Heya, You may remember the whale top I made a while ago using the McCalls pattern 7286. I really liked the raglan sleeves and the general ...

Mauri Ora! If you grew up in my era in New Zealand the book How Maui Slowed the Sun by Peter Gossage will probably be instantly familiar ...

Kia ora koutou, In the school holidays the boys reminded me they wanted bean bags. We found this lovely simple tutorial online  and I let ...

Heya Christmas Lovers, I always try to buy my boys a new book for Christmas so we have a nice big stash that has grown over the years. T...

Nga mihi, I'm sure I've said it hundreds of times but I am a lover of picture books. The Adventures of Egg Box Dragon by Richard ...

Kia ora folks, It would be easy to look at this blog and think I've entirely stopped being creative and I'm only reading books! Su...

Kia ora Beautiful Person :-) Over the last coupld of years I have been starting to gather a real enjoyment for anthologies of short storie...