Our dining room table was not a pretty guy and was really letting down the overall ambience of the dining room. I joke! I would never use the word ambience and mean it, I promise. Our table was a hand-me-down from Mum and Dad and was still in awesomely solid condition, but the original varnish on the top was thin and the finish …
Sandpit Rage
So one day toward the end of winter last year, I had this freaking genius idea to turn a corner garden surrounded on two sides by concrete into an in-ground sandpit. Bordered by railway sleepers, complete with driftwood and spendy, smooth river rocks, over-flowing with just the BEST sandpit toys {or whatever dregs I found in the tupperware drawer}…….are you …
Show and Tell | Vintage Deck Chair Revival
Aren’t these chairs simply the poster child of summers past? My Poppa is in full spring clean mode and de-cluttering everything so I was super stoked to find two of these classic deck chairs in his garage just waiting for another summer with our family. I LOVED the original canvas but 35+ years of New Zealand sun had well and …
Show & Tell | Bunny Stitching
My lovely sister-in-law is totally cray-zy about rabbits and will be celebrating her birthday at the end of the month. As she and my bro will be on vacation in the states at the time, we had a little early birthday dinner for Joanna last night. Luckily I had planned this gift ages ago so I had given myself plenty …
Show & Tell | Sugar Skull Embroidery
Well, I bet some of you thought I’d never finish this one? And, maybe I thought that too, but HA, proved us both wrong. I really enjoyed this wee stitching project, I found it really cathartic punching holes in something over and over again {?}. I’m not sure if the end result is pretty per se, but it’s definitely me. I have …
Show and Tell | Christmas Advent Calendar Bunting
Phew! Five days before Christmas and I finally managed to get all of the numbers on the advent calendar. There have been many projects {2} throughout my illustrious sewing career, however this advent calendar would have to be my favourite to date. I loved every little pain-in-the-ass step, the fun of bias binding, the huge amount of cutting and tucking …
Show & Tell | Christmas Bunting
I have been channelling my domestic goddess even more than normal lately and, I have been S E W I N G. I know, it IS a big deal. Prior to recent adventures in Spotlight I had not sewed since Home Economics in Form 2. Think how along that must have been for it to have been called Form Two! …
I Made It | Acrylic on Canvas Geometric Art
I sucked at art when I was younger, but, I have School Cert Graphic Design {that is a wee giveaway as to how old I am!} so I figured if my very first painting had heaps of lines on it I might actually be able to complete it to an acceptable standard! I wanted a bright canvas for the top …
Show & Tell | Crochet Baby Blanket
This wasn’t a well planned out project, I didn’t have a pattern and I didn’t buy wool especially for it. I kind of wish I had put more thought into it considering how attached I feel to it – I worked hard on this while I was preggo with Nixie and I have just finished the border and steam blocking …
Op-Shop DIY | My first foray into refinishing furniture!
A project, started and completed within a week! That deserves some more chocolate. I spotted this desk at Junk & Disorderly whilst on a scouting mission for a little cabinet to sit at the end of our kitchen. We had a vacancy for a small piece of furniture that did not need to do anything nor hold anything, a corner that …