Girl’s play purse crochet pattern

Free beginner friendly crochet pattern for a girl's play purse.

How to respond to “Why don’t we have an Elf on our shelf?”

Here are a few ideas on how to respond to your children if they are curious to know why a scary looking doll doesn't spread pasta and glitter all over your home each night of December.

Dumb phones & DVDs: Seizing back control from screens

For when you need encouragement to take back control of what your children are being exposed to.

Book Week – Darrell Rivers from Malory Towers

My 9 year old daughter discovered the beautiful Enid Blyton books this year and has read through all of the Malory Towers series. For Book Week, she chose to dress up as Darrell Rivers. As we live in Australia and our schools have pivoted away from brown pinafores as uniform (we have lots of blue,…

Crochet Grenadier Guard toy pattern

I started drafting this pattern back in 2015, hoping to make a set of little soldiers for a toddler's Grand Old Duke of York play set. My amigurumi skills were not quite up to it and I made a set of peg dolls instead. With the sad news of the passing of Her Majesty Queen…

Happy September

It's that time of year in Sydney when the bitter winter starts to lift. Spring cleaning with a pumpkin spice latte while watching fall decorate with me, back to school, and autumnal TBR videos from the Northern Hemisphere signals the change of season just as much as the wattle blooming. Christmas is on its way!…

Home Made crochet Steiner/Waldorf Gnomes and Nins

Since overhauling our toy disaster collection a year ago, I've opted for quality, open ended toys that stimulate imaginative play. Our play room is full of wooden food, musical instruments, baby dolls and clothes and a gorgeous doll house full of little wire dolls and hand me down furniture from at least three generations. The…

Beautiful birthday wool

My husband did well this year. Not only did he totally surprise me but he got me something I absolutely love! This sampler of RichMore Percent 1/100 is one of my favourite gifts ever. It's so soft and the colours are just gorgeous. I cannot wait to make something special out of these little beauties.…

New beginnings

It's been a whirlwind few months. New house, new neighbourhood and new kids activities. With it all came a wake up call and a new perspective. Working full time is rough sometimes. So many days I wish I was at the school gate or on canteen duty or there to take her to ballet at…

Reusable coffee pods

I haven't thrown out a coffee pod since July 2017 thanks to my stainless steel reusable Seal Pod from Crema Joe. I love our Nespresso machine dearly. It was a wedding gift and a massive boost to being more frugal in our daily lives, but the wastefulness of cheap supermarket pods bothered me and I…