Recipe for preserving children

image: papier mache a very cute childrens magazine

thank you papier mache, your latest issue is beautiful and inspiring
 
 

golden crispy crunchy carbs

i learnt this recipe ages ago at a middle eastern cooking class.  i made it a few times and then it languished alone in the bottom of my recipe drawer and finally got lost.  this week the temperature dropped 10 degrees for a couple of days and i suddenly had to make the yummy golden crunchy potatoes and [...]

free the elephants

on etsy….

barkingbirdart, terbearco, inretrospect
sarayard, neverenoughhours, leatherprince
on felt….

katieca, snuggleb, papillon

 
on a vintage cotsheet i rescued from an oppy…

and how cute is this guy??? he’s a beautiful FREE embroidery pattern thanks so much to corinne.  just click on the picture or here to get one for your very own

how not to dance

ahhhhhh!!! i know it’s not smart or clever but  i am guilty of breaking at least one of these rules.  seems that at least one guy was watching when we got up on stage coz $5 a bottle wine made us the best dancers ever… don’t laugh, you watch it and then tell me you’ve never [...]

crochet crime

crochet bikini anyone?  well, maybe it’s a bit brief to even be called a bikini.  i have no idea how i ended up looking at these beauties

image: what not to crochet

while i was looking for a picture of cate blanchett in her granny square dress.  weeeeell, actually that’s not true.  i found what not to [...]

oops, i was away for a while huh?

seriously, i haven’t said ‘hi’ for over a month?  man, that’s pretty stink.  i had to move stuff round because we are painting, and i couldn’t get my sewing machine out to play with.  don’t ask me why that affected my being able to post, but it did.  i know, s-t-r-a-n-g-e.  and now i don’t know [...]