I’ve never met a hydrangea that I didn’t like

hydrangea

It’s that time of year again……………..hydrangea time! Only thing is that at our house they are down the side of the house…..the side that I only go out to if I’m passing something out to my neighbour or the kids are coming and going next door. In fact I was chatting to retro daddy yesterday […]

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how to sew a simple cushion

sewcushion

Here is an easy and fun tutorial for how to sew a simple cushion! There was so much choice for fabrics but I found myself in the upholstery section and really drawn to these colours. I came home with 6 cushion inserts for $36 and 3 m of upholstery fabric priced from $9.99 – $12.99 a […]

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first Christmas craft for the year

ccraft

I had a most enjoyable morning today pinning away some Christmas crafts and baked goodies here. Whether I actually make any of them is another thing. You see for a couple of years now I’ve been saying to myself that I must finish a few more stockings to hang at Christmas time. When the twins […]

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start making some Christmas traditions this year……….

ginger

We’re in November, the Christmas decorations are out in the shops…oh no wait they’ve been out for ages, dates are in the diary for the Christmas concert and rehearsals, discussions are being made about who is hosting lunch and the catalogues are coming into my letterbox each day full of present ideas, decorations and stuff. […]

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Lasagne – the first dish out of the oven

lasagne

This post is brought to you by Woolworths This recipe is pretty special because it’s the first dish that came out of my very special new oven. So we better start with a picture of the oven before we get stuck into the recipe. She’s so pretty that she might even need a name. Whenever […]

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high school reunions

reunion

This weekend is my 20 year high school reunion and I am so looking forward to catching up with most of my friends again. I left canberra when I finished uni and hardly get back anymore so it’s going to be great to see old friends and what’s happened since our last reunion. This was […]

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everything you wanted to know about my 2nd kitchen renovation

newkithcenalmostthere

OK so the kitchen is in and while all of the details are fresh on my mind here is the post that tells you where everything comes from! This makes a great reference for me when people email me like they do now about the old kitchen and saves a lot of time. Cabinetry I […]

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gluten free + vegetarian nachos

nachosfinal

This post is brought to you by Woolworths  Oh I love that this post was due just a day after I lost my kitchen. I couldn’t find anything in the temporary kitchen and my fridge was downstairs. Last night I managed to drop a can of tuna on my lovely carpeted stairs when I tried […]

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chocolate pretzel cookies – gluten free option

pretzel cookies

Over the weekend I’m sharing my review of the upcoming In the Mix 2 by Dani Valent, a fabulous cookbook for the Thermomix. And tonight I found myself shopping for ingredients to make the double chocolate pretzel cookies from the book. Now I’m trying to be gluten free at the moment so I made the […]

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