It was around midday on Tuesday, as we wrapped up at homeschool group, that I realised I’d totally flaked on our traditional Shrove Tuesday pancake breakfast. I had been so looking forward to it – last week was an insane one, and the small joy of a special breakfast with my three kiddos at home (and surprising Bear with some […]
In amongst the big projects I have for Advent, there’s also a couple of little ones. In early 2023, my friends and I did a Twelve Days swap – that was supposed to be for the actual twelve days of Christmas, but someone (aka me) had to get covid, so we delayed. One of the gifts I received was a […]
In the hey day of forums and Facebook groups and quilt camps that were actual organised retreats, common projects were a regular occurrence – clearly this is on my mind as my second post about group projects this week! Aside from the odd group project that pops up every now and then, they aren’t as much of a thing, but […]
After almost four years of cabin life, I was excited to get into the house and have some storage space. It’s just over a year now since we moved it, and I will confess I’m still shuffling things around trying to find the best flow in this space. One of my biggest bugbears has been the laundry bench, and the […]
Once upon a time, in The Before, Thursday nights were a regular fixture of my personal church life rhythm. I’d get everyone settled with dinner and evening routines, grab my bible, and head out the door to the ladies bible study. It was a newer study group, one that had grown out of a previous Tuesday morning mum’s study group […]
When it comes to crafting, I love a good theme. Whether it’s the same fabric range over three seperate quilts, or matching my cross stitch to a baby gift, or dressing head to toe in matching yarn projects, or making a rather unnecessary project bag to be sure it is the right colour scheme, there’s something so satisfying about matching […]
Long weekends have long been an excuse within our craft group to dive into challenges and projects and using our bonus time wisely* (*wisely, of course, is a euphemism for craftily). Since 2019, Easter long weekend has meant a super sized challenge known as Creativity Bingo. A four day marathon of crafting, designed to be chock-full of prompts to get […]
Last year, I treated myself to a hand built pottery class. I love the pieces I made, but sadly my platter came out of the kiln with a rather large crack in it. It was disappointing, for sure, but almost immediately I came up with a plan. What if, I said to the teacher, what if I did something in […]
In our homeschool, we don’t follow school terms. We’ve found a different rhythm that works for us, but still gets the requisite time in each year. Most recently, it meant that we worked through the first week of the school holidays, had a week of drama classes which I’m counting as school, and then holidays last week. Today, then, is […]
My instagram feed can be a dangerous place, when one is as distractable and suggestible as I am. I follow an eclectic mix of makers and creators, and it’s not uncommon for me to flood the group chat with screen shots when something cool pops up. Next minute I’m down a rabbit hole of online shopping and pinterest and into […]
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