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 [...]

I am in another one of my owl-y moods today, I’m feeding it by hunting for Owl inspired handicrafts on MadeIt.com.au. Here are a few of my favourites: Clockwise from top-left: Christopher Poker Broach by Osier – made using wood, a pokerchip, feathers and a hand drawn sketch, great for dressing up an outfit. Owl Headband by The Clip Cafe – a girls’ accessory that isn’t pink! I love this design, super cute and original. Sweet Little Owl Trio by [...]

I have been doing a LOT of browsing around Etsy, MadeIt and Artfire recently looking for some prints to put up in our bedroom, of course, I start looking at prints and before I know it I’ve got about forty tabs open with everything ranging from prints to clothes to jewellery. Now I’m certainly no photography snob, but so many times I saw something that might have been fabulous, if only the picture was a little clearer, a little brighter [...]

With the advent of online market places it’s become a lot easier to sell your handmade crafts, gone are the days of sitting out in the rain on a sunday morning at a craft market hoping that the right person would come along and see your wares. Now you can create, take some photos, write a bit of blurb and for a small fee sell your wares whilst you’re sitting in your pyjamas watching reruns of “Friends”. I’m about to [...]