When we started homeschooling, I knew as well as committing to the daily rhythm of educating the children, I was also committing to a decent chunk of travel. This week, for instance, we made the two hour trek to our nearest environmental education facility, to join up with another homeschool group, for the children to attend a day of bush […]
Part of crafting, is that not everything turns out perfectly. I am somewhat of a perfectionist at times, but depending on what I am making, I try to lean into the charm of the imperfect, and not let the pursuit of perfect freeze my progress. Obviously there are times I need to rework things and fix up problems. Clothes to […]
Back in 2017, my partner in crime and I started a challenge to get us back into the swing of crafting and blogging and experimenting with creative play.We created a list of different mediums and materials which we would use as a launch point for whatever creative projects we were inspired to pursue. We got about half way through, and […]
Some projects take time to plan and prep and pull together. Others are a delightful case of serendipity, like my latest batch of diffuser bracelets. Master7’s lesson plans for last week included making a finger-knitted bracelet that was to be decorated with beads. I still had my bead boxes in easy reach after the last round of bracelet making, so […]
With the weather warming up, and everything opening up and restarting post-iso, it’s time I need to pretend I am a functional adult with a decent wardrobe. In reality, my summer wardrobe leans very heavily towards my standard mum-uniform of leggings and nerd tees, which is fine for the days when my biggest event is rolling up to the school […]
With the covid finishpalooza continuing apace, I’m coming across a problem I never thought I would – I’m running out of projects to work on. Currently, I have three in progress. I have my mandala blanket I started at the end of the 100 days project that I work on of an evening. I have my stitchery that I’m working […]
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