The Red Wren

30 days of lists

This month I’m participating in 30 Days of Lists. The basics of this challenge, is that every day a new prompt is released and you create your list from that prompt. There’s no right or wrong day to complete the challenge and people are creating their lists on sticky notes, to moleskines, and everything in between! I saw this post which was my main motivator for signing up. I loved the way she incorporated her list into her Project Life album and decided that this was the approach for me. ...

Sewing and Craft, Tutorial

Melting crayons

Elijah is at that age where he just loves to draw, but he's a bit rough on the old crayons. I was getting sick of putting lots of crayons bits back in their container each week, so luckily this project that is all over the Internet came to mind. A lot of the examples I've seen of this ...

Life and Outings, Memory Keeping

Project Life

Many years ago I was a scrapbooker. I scrapbooked events, day trips, holidays, and parties and loved experimenting with different layouts and techniques. But then due to some life changes, I fell behind. I had photos cropped and paper bought, but I just never scrapbooked them.. I fell further ...

Food & Recipes

Chicken, Leek, and Potato Pie

Last week I succeeded in doing something I hadn't done before… I made a pie! A pie with pastry base and lid, not just a sheet of pre made puff pastry plonked on top of what's essentially a casserole! I didn't write my recipe down as I went, but it was pretty simple. I cooked ...

Sewing and Craft

Summer dress

When I was girl I always enjoyed sewing clothes for my dolls. I know a lot of little girls, but for some silly reason I haven’t sewn for them. Last week I whipped up a dress on a whim for my cousin’s daughter. I can’t show you that dress because she hasn’t seen it yet, but I can show you this ...

Life and Outings

Farmers Market – Collingwood

Last Saturday the weather was glorious, so we decided to take the bikes on the train and head to the Farmers Market at the Collingwood Children's Farm. We hadn't been to the market before, and we weren't disappointed. It's more than double the size of our local market, and I ...

Gardening

Weekend sun

This past weekend we were fortunate enough to have some beautiful, sunny weather. We spent some time in the garden edging beds, and replacing an azalea bed with salvias. The latter has been on the cards for a while as the azaleas were planted in an inappropriate position to begin with and have ...

Gardening

Green Manure

A few months ago I rejoined The Diggers Club, which is an Australian supplier of heirloom seeds and plants that practises both sustainable and ethical gardening. We had a membership a few years back, but we hadn't renewed it. This year I vowed to make this year our best veggie garden ever, ...

Life and Outings

Collingwood Children’s Farm

I'm playing catch up on some posts.. A few weeks ago I took Elijah to the Collingwood Children's Farm. We've taken him to a couple of farms which he's enjoyed and Collingwood was no exception. I enjoyed it a lot too! The great thing about this farm is that you can go into the ...