My son loves being a builder. Even though he is only 2 1/2 years old , he is convinced he can take on almost anything, so long as he has trusty wooden hammer and his collection of other tools. It is hardly surprising as we have grown-up builders in working […]
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Scented Crayon Necklace
I know that melting crayons and remoulding them is not a new idea, but I’ve not seen this twist on the idea before. Don’t you just love it when you get a flash of inspiration. Let me start at the beginning. A couple of years ago I bought a silicon […]
Read moreHats and merino hair
For Christmas the children received beautiful handspun, handknitted hats and scarves from their grandparents. My ever-so talented MIL had spun dyed merino samples and then plyed it with white merino. The resulting yarn is white with speckled lengths of colour, which created bands when knitted, almost tweedy. She knitted it […]
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