Spring Crochet Cushion
A couple of months ago I had a bit of an internal tantrum when I discovered every one of the couch cushions commandeered by my two-year old Munchkin. She was determined she needed them as…
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Kawaii Candy Corn Gift Bag
I’m a bit of a wimp when it comes to horror movies. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve watched a scary film, and I can’t say I enjoyed it… nor…
Woven paper baubles
A quick update; The two amazing ladies who created the templates for this project have just released a wonderful book full of gorgeous projects just like this one. I’ve written a review and show one of the…
BB-8 template
I got my nerd on last week. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, my husband is something of a Star Wars fan. Don’t get the wrong idea, our walls and shelves are not plastered in…
Treasure cupcake containers
Whilst coming up with concepts for Munchkin’s Easter morning tea, I was trying to work out how to make the sweet Miss Etoile baking cups I’d purchased at Pfister smaller. Because no Munchkin I knew was going to…
Stormtrooper pop up card
DM is a huge Star Wars fan. Munchkin had watched all of the movies (mainly through closed eyes) before she was 5 months old. So for his birthday it seemed appropriate to make him a Stormtrooper…
Heart Pop Up Card
This year Munchkin and I collaborated to create a card for DM. Below is the result. Munchkin directed where she wanted me to draw hearts and with which crayon, then got to embellishing the rest…
Heart Gift Box Template
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, here is a free printable gift box for you to make up. Or for any reason actually. It’s sweet packaging for birthdays, anniversaries or any reason you need to give…
Gingerbread cookie kits
This past Christmas we decided to make up gifts for some of Munchkin’s teachers at garderie and for a few friends. I wanted to steer clear of mason jars as, honestly, I’m a…
Sugar sprinkle gift packaging
This is part one of a two blog tutorial series. I had it all in one, but it got over large and convoluted. So I’ve decided to pull this part out. I’ll post the second part…
Small paper bag advent calendar.
For Munchkin’s first Advent (we didn’t do one last year) I wanted something she could have a great time opening and, most likely, destroying in the process. So I came up with the concept of…
Geometric Bee Invitation Suite
It’s been a couple of months since Munchkin’s first birthday and I’m finally getting around to sharing with you the Invitation Suite I designed for it. I created an Invitation and Thank You Notelet…
Kawaii Halloween Frankenstein Gift Box
As promised, here is the 2nd in my kawaii Halloween series. This time a cute little kawaii Frankenstein to go along with kawaii Ghosty! They make really cute little gift boxes. The boxes go together…
Kawaii Halloween Ghosty Giftboxes
As I’ve mentioned in posts before, we don’t really celebrate Halloween beyond making sure I have a packet of something to give to the one or two children who might turn up with their parents. But…
Crochet rattle ball
One of Munchkin’s favourite toys, ever since we bought it for her when she was just 6 weeks old, is a soft ball made of cotton that has a bell in it. It was…
Woodland Creatures Cookies and Tree Trunk Packaging
A couple of months ago, my friend Nikki asked me to come up with a concept. She wanted to make gifts to give to her children’s teachers at the end of the year as a thank you gift….
Crochet Baby Toy – Noise Makers
One of Munchkins favourite toys was this Pram Necklace from Littlephant that we bought her for her first Christmas. She adored the colours and the textures of the toy hanging over her pram. And apparently it…
Happy Easter Bunny Milk Cartons
It’s that time of the year! That time when Spring arrives and all the shelves in every store are full of chocolate bunnies and pretty chocolate eggs. That time when we eat too many…
A little robot advent
It’s coming round to that time of year wherein I look at the calendar and panic. I’ve not even started to think about Christmas presents for friends and family, let alone creating an advent calendar….
Updated – Crochet Cherry Pattern
I’ve updated this blog post to include the images and clearer pattern I created when Mollie Makes printed it. I hope it helps! One of my all time favourite wardrobe items is a silk and…
Coral and mint dotty notelets printable
A couple of weeks ago I post my ‘Dots and doilies’ envelope printable on the blog for you to download and print. Now, for your scribbling pleasure, here are the matching notelets! As with…
Making a herb terrarium
DM and I love fresh herbs. We buy some almost every week from the grocery store, even in Winter, when they’re stupidly expensive and turn into green slime almost quicker than we can get…
Dots and doilies
We’re currently holidaying in South-West France. Enjoying some sunshine, sea air and the relaxed surfing culture that Hossegor provides. I’ve just commenced the third trimester and Munchkin is growing quickly! For this reason…
Diamond shaped gift box packaging
I’ve been having some fun of late creating packaging and gift boxes. This diamond shaped one is one of my favourites (second only to my tea cups). They’d make really cute packaging for…
Tea Party Invite & Envelope Printable
Mad Hatters Unbirthday Party Themed Invite/ Notecard A couple of years ago DM and I decided to host one big party per year, to celebrate Summer and well… just because we wanted to! The…
Hexagonal gift boxes
If you live in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Peru, Switzerland, Canada, Belgium or Brazil (along with a host of other countries) it’s coming up to Mothers Day. Stumped as to a…
Easter Eggs
Due to illness and lethargy, I’ve not made any eggs this year. But for the many of you who have found next to nicx over the last few months, I thought I’d share some of…
Paper Tea Cup #1 Lid (insert option)
As promised, here is the very belated, revised lid I designed for my Paper Tea Cups #1! It won’t fit on yesterdays tea cup, I’m still working on a lid design for it, it’s…
Paper Tea Cup #2
As promised, here is the alternate tea cup design! It’s a bit taller and wider than the one I uploaded last week. But I’m really happy with the design! It goes together exactly the…
Paper Tea Cups #1
I’ve been messing around with paper. I’m not sure exactly why I decided to make paper tea cups, but inspiration hit over the holidays and I couldn’t find one online. Hence the gauntlet was thrown down! I…
Glitter Bow Wrapping
Christmas is almost upon us! Are you ready for it? I wrapped the last of my presents today. And thought I’d show you one of my favourites. It’s quick and easy and allows you…
A little festive flair
In only 11 sleeps Christmas is here! My husband and I are staying in Switzerland this year and so I’ve been able to let myself go a little crazy in the decoration department. In part…
Christmas Packaging- Milk Cartons
I’ve been busy creating items for Christmas this week. I’ve been struggling to pin down what I wanted to do for our Christmas cards. I love what I’ve made but there’s just a few things…
Seriously Simple Embroidered Christmas Decorations
I stumbled across these fabulous miniature embroidery frames by Laura of The Creative Munster a few weeks ago and promptly purchased each of her designs. They’re fabulous! Laser cut out of bamboo, they’re very simple to…
DIY Advent Calendar Template
I’ve been a little quiet on the blog front this week as I’ve been spending quite some time putting together this tutorial and printable template. It’s by far and away the most advantageous template I’ve created so…
Wine bottle letterpress gift tags
A while ago I made up some of these fun letterpress gift tags. Whilst it’s not possible to send you all letterpress versions, here’s a scan of one of my letterpress prints! Just cut them…
Pretty Patterned Gift Bags
You might remember the small pretty patterned paper bag template I did a few months ago? Well I find myself in need of something a little larger recently and so decided to modify the template…
Constructive chaos
One of the difficulties in living overseas, and having so many of our friends scattered to the four winds is keeping in touch. Whilst Facespace and Twitter are fabulous, they’re poor substitutes for ‘real’ communication…
Repurposed scarf + Ikea = Knitted Lampshade
I’ve had this lamp base for years. Originally it had a tiny square lampshade perched on top that both my husband and I detested. It was completely the wrong size, colour and shape for the…
A kawaii halloween
I completed this project just before we left for our last minute trip to Sydney. But ran out of time to type it up. Unfortunately the flights we were on didn’t have wifi activated so…
Crochet alphabet baby blanket
Whilst I’m showing you things I made for my nephew… Here’s a baby blanket I made. I used 100% Australian merino wool so it would be super warm for those days he’d be outside in…
Ampersands+Embroidery = Nerdy Joy
I’d intended to do this project whilst we were on holidays. I know, I know… the best laid plans of mice and men. My plans went awry the moment I received the latest Frankie magazine…
Pretty patterned paper bags!
After I’d made up chocolate wrappers for my Husband’s Uncle and Aunt last week. I made some gift bags for our nephews. Creating a template that can be printed out on A4 paper. They looked…
Sending sweet mail
Sometimes living so far away from your home country can be difficult. In particular when a family member is sick or unwell and you can’t just pop around to say hi and let them know…
Lego Party Goodie Boxes
My friend Clare has a 7 year old son who is Lego mad! He’s gone as far as memorising the catalog numbers of the kits he wants and can tell you just how many pieces…
Another vintage envelope template. 1930’s Seine through Paris Map
Hot Air Balloon Birth Announcement Template
A couple of weeks ago I created some Letterpress Birth Announcements, continuing the Hot Air Balloon theme I went with for the Baby Shower to welcome gorgeous little Isabel into the world. I’ve now used the design…
Vintage dictionary envelope template
Whilst creating envelopes for some birth announcements I created last week I found some lovely pages I though would make gorgeous envelopes. But then couldn’t bring myself to cut them! So I’ve scanned one of them…
Hot Air Balloon Decoration Tutorial
I promised on my Tumbler site when I posted about Meriel’s baby shower that I would create a tutorial for the ‘hot air balloon decorations’ I created for the event. It involves some IKEA hacking but is…
A Geeky Easter
My husband is a huge Star Wars fan. The last time he caught Man-Flu he decided that there was only one cure. To watch all of the Star Wars movies consecutively, on the same day….
Second attempts at egg decorating
After alcohol fuelled attempts at Easter egg decorating on Friday night I decided to try again. This time (sans alcohol) I used my cutter plotter to make some templates out of adhesive contact (or ‘sticky backed plastic’ to many of…