Today I made the tastiest snack – brazil nut balls. They were simply delicious. Devoured by the whole family in less than half an hour. And that’s why there’s no photo, no time to grab the camera before they were gobbled up! The kids loved them. You can find the recipe here. I omitted the cacao nibs – who stocks these? – and made 20 small balls. I highly recommend this yummy recipe.

Let me know if you make them! xo

Miss B and Master M were enthralled by it. Master M stood and pointed to it with a big smile on his face. And that’s what it’s all about!

As usual, I bought too much material but at $5 a metre it was a steal. Our tree could use some more decorations.

Is your house jazzed up for Christmas?

Here are some items that were gifted last weekend – coasters, paper covered pegs (what a fun project to do with Miss 3!), hair clip holder, headband and baby tag blanket.

I enjoy making things for family and friends, and hope the recipients appreciate them as much as I enjoy making them.

Are you making any Christmas gifts this year?

I’m sentimental about my clothes, but have been ruthless. I would rather someone else wear my clothes, then have them sitting in my cupboard like a time capsule.

How often do you clear out your cupboards and donate?

I am so pleased that I finally finished Miss A’s quilt last week. I really enjoyed making my second quilt, and loved how it all came together. The colors worked well, and I had such great help from the ladies at GJ’s with selecting backing and binding material. The pattern appeared quite straight forward, though I found elements of it difficult, such as making sure all the rows lined up correctly. I am very fussy! My very talented mum helped me MANY times for assistance and advice. Thanks mum!

    I gave the quilt to Miss A, and there were smiles all around. I hope Miss A likes and uses her quilt now and in the years to come.

I’ve been working on some other things too, more on that in the next few days. Promise it won’t be in 2 months’ time.

Thanks for stopping by. xo

You can imagine my surprise when I was told today by the lovely ladies at GJ Fabrics that it is illegal for them to have an imperial tape measure to ‘officially’ cut fabric for customers. How extraordinary! It must be metric, which was music to my ears. But with patterns generally quoting imperial measurements, surely it must be annoying for them having to convert to metric.

Maybe one day we will all live in a metric world.

Picture quality and colors not the best – photo from my phone!

I decided to make personalised t-shirts for Father’s Day. Miss B had recently drawn a picture of Daddy and Nonno. I photocopied and enlarged them, purchased plain white t-shirts and some Crayola fabric textas. Then I simply traced the picture, using the same colors as the original drawing, ironed and there you have it – 2 personal Father’s Day presents.

I might make this a tradition – a new t-shirt for each Father’s Day. Would be good way to capture the kids’ creativity and development.

Oh – and the t-shirts were much loved by Daddy and Nonno.

So that’s what I did today – made the kids happy by taking them to our local park. It was a lovely day for a walk and Miss B was so sweet, picking flowers for me on our walk home. When we arrived, she asked for a vase to put them in. What a thoughtful little girl she is.

Park = happy children

Flowers = happy mummy

How did you spend this glorious day?