blogger, Little Betty has shared her pattern and tutorial to make this adorable sunsuit, perfect for the heat wave we’re going through right now, just remember to put some sun screen on those little exposed shoulders! See the tutorial and pattern here. Buy the matching bonnet pattern at Little Betty’s Etsy store.  

Only a mild fail this week with a canvas that went wrong, making this week officially better than the previous one! I’ve been wanting to make up some silhouettes of the boys for a few months now, but I rarely visit the paper section of any craft stores and so kept on forgetting to pick up the black card. I’m super happy with how these came out, they only took about half an hour each, and I had a lot [...]

Between going away for the weekend, and spending the week preparing for going away for the weekend, I haven’t managed to get much done this week. What I did get done was enough to consider this officially a week of craft fail. There was a failed playmat for a new baby in the family on Monday. It’s now sitting in an angry heap to the side of my sewing table where I occasionally swear at it and bemoan the fact [...]

Introducing Connor Lorne Treacy, born Friday the 19th and weighing in at 3.5kg and 56cm! So far he’s doing great, although copping a fair bit of abuse from his big brother already! Although it may be quite a few years until he’s actually contributing, I’m sure he will be a fabulous source of inspiration for the blog and for my personal projects. Thank you for all the well wishes for both of us. I’ve had a week home from hospital [...]

Ed’s note: Please welcome Leah, our resident shopping guru, to the blog, this is her first post of (hopefully!) many more on CB. My name is Leah and I’m an addict. An Etsy addict. I can’t make, sew, knit, paint or build anything (yet), but what I can do is buy handmade. For me, my girls, our home, our friends and just about anyone else I can justify making a purchase for. I pour over the lovingly handmade item treasure [...]

This is a favourite project of mine when I need something as a gift for a newborn or a baby shower, beautiful cottons on the front, mixed with a highly tactile fabric on the back and then lots of soft satiny ribbons to rub. It’s great for a new baby to snuggle into, and the size makes it an awesome carry around blanket for a toddler. Some may call it a “Taggie”, but those people are obviously not worried about [...]