Shopping the stash
I haven’t done any sewing for a while but I made a few things last year using fabric I already had in my stash. I have been trying to reduce the amount of fabric I […]
Category: Travel
Travelling with carry-on only
It has been a couple of months since we returned from our big trip to Italy and it already feels like a lifetime ago. We managed to do the whole trip with carry on only […]
Japanese Christmas Decorations
We visited Japan in September last year and when I travel I like to get a Christmas decoration or memento to hang on my tree. I couldn’t find anything Christmasy so I decided to make […]
Postcrossing
I love sending and receiving mail and in April last year, I discovered Postcrossing. It is free to join and once you have signed up you are ready to send postcards. You get assigned an […]
Oh Christmas Tree
Christmas is my favourite holiday and on the 1st December, without fail, I put up the Christmas Tree. I have a wee ritual of eating mince pies and watching a Christmas Movie, normally Love Actually […]
Easter Sunday jaunt
It was such a nice day yesterday, we took hubby’s bike over to the Wairarapa for the day. We were headed for Claireville as the Balloon festival is on at the moment but there was […]
Camping Practice
We are off on a roadie in a couple of weeks and will be taking one motorbike, one tent and 2 people. We have been gathering up everything we need and thought we should have […]
Weekend Getaway
Last weekend I did an overnight trip to Christchurch to visit a very good friend. I hadn’t been to Christchurch for about 18 months and the vibe I got from the city is one of […]