how to save to stay home (and make some money too)

stayhomemum

I love it when a lovely reader asks me a question and I say thank you, that’s a blog post sorted. Just take the lovely Kimberley who emailed me last week. Her maternity leave will be coming to an end and she isn’t ready to go back. She wanted to know if I had any […]

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weekend craft

knitting

I love the excitement of picking a new project. On Friday I cast this on, took it out with me on Saturday in the car and kept knitting Saturday night and also Sunday. Thanks to one of the little ones waking me at 4.30am I made some great progress Sunday morning. I’m using the Maile […]

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the first hats arrive

hatsarrive

You can tell that I’m settling into the school routine as I’m not so regular with my blog posts lately. Having 3 at school is definitely a big change to 1 but we are adjusting. Everyone is loving school and I’m quickly getting used to our early starts and trying to be organised. The first […]

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chocolate slice (gluten + dairy free)

chocslice

We are sweet tooths in this house and trying to make everything gluten and dairy free for my little miss means rethinking some of our sweet treats. My go to chocolate recipe is chocolate brownie so I’ll be working on that one to get the butter out and a gluten free flour in too. I […]

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stealth health lunches kids love – a review

stealthiss

Just 2 days of packing a gluten free lunchbox for elodie and I was needing some inspiration! With an hour or two to kill at the shops while the twins were at school and little miss at preschool I had the chance to go and look for some new books. And I love when you […]

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baking for lunchboxes

lunchboxtreat

wow school goes back this week! I can almost feel the tears as I think about waving my little twinnies off to big school. And I’m getting organised with all of the lunchboxes and drink bottles out to make sure I have enough, name tags have been sewn into every item of new school uniform, […]

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first hat off the needles

knittingcharityhat

Well thank you for your support and excitement over knitting hats (you can find out more here). I’ve done my first hat and a few rows onto my second as I type this. I found a fabulous pattern in one of my fave knitting books, more last minute knitted gifts by Joelle Hoverson (bargain price […]

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making hats for teenagers at westmead

woolchemohats

I love the emails and messages I receive from readers. Last night I received one from a lovely lady Lisa and I got straight back to her. Her 8 year old son has just been given the all clear after liver cancer. As she was leaving Westmead she discovered that they need hats for teenagers […]

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in the mix 2 – a giveaway

inthemix2

I have a love affair with cookbooks. I’ve had to cull the collection a few times but there is something so lovely about cookbooks and getting inspired to get into the kitchen. Now I’ve reviewed a few of the thermomix cookbooks in the past (you can read them here, here and here) and it’s great to see […]

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