Out of the sadness of a broken, favourite hook {at night, which rendered me hookless – yarn down!} has come a new discovery. There are better hooks out there, smooth weighty ones, hooks from which I don’t have to file burrs off before I use …
We thought we would never finish it, Dave certainly thought we acquiring an unlimited supply of very large crochet coasters……but it is finished! Mum finished sewing it up in the weekend and added the border and tah-da! I purchased the wool for this on a …
After living through the dusty hell of having every wall in our house re-plastered and finished, I can hopefully be forgiven for being a tiny bit precious about putting holes in my new walls. The difficulty I have with hanging stuff on the walls is …
I thought that repainting all of the interior doors in our house would make a HUGE improvement to the very haphazard existing paint job. I was right, after a couple of coats of paint they look fresh and new and have helped make the house …
There is sooo much yummy summer fruit around at the moment, I have been loving it- and making huge messes in the kitchen as a result. I was at one of the local orchard shops last week and out the front they have Bargain Bin …
Oh Jam, how you have consumed my life for two days. As I was deciding on my annual Christmas cooking you were suggested by Dave ever so casually, almost as if I make Jam all the time. A willy-nilly Jam maker I am not. I …
As I was shelling out dollars in the weekend for my loves 5th birthday party, one thing I just couldn’t buy was a pack of those ugly plastic goody bags that are used for like, 10 seconds before the lollies are devoured the toys are …