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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

The stores have decorations out, and the supermarkets are selling puddings and mince pies; Christmas is fast approaching and I thought I’d share my Christmas crafty plans. Sewing As usual I have ...

Life and Outings, Memory Keeping

Week 35

Where does the time go? I’m a couple of weeks behind, again, but that’s ok. Week 35, what can I say about this week.. this is one of these weeks where all looks good on ‘paper’. I have pretty ...

Life and Outings

The National Rhododendron Gardens

This blog has always had the intent to be about life, and many moons ago I used to blog about interesting places we have visited. I plan to post more of these sorts of posts now that my content ...

Freebies, Memory Keeping

Free printable labels

It’s the first day of Spring here in Melbourne, although with temperatures topping 11’C and rain galore it really doesn’t feel like it. This hasn’t deterred me from creating a simple set of ...

Memory Keeping

The great catch up.

Hello! I’m pretty pleased with myself this weekend because after many, many weeks of complaining that I’m weeks behind with Project Life, I have finally caught up and intend to stay that way. I’m ...

Freebies, Memory Keeping

Free happy filler cards

A number of weeks ago I tried my hand at creating my own fonts. I made a couple, and was just getting the hang of what I needed to do to improve them, when my scanner died. Isn’t it always the ...

Memory Keeping

Revisiting my manifesto

Almost six months ago I published my Project Life Manifesto, a list of points to keep me on track with scrapping each week, without getting caught up in trends etc. I’m currently four weeks ...

Sewing and Craft

Simple Singlet

How are we all today? I’ve been a busy bee this week rediscovering my machine and have a singlet to show you. I saw this great kite knit fabric in spotlight a few weeks ago, but it didn’t have a ...

Sewing and Craft

Simplicity 2451

It’s been quite a while since I sewed for myself, so I feel the need to put a bit of a preface on this post. I’m not a beautiful seamstress, I’m a functional seamstress. People who don’t sew ...