The Red Wren

Rose

I’m a bit of a fan of iPhone camera apps. In fact next week I’m going to be sharing my favourites with you. For today though I’ll just leave you with a photo taken on Friday evening of a rose. Not the world’s best photo but I really like the contrast. {Blogtoberfest Day Twenty- Two} Post 20 I’m participating in Blogtoberfest. Click here for more information.

Sewing and Craft

Making things

It’s no secret that I’d like to make things to sell (I’d even to be happy to make one thing that I sell just once to someone I know!). I often come up with ideas for things only to then discover a really good tutorial for something similar already exists so everyone is making their own, or that ...

Gardening

Roses

This time of year is one of my favourites in the garden as it’s heading towards it’s peak in terms of flowers and colours.* The main contributor to the gorgeous colours are the many varieties of roses we have scattered around. *mental note for next year- plant some plants and ...

Life and Outings

Chris Cornell Concert

On Wednesday night I went and saw Chris Cornell perform his acoustic show at the Palais theatre. I’d been to a solo Cornell show before and was very impressed that he not only plays his solo songs, but also songs from Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Audioslave and a few covers. You could say ...

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Mini quiches

Put your hands up if you’ve made mini puff pastry quiches before? Thought so! They’re quite a popular quick, easy, finger food. Today’s version: Makes 24 4 sheets puff pastry 8 eggs 2 tablespoons cooking cream 2 teaspoons sun dried tomato pesto 4 sliced spring onions (scallions) 1 ...

Sewing and Craft

Pretty Fabrics

I’ve been sorting through my patterns of late, deciding which fabrics to use and what order to make things in. Yesterday I prewashed some fabric and I’m looking at them today feeling rather excited about the pretty dresses that will be in my wardrobe soon! {Blogtoberfest Day Eighteen} ...

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Apple Cheesecake

This week I was racking my brain trying to think of something yummy to make for mother’s group. I’d recently seen lots of tasty looking cheesecakes on the web so I decided it was high time I gave a cheesecake a shot. I admit I cheated a little and purchased a packet of biscuit base and just ...

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Today I….

am incredibly frustrated trying to change over my iphones! Since I’ve updated iTunes the sync just seems to hang. It’s not all bad though – the weather is gorgeous and my baby is being very well behaved. Update: If you have a similar problem and are a widows user, have a look at this fix. It ...

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Pumpkin yogurt?

Here in Australia pumpkin isn’t treated like a dessert ingredient. We enjoy our pumpkin roasted with lamb, chopped up in a frittata, and my favourite; pumpkin soup. I’m sure many of us have fond memories of mum’s meat and three veg complete with watery mashed pumpkin. Enter the Internet. The ...