The Red Wren

Fascinator

I’m off to a horse racing themed 30th tonight. Given my lack of wardrobe that fits right now I thought I’d make something for my head to distract from the rest of me! Behold in all my make-up less and greasy haired glory…. Think it will work? Gotta love hot glue guns.

Sewing and Craft

Jewellery

Cherrie from Willy-Wagtail left a nice comment in response to my secret shame post yesterday. “Never let a mess stop your imagination from producing” Today some jewellery bits and pieces I ordered last week arrived and rather than put them away until my sewing room is clean, I remembered ...

Sewing and Craft

My secret shame

There hasn’t been much happening on the sewing front lately and here’s why: My sewing room has somehow turned into a junk pile. This happened gradually over the course of the last six months mainly due to me not being well enough to do much about it. These photos actually make it look cleaner ...

Gardening, Life and Outings, Our Home

Photos

I take a lot of photos that never make it to be actual blog posts. Sometimes it’s because they’re taken with my phone and aren’t that great quality… my baby bump …others because there’s not a lot to say and they’re completely off topic… first dumplings after morning sickness …and often ...

Our Home

Plum jam

Last year I decided to be adventurous with several punnets of strawberries and made my own jam. It was a successful endeavour that we’re still enjoying today so when two kilos of plums made their way onto my desk via a wok colleague I just knew they too were destined for jam! The resulting ...

Our Home

Brunch and a nice surprise

I was supposed to host an afternoon tea today, but once we saw the weather forecast soar to 40’C we decided a brunch was more in order. Having never hosted a brunch before I wasn’t sure what would work. The girls volunteered to bring along some fruit (I’m not responsible for the amazing looking ...

Our Home

Flowers and tomatoes.

Spent a little bit of time cleaning up the front garden today. It still needs a lot of work, but it’s starting to shape up into a garden rather than a lawn! This year I wanted to have a fabulous veggie garden. Unfortunately my morning sickness occupied most of the planting season and we didn’t ...

Gardening, Our Home

Hot days…

are good for and

Sewing and Craft

Stash

hoarder – a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use There’s some rearranging to be done here at Rose Cottage before the baby arrives. Today I decided to move my fabric stash off the shelves and into containers so it’s more protected and more condensed. While doing ...