Chocolate-Free Easter Gift Ideas

This year I’m leaving the great chocolate buy-up to the grandparents, and buying non-chocolate gifts for the kids, with a fun Easter twist. Here are some…

A whole day at home

Yesterday was day three of an intensive toilet training programme we were trying with Annie. We failed miserably, after spending a whole weekend at home trying…

Making cheap cushions look choice

Have you seen the price of cushions? What are they made of, gold? They’re like duvet covers – simple to make yet stupidly expensive. Any idiot…

DIY Santa hats

It’s too close to Christmas for any crazy sewing projects, so I’m sharing a really simple one with you today. I recently made the cutest fabric…

Our Twelve Days of Christmas

In years gone by, I’ve been a Christmas Grinch. I love the actual day, catching up with family over a big pile of hot ham and…

It’s in the bag

I can’t stop thinking about Batman. No, not in THAT way, you dirty bird. My almost three-year-old is super obsessed with Batman and since I’m his…

L is for love

One of my favourite ways to decorate our home is to make my own framed art, which I think is more personal and certainly more affordable. Recently…

Handyman’s dream

I bought a house on Trade Me. It is a handyman’s dream, but then it was only $15. It was made by a man for his…

I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas

Zoom back with me to the glorious ’80s. I’m sitting at the family dinner table refusing to eat my vegetables and probably being an absolute bloody…

The writing’s on the wall

We delved into the depths of our depressing, 1950s garage at the weekend. It’s a dismal place, small and dark and crammed  with enough crap to…