Recently Michael and I have been looking around a bit at houses that are for sale. Not because we necessarily want to move, but just for fun. It’s quite interesting to see what houses are going for and if we could even see ourselves living in the space. While I know that everyone has their…
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Healthy Chocolate Milk // Toddler Friendly Recipe
I love chocolate milk. Really really love it. Unfortunately shop bought ones are mostly loaded with sugar. In general, when it comes to my toddler, I follow a policy of “If I can eat it, she can eat it”. I don’t feel like it’s fair, or teaching her a good message, if I tell her…
The google pregnancy trap (& giveaway!)
We all know that google is not the best doctor when it comes to headaches. You know, because you’ll suddenly have brain cancer or something. Hopefully you saw last week, that we announced our pregnancy 🙂 Somehow in pregnancy a quick google search can become a go-to source of information (especially when, like me, it’s…
12 Lovely Watermelon DIY Projects & Printables
I’m still loving all the fruity DIYs around. While parts of the world are celebrating the start of fall, we are having our first proper signs of summer being on its way. What better way to celebrate than with a watermelon DIY (or 12…)?
That time we saved a kitten
Everyone wants to be a hero right? And when you are trying to be a hero, you really don’t want to stuff it up. We recently did a bit of both… While out running near our house, about a month ago, Michael was greeted by a friendly little kitten. The next day our neighbourhood crime…
Say Yes Print // Free Download
Don’t you just love a good adventure? Now I’m not really the crazy, bungee jump off a bridge sort of adventure girl, but I do love exploring, seeing new places and trying new things. I’ve also recently started a new job, which is an adventure of learning and growing (and also why I’ve been a little…
Dear Supermarket Bully // An open letter
Dear Supermarket Bully You don’t know me, neither do you know the other middle-aged man you were speaking to. You do not know his story. You do not know what he is dealing with. I heard your words and I saw your disapproving face. Yes, he did have a lot of ice tea and coke…
New possibilities // Silhouette Cameo
Don’t you love taking something simple and making it into something great, useful or pretty? My generous husband recently allowed me to get a tool which has opened up so many new creative opportunities. While on holiday last year I went to Kamers with a friend. We got chatting about laser-cutting, how expensive lasers are and how…
2015 calendar // free download
Is it that time of year already? Yip, it is! As I spoke about in my last post we are almost done with our year in Tonga. Christmas is on it’s way and we’re trying to be really organised with early shopping this year (especially since we are seldom close enough to lots of shops)….
On taking photos
I love taking photos. Not because I’m very good at it (because I’m not), but because I love being able to scroll through them when I’m bored and reminisce the fun times. The photos don’t have to be anything special, because the memory is special. However, I feel like social media is stealing that away from…
puresweetjoy.co.za is one year old!
It is one year since moving over to www.puresweetjoy.co.za. It has been so much fun blogging, creating and learning. Pretty happy with the 26000 visitors and 33000 pageviews in the past year. Thanks to everyone who has every read even just one post or looked at a few pictures 🙂 I still have lots more…
Cardboard trophy head
Friends of our have two lovely cardboard trophy heads hanging up in their lounge and every time I see them I wonder my usual “Hmm, I wonder if I could make that?”… I finally got around to making a template last week and here is my first prototype. I’ll make the template available for download…
Vertical Pallet garden update
Have a look at how well our veggies are growing in the pallet! Take a look at the original post and tutorial here.
Digital printing in Cape Town
As promised in my last post, this post will be speaking a bit about a great company that I discovered in Cape Town. A few weeks ago my group at university had a task to plan a Health Promotion Week. Since Friday 13th May was World Hypertension Day, we focused our week around the prevention…
Chalkboard labels for jars // tutorial
Painting blackboard paint onto a jar is a lovely way to spice up a normal jar and allow an easy way to adjust the label. What you need:JarBlackboard paint (Stick to stir paint)PainbrushMasking tape or electrical tapeScissors Tape a border around the area that you want to paint and then paint a smooth layer…
Designing
Been messing around with watermark / logo / christmas tag designs. This is where I’m at: