The Red Wren

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 photos, I went to pretty places, if you follow me on sites like Instagram then it looks like my week was just rosy. But it wasn’t. We are having issues with a neighbour and what this week’s layout doesn’t show is my crepe myrtle snapped off at ground level, the eggs running down the windows that I ...

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 is all under the one blog. Tucked away in the Dandenongs are the National Rhododendron Gardens, and ...

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 printable labels in Spring colours. Simply download the PDF, print on paper, card, or sticker sheet, cut ...

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 not going to blog about the catch up layouts, instead I’ll direct you to a new page I’ve added ...

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 way? I’ve used one of my fonts to make some free filler cards for your personal use. The lettering is ...

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 behind and quite frankly, it’s no longer fun for me. I’ve started to question why I bother with weekly ...

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 lot of stretch and felt a bit stiff. I resisted and walked away. Fast forward a few weeks and while ...

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 compliment me on the things I make, but I shy away from showing any experienced seamstress my seams, ...

Gardening, Life and Outings

Instagram Snippets

I installed a wordpress plugin that pulls photos from my IG that are tagged #theredwren and turns them into a draft post in my blog.. Testing to see if it works.