My creative goal for 2020 was to make a dollhouse and all its furniture by June, as a birthday present for our 3 year old. Fast forward to three days before Christmas and I was sitting making my first piece of furniture for a dollhouse that we ended up buying as a Christmas present. Safe…
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DIY Paper Fiddle Leaf Fig // Free Download
Fiddle leaf figs are still one of the most popular indoor plants. Well, on Instagram at least. Unfortunately mine is not doing too well and has officially dropped more dead leaves than it has grown since I got it. Whoops! Paper plants always seem to come to my rescue, so of course a DIY paper…
How to cut by line or fill colour in Silhouette Studio // Silhouette Tips
This one is for all the Silhouette users out there. Ever find yourself wanting to cut different sections of the same design file from different materials, or wanting to draw and then cut on the same piece of card without having to save all the different pieces into a new file? It’s quite simple really…
Pinwheel Party // Easy DIY Kid’s Party
Bubs’ has spent many hours outside running up and down our little garden between daddy and her little windmills/pinwheels. One evening while she was running around I decided that a pinwheel party would be such a cute theme for her second birthday party. Conveniently I’d done a pinwheel cake topper DIY a few years ago,…
Never-fail (cakey) chocolate brownies // recipe
The connection between food and memories comes into play big time for me with this one. I was lucky enough to have a lovely friend living four houses down the street from me as I grew up and this was our staple baking treat. Frances, this one’s for you 🙂 We always called these chocolate…
DIY Soft Toy Rattles // Free Cut File for Baby Plushies
We seem to have a definite flurry of children’s birthdays around June. Of course it’s compounded by the fact that our antenatal class friends’ babies are all obviously born within a few weeks of each other. I started trying to DIY a present for each of Bubs’ friends, but instead it turned into these sweet…
Bunny craft roundup // Easter DIYs
Over the years I’ve done quite a few bunny themed DIY’s. I mean, why not? Bunnies are incredibly cute and always work so well for Easter, birthday parties or room decor. I thought I may as well put them all in one place for you, so please enjoy. Click on each image to link through…
Bunny Print // Free Download
I love a good simple print. They can be such an easy way to add a whole bunch of character to a space. We inadvertently ended up with a bunny and bear theme in Bubs’ room when we decorated it, nearly two years ago. I knew I wanted to do vinyl stickers on one wall…
March Grocery Challenge Roundup
If you’ve been following along on Instagram, you’ll know that I set myself a challenge to spend less on groceries in March. The goal was to spend less on groceries, ideally R3000 or less (and then keep the spend down going forward), but more importantly to use some of the saved money to bless someone…