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May, 2012
- The flip side of cake (is a green smoothie) Sent Saturday, May 19, 2012 whip up » Newsletter What with the celebratory week I have just had: birthday parties and mother's day, I have been baking just a little.But on the flip side we have been quite overdoing the green smoothie (frozen peas, pineapple, ginger and spinach - trust me -- it's good!) and the homemade muesli thing too - just to add some balance to all that cake.For my 12 year old's (second) birthday party this year, I was commissioned to make a double layer marble cake filled with vanilla […]
- Keeping it real and staying on track Sent Saturday, May 12, 2012 whip up » Newsletter My life in this very moment is just all about quilts, quilting, fabric, stitches, threads, rotary cutter, sweeping the mess, scrap bags of fabric piling up, making space for more quilts...In between I am trying to keep the sanity by staying real. Real life keeps butting its head into my sewing realm. Kids. Dinner. Dishes. Responsibilities. Friends. Health. ... so to stay real I have to stop procrastinating, need to use my time wisely. Need to be organised. Have […]
- Life, my friends Sent Saturday, May 5, 2012 whip up » Newsletter Change of seasons, change of pace. Planting the vegetable garden, jamming figs, roasting tomatoes and freezing stewed apples. Eating homemade granola with homemade yoghurt. Kids practicing their instruments: piano and guitar. Another birthday coming up next week - planning a cake and a special dinner. Tidying the yard, having an outdoor fire, a trip to the tip. Watching the ducks fattening up and the last old chook needing some friends -- keeping me company. […]
April, 2012
- Deadlines, sewing and cooking Sent Friday, April 27, 2012 whip up » Newsletter It has been a couple of weeks since the last newsy letter and so I thought I better catch you up on what I have been up to.We have been busy with birthday celebrations, and cooking and school break. The kids and I are working on a recipe book for families (more about that later - it is very exciting - sneak peak below) and I have also been spending a bit of time in the sewing room too.Because of silly too-tight self-imposed deadlines and lots of sewing as well as […]
- Organisation: moments of work, rest, rushing and creativity Sent Friday, April 13, 2012 whip up » Newsletter What with a weekend of camping and pile of washing to catch up on, a head cold and couple of days in bed and a number of looming deadlines -- I am officially in the land of chaos! A friend wrote to me recently asking what is my secret for juggling everything I do -- family, laundry, books, website, making etc... and really I had no answer. Because all I want to do today is make a cup of tea and go back to bed and read my book. Instead I am catching up on emails, […]
- Holiday foods and family togetherness Sent Friday, April 6, 2012 whip up » Newsletter One of the biggest pleasures for me during holidays is the food - the cooking, the smells and tastes, and the family pushing and shoving -- uhm gathering around to appreciate all that you do for them. Food = love = family = togetherness.This long weekend I am camping with my family. We go to our favourite spot on the coast with a few friends and their kids and their bikes and the fishing gear, and we swim, we light the fire, we cook slow foods (and hopefully some […]
- Quilts, fabrics and more Sent Thursday, April 5, 2012 whip up » Newsletter In last weeks newsletter I showed off a few Colours of Australia which I loved so I thought I would do another colour palette inspiration from a photo I took of a corner of my house this week. Doing this can really give you some insight into your style.A few weeks ago my family and I got together for a crafty baking sort of fun time to experiment with Easter baking and crafts. The result is our Easter themed Action Pack mini-mag - hope you like it! And hope you […]
March, 2012
- Colours of Australia Sent Thursday, March 29, 2012 whip up » Newsletter This week I guest posted over at Ansie's place while she is travelling around Australia. The theme of my guest blog are the colours of Australia so click over to see some colour palettes from images from my last camping trip with family. The colours of the desert, the sunsets, the earth and the flowers. The image below is a flakey painted door next to some rich red bricks -- I love to make these colour palettes simply using photoshop but I also like to use online […]
- Banned from the kitchen Sent Thursday, March 22, 2012 whip up » Newsletter I have sort of been head down between the sewing machine and the sewing table and the sketch book and the design software working on a new project this week. So I have been sadly neglecting some of my favourite things, my social networks both real and virtual are taking a beating as I ignore everyone and work work work.These bundles of fabrics are just a little bit of the wonderfulness that I have been playing with. Colours, textures, patterns mmm...It's not all […]
- Out and about Sent Thursday, March 15, 2012 whip up » Newsletter We were out and about on a little family jaunt this past weekend. We went to the big smoke - the city - to see the lights, and hear the sounds and visit some cool places and climb some stairs, and see a show and eat some good food and watch some clever buskers. We stayed in a pub and walked everywhere, we happened upon some street artists doing their thing and we saw some fireworks too. It was a good weekend, yes there was some moaning tired moody children (and […]