An occasional commentary on design and crafty things, ideas and inspirations. Sunday, September 9, 2012. After many months of nothing I can finally tell you the following. My new blog is at blog. While it is currently about the set up of the online store it will gradually include more craft meanderings. Monday, February 20, 2012. Friday, January 20, 2012.

The blossoms and buds are starting to open. Green and pink and white and yellow wherever you look. Beautiful! Spring in our kitchen. Waiting for our Easter grass. On Easter Sunday the weather was sunny and almost warm.

A Conversation with Fiona of Blue Fedora Ltd. Here, we get a glimpse into her creative world. Who are your creative role models? My mother and father are my biggest creati.

Saturday, August 31, 2013. Wanna be! This should be my mantra . I eat WAY to much sugar! So, just recently I brought the I QUIT SUGAR. Next time around I need to tweek here and there to suit my taste. These are the Chocolate Nut Butter Cups. I made some with Almond Spread centres and some with frozen raspberries. They were super yummy, but next time I will put in less of the cacao. This is the Raspberry Ripple.

Housewife, cheapskate, crafter, mum. Trying not to go crazy, trying not to go broke. Wednesday, May 4, 2011. These are the shorts I made from my last op-shop finds. The new batch of singlet prints turned out great.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015. In Flight- Block 14- Wren. After this blog post is written, my job for the day is to trim and bind my In Flight Quilt. As with the Thrush, I made my Wren an 18 Inch block. I am really loving the addition of the 18 inch blocks, I think it really adds to the appearance of a flock of haphazard bir.

My New Zealand jewellery design journey and other creative ventures! Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Watermarking Product Photos - the software I love. One of the best pieces of advice I was ever given about product photography was to always watermark your photos - 1. it identifies the piece as yours and not for copy, and 2. Program which in a nutshell is a batch watermarking software. I cannot tell you how much I love it! This is my logo which I want .

Monday, February 13, 2012. Felt Christmas Swap Wrap Up. First I would like to say a huge THANK YOU! .

Thursday, 4 June 2015. Oversew Fashion Awards Show 2015. The long and the short of it is that i had my entry accepted - only 50 were accepted out of 120 submitted. I was lucky enough thanks to the lovely Denise from NZ Eco fashion week to be given a ride to Carterton to watch the event. So much fun! Monday, 1 June 2015.