More than I bargained on

I love paper.  It is a well-known fact and one that I have mentioned here before.  I don’t scrapbook, but do, do a whole lot of crafty stuff that involves scrapbook stuff, like paper and other bits and pieces.  Well, this past week I was given the best gift ever…. Boxes and boxes of card-making [...]

DIY Cake Stands

For all my saying “I hate Pinterest” I do spend a remarkable amount of time on it and have found some quite fun ideas.  One of them was cake stands made from candle holders (or glasses or terracotta pots or basically anything).  I had two candle sticks that I found in a second hand store [...]

I cannot believe my daughter turns 2 this month.  Time really has flown.     Over the past two years she has grown from a tiny little baby to a very independent little toddler.  She does not like me to do anything for her. This includes dressing her, brushing her teeth and hair or feeding [...]

Things I know for sure

Oh well, I guess it was not a bug that was going to go easily.  I am still man down with a cold (flu).  It sucks, but at least I know for sure that there is no way I could have done the race. Other things I know for sure: Little OL is the cutest [...]

Advent Calendar

This year I decided to do an advent calendar for Little OL.  I am not sure if she will understand it or not, but worth a shot.  After scouring every corner of the internet (pintrest) I saw the idea of using wage packets on Harassed Mom’s site – what a brilliant idea. In fact I [...]

Something new

So I decided to try something different with my iced sugar cookies – to paint them!  I have seen it around and thought I would give it a try.  We have our art class end of year party this weekend – our theme was Berthe Morisot. I did not enjoy it and they did not [...]

Packaging Fail!!

Dear Woolworths SA Can I just say that I was so excited when I saw the large red and white candy canes in your stores?  I went out and bought a whole heap, knowing full well that if I waited till closer to Christmas they would be gone. I will just say however that my [...]

I hate Pinterest!

I want to state quite categorically that I HATE Pinterest!!! I hate the fact that it gives me such great ideas and then steals that time right back.  I hate that I get all excited about my list of To Do crafts and then feel inadequate because I have not done them.  I hate the [...]

Practice makes…

well, not quite perfect but a whole lot better than last time. Although I still could not get the navy.  Here are a few pictures of the biscuits I made for our board meeting.      so what do you think – a little over the top???  Or is that only after I put them [...]

Sardinia Bay – drawing

Here is the drawing I did, copied from this photo taken by Firefly.  (thanks once again for letting me copy it)