Sewing: Book Week Costumes - Oliver and S Cape

We got to experience our first book week since living here in London!  Something I had always looked forward to doing since having schoo...

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Crafting at Home

Anya was home sick from school three days out of five last week, she caught her brothers nasty cold and then got a tummy bug on top of tha...

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FREE Activities for Children

  Hubby's office moved recently, so we took advantage of the moving boxes and built our own box city!  We have made towers, bridges,...

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Mothers Day Artwork DIY: Holiday Activity for Children

Yesterday we made some lithograph artworks with paint, paper, trays and fingers: idea found here !  It was simple, effective, messy and fu...

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Handmade Children's headbands

Last year I focused the majority of my time on bridal hair accessories but I haven't forgotten about those petite heads that need a...

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Furniture Renovation: Vintage Children's Bed

Josiah's big bed is finally in his room!!!!!!  Hoorah!  He is awaiting a doona cover which I plan on making before winter, a cotton w...

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Christmas Crafting: Tree in the Snow

Well after seeing Sweet Paul's gorgeous snow globe we had to make our own!  We too used rock salt but added a touch of glitter.  With...

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Furniture Renovation: Bed Side Table

I have actually finished painting Josiah's bed a few weeks ago but we are waiting for a mattress (sale!) so we can assemble the bed an...

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Handmade Christmas Cards: Holiday Crafting

Making some Christmas cards with my craft-loving girl!  I got her to paint a couple of pictures in watercolour using some old Christmas ca...

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Girl's Party Decorations

For Anya's actual birthday party way back when, we made some simple decorations together including these cupcake (patty cake liner) ga...

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Decorating Ideas: Children's Furniture Re-do

Image via Doolittle I finally bought a big boy's bed (below) for Josiah from our local reuse facility, Tiny's.  It was a grand t...

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Keeping Children Happy with Simple Activities

I'm so happy the weather is getting warmer!   It's so agreeable for post pre-school afternoons where a bucket of water, bubbles...

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Fathers Day Craft

Concentrating hard here on painting between the lines of masking tape!  We were inspired by Mer Mag 's geometric artwork for Gap Kids ...

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