Happy New Year

Inspired Stamping

Alas my craft room is in disarray! I had the wonderful idea of moving it from the third bedroom out to the unused and lonely family room. A great holiday project, or so I thought. I got busy organizing the heavy things for James and friend to lift but then James’ back took a turn so I am in craft room limbo til he’s recovered.
However that was no deterrent for me to get my craft on. I thought a little card would be manageable in the small space I had to stamp so I flicked through my favorite mag – UK Craft Stamper. This is what I came up with…

There was an article on how to colour stamped images with pencils – just the cheap no frills primary school type. This is my first proper effort coloring images this way and I’m rather pleased with the result. The stamp is one of the cover freebies from Craft Stamper, so sweet.
Hope you’re havin’ a fun break )

The Arrival

I was so excited the other day…

My order from Threadless arrived! I’m so happy with the designs I chose, they look fantastic. If you haven’t heard of Threadless you absolutely must check them out. And look out for their sales as most tshirts come down to USD$10.00 which works out preety sweet for us Aussies. Now I’m set for summer <3

Sunday Breakfast

I finally got around to making the Waffle Iron Brownies from Jo at Quirky Cooking. I’ve always lurrved waffles and reading Jo’s recipe was all the encouragement I needed to go and buy a waffle iron. I just got a basic one from a “cheap shop” and for $12 it works a treat.
The batter is whizzed up in the Thermomix and tastes divine even before waffling! I used regular flour as we’re not intolerant and I didn’t have pecans handy but they were optional anyway.

Served with fresh banana, natural yoghurt and a drizzle of maple syrup. Yum!

Empty frames project

Here’s a little project I did a while back.

I’d seen similar done a long time ago and when I happened upon a bunch of empty, glass-less frames I knew just what to do. I am so happy with the result, it’s just how I pictured it (no pun intended!)