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Recently I was lucky enough to get a long weekend trip down to Melbourne, sans kids, to catch up with my BFF Yvie and her husband Dan. I even got to see her Baby Bump! …
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I would have written sooner but I think I’ve been feeling a little bit of performance pressure. A couple of weeks ago I got one of those too-amazing-to-be-true emails and it wasn’t even a scam! …
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Kate Dawson from Miss Chief Maker put on a spectacular event on Saturday at her store at Picturesque Pialligo. Her completely booked out High Tea and scrummy cakes was a great success, complete with jazz …
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I’m a little behind in my blogging… BUT… Emma turned 6 last Sunday!
Here is my baby when she was just a baby - she had the bluest eyes and the longest feet as a baby. …
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I went along to Bek’s baby shower this afternoon - though I think I wrote Bec not Bek on her card! Sorry about that! I got to meet Bek’s gorgeous sisters and a few of …
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LOTS of very exciting and fun things happened over the long weekend:
we hosted a BBQ lunch for 12 to celebrate Sam’s 17th birthday (also included some fun moments with the Wii)
packed up some cards, zip purses …
The very best way to build your own lightbox is to get yourself one of these:
These are optional extras…
Here are a few measurements for a decent sized lightbox. For the base you will need a …
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I have been looking around for a new watch for a little while now. There are so many different designs - round face, oblong face, numbers, no numbers - but I couldn’t find one that …
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Yesterday was the Handmade Market at Albert Hall, Canberra. The Handmade blog reports that there were 10,000 people through the doors on Saturday. That is a crazy number! I can tell you it was jam …
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Canberra’s Handmade Market is on again this Saturday so make sure you don’t miss out. I hope to see you at the Albert Hall this Saturday - come along any time from 10am to 4pm. …
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Shop Indie, Win Indie.
There’s less than one week left to enter the 2009 Happily Handmade Giveaway! Entries close on Wednesday May 13th so hurry hurry for your chance to win a basket of indie products. …
OH. MY. GOD. Addicted.
We bought a Wii on the weekend and we can’t believe how much freaking fun it is! We got a bundle that inludes the Wii console, Wii Sports, the Balance Board and …
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I really miss this boy. Jack left for school camp yesterday. He’s only 8!
I’m sure he’s having the BEST FUN EVER but I miss him. More than I thought I would. I hope he’s warm …
Happy Anzac Day! This is the day in Australia and New Zealand that we remember and thank all those who have served in war, and especially the ANZACs who fought at Gallipoli in WW1. Many …
How would you like to WIN a shopping voucher worth $150 to spend at Mathilda’s Market, here in Canberra this Sunday?
Mathilda’s Market is full of some of the best of Australia’s crafters and designers, selling …
How would you like to WIN a shopping voucher worth $150 to spend at Mathilda’s Market, here in Canberra this Sunday?
Mathilda’s Market is full of some of the best of Australia’s crafters and designers, selling …
Today was Mathilda’s Market - a new market to Canberra (today was the second time) and I went along to take a few photos.
I didn’t have a stall there today and I won’t be having …
On Sunday, I was Event Photographer for local self-published success story, Tania McCartney who was launching the second children’s picture book in her Riley series – Riley and the Dancing Lion.
above: Tania’s newest children’s book, …
