baking and making with my family of 9
congratulations Carlia the winner! I was very excited when I heard about Thermomix releasing a new cookbook just for Christmas. I buy way too many magazines as Christmas approaches and then tend to make the same dishes each year. But one of the things that has been missing is a big Christmas cookbook just for […]
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Life is so busy at the moment and I have had a couple of moments when I’ve had a panic about how much is on my plate. You know the feeling in your stomach when you just think how on earth am I going to get through this and I can’t think straight. So I’ve […]
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There isn’t much sewing going on at the moment but there is a whole lot of embroidery going on. One of the best things about machine embroidery is that you set it all up, press start and off it goes. You need to come in and change the top thread colour but that’s it. Leave […]
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Well I don’t really need a costume for halloween (not that I’m trick or treating) because now that my finger is unbandaged I’ve named it my freddy krueger finger. It’s quite something with 7 stitches in bright blue. Still a bit sore but feeling much better…and I faced my rotary cutter again for some cutting. […]
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Ever since I’ve started using rotary cutters (must be at least 6 or more years ago) I’ve been so careful around the kids…and in my craft room. That was until yesterday when I was rushing, thinking of other things, a bit flustered about how much I still had to do for my school fete and […]
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Being at home with little ones can be lonely at times. I’m a homebody and I love it but I also love catching up with other mums. And I realised it early on. Whether you’re a new mum, you’ve moved house (or country!), have found yourself in a new situation, are feeling a bit lonely or […]
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I have a very busy start to the week with the usual school and preschool run, meeting at school, groceries to buy so that I can make cupcakes for preschool and a pink ombre cake that I’m making for my sweet birthday girl. And a last minute shopping trip to buy some palace pets. I can’t believe […]
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Oops it’s been almost a week between blog posts. Life is definitely busy. School is back, preschool is back, speech therapy is back and I’m sewing a few projects for Brother and a lot of things for our school fete. It’s going to sneak up on me. I just know it. Here are a few […]
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It was the last day of school holidays yesterday so I grabbed the opportunity to get some sewing done. I cut out the pattern and fabric the night before, sewed the dress in about 5 mini sessions at my machine and quickly finished it off this morning. I was hoping she was going to wear […]
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