NOTE: If you are a sewer, I’m looking for hints, read the bolded part at the bottom of this post (after reading the rest) : )
I have long admired those who can sew bags and then enjoy looking for fabric in op (thrift) shops. Op shopping is like treasure hunting and you never know what [...]

Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Family, Sewing

In September Keziah turned 2 but we have only just had the last of the celebrations for her birthday last weekend. Another little girl from our church also turned two recently so we decided to have a combined party at an indoor play centre for them.
Saturday morning at 10am we, along with quite a few [...]

Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Darling Daughters, Family, Sewing

Once again I have entered the monthly challenge for the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy. This month the theme was masks and I struggled to come up with something this time. In the end, wanting to represent our gorgeous country I went with the theme of the Aussie Bush for mine. This is the [...]

Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Art, Etsy, Polyclarific, Polymer Clay

Every second Monday a group of women from our church (don’t worry, this isn’t a preachy post) gets together to study the Bible and this term we’re looking at the book of Daniel (commonly known as the guy in the lion’s den). The first study last Monday was about the first chapter of the book [...]

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For a while now I have been trying to work out how to store my business cards, I don’t mean my personal ones but ones I collect from here or there. I didn’t want one of those little folder things with plastic sleeves but more of the indexed style.
We went to officeworks the other [...]

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Amongst this new obsession of sewing I’m still polyclaying just as much as before. I’ve created a few new pieces this week that I’m quite happy with. Most of these are using scrap clay and I just love the randomness of them thats drawn together with the repeated floral shape. Here they are:

A brooch using [...]

Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Etsy, Mintd, Polyclarific, Polymer Clay

For a long time now I’ve observed a lot of stay at home Mums who buy fabric from op (thrift) shops and reinvent it as something else. Finally today I got my chance to do this. This fabric was for sale in a couple of op shops which are around 10 minutes walk from here [...]

Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Art, Family, Sewing, Thrift/Op Shopping

So, amongst other things this weekend I’ve managed to sew the other half of Keziah’s outfit. This is the first top I’ve ever sewn and I somehow managed to follow the instructions. It came out really well and all I need to do is finish it off with some press studs and then I can [...]

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I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned before that I recently opened up shop at madeit.com.au. So far no sales but I’ve not been focussing too much on it either. I did however make the front page a little while ago. Not sure whether this happens when you list your items or if they’re selected. Here’s [...]

Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Etsy, Madeit, Mintd, Polyclarific, Polymer Clay, Wahmania

Its been a while since I’ve done a highlight of the mission we work for – SIM. Recently the International SIM site has had an overhaul and it looks great! You can see what it looks like by clicking here:
SIM International
I really like the way the site looks and that you can see the different [...]

Filed under: Africa, All Sorts of Things, SIM