GILLYBEAN

I spent yesterday making a "tummy time" mat for a friend who is expecting a baby soon. I used vintage flannelette fabrics from my ...

School holidays always spur me on to have a bit of a tidy up. I've filled up my shop with some of my favorite bags and booties. I hope ...

The onset of the cooler weather is excuse enough for new accessories I think. Brown and black to suit the winter wardrobe. A "dapper ...

"Sewing clothes kids love" is a book having a good influence on me at the moment. My colour combos and trims and not as daring a...

Typical story for late November. Sewing like mad for Christmas. Once a week I've been checking the Sew Mama Sew Handmade Holidays idea...

It sneaks up. I don't mean mother nature's changes, I mean the energy levels and optimism I feel within myself, come spring. For abo...

We've been inspired by the monster hats and t shirts we've seen on felt lately. I was fiddling around drawing some designs for l...

The kids know how to make me smile, it makes my day. My first question when the kids ask for a new friend over is "Is he/she a good eat...

Hard frost but warm winter days here. I haven't been working in the garden though, I received a bag full of fabric to inspire me, with...

We can't find the wheat bag that skatey boy created at school, when he bought it home though everybody wanted it for warming up their fe...

If I was a twitterer I would tweet that Spotlight in Nelson is having a crazy $1 per metre stock take sale. My good friend text me yesterday...

A few autumn rainy days have got me thinking the kids need some new warm clothes. The red head didn't really need another hat but I cou...

I had to have a break from the bathroom today. L worked hard before he went on holiday to replace the rotten wood and I feel like I've...

None of these scissors are the ones I'm looking for. Like my grandmother I'm very protective over my scissors. I have been known to ...

Sometimes I compose really good blog posts in my head but they're long gone by the time I sit down. I'm very impressed by bloggers w...

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, I feel a bit embarrassed really because I've been a bit of a non blogger lately, with pretty vague p...

Helen made a good point about pruning, if the weather is nasty don't do it. Disease can very easily enter through fresh cuts. I try to d...

Stuck at home with sick kids isn't as bad as it sounds you know. They slept most of the time, so since I was cleaning up sick anyway I d...