Moving day at work & Handmade stuff

Warning: teacher talk coming up… Possibly boring but potentially eye opening! (Plausibly educational). Crafty stuff further down. Today I’ve been moving desks at work, which is a bit of a production really. As a graphic design teacher, I come under the Technology banner, which is part of the “Maths and Technology” faculty. Hence me living [...]

Daily Photo – Road to Mollymook

DIY Christmas Wreath

This year I decided to make a wreath from twigs and ribbon. As it turned out, I used the remnants to the dead tree killed by the kitty cats, recycling is in my friends! Inspired by a star shaped wreath I saw in the December issue of Martha Stewart (gt my first copy last week, [...]

Bread Pudding Recipe

As part of my to do list I’m trying to cook new recipes to build my repertoire (ie, learn how to make lots of yummy food because I’m a piggy). So when mum asked me to bring a summer pudding to our early Christmas BBQ last week like I had made for thanksgiving, I asked [...]

Christmas Tree Update

You may have read in my earlier post about how I decided to go with an old family tradition from when I was a kid for our tree this year… well, the kitty cats decided that was a lame idea and pulled the whole tree down one day while we were at work. I figured [...]

Daily Photo – Yellow Pops

4 days left to win Fire Tulip photo print

Comment on any post or photo to win the December Photo Freebie #1, Fire Tulip: Fire Tulip competition closes December 14, when a new photograph will be up for grabs over Christmas. I will be running the Photo Phreebie comp fortnightly from now on, a month takes forever to go by… December’s #2 photo will [...]

Tuesday Trove – Lovely Links

These don’t really have a theme, just a couple of amazing things I’ve come by this week. Matchbox Advent Calendar by Belinda Graham at thehappyhomeblog.com HappyTape – see for yourself =)

De-Cluttering: 4 tips for a tidier home

I started my de-cluttering process a few months ago, so far it’s going well =) I am a messy person at heart, no matter how much my mum or grandma nagged me when I was growing up, I would always leave my clothes on the floor, all my junk on the table, and never put [...]

Total Newbie Photo Tips – #1

This is part one of a series I am going to be posting on tips for people new to photography. Some topics will be covered here in the blog, whilst others will be covered in depth in my newsletter (which you should definitely sign up for, over in the blue box on the right). These [...]