Family noms: Cardamom, ginger, and lime poached pears
It’s no secret that our family enjoys a cafe brunch. We live in the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne where cafe culture is pretty much the only culture, and everyone is a coffee snob. One of Arty’s...
View ArticlePatty pan flower greeting cards
I was recently asked by Spotlight to come up with some kid-friendly card making ideas using patty pans. I played around with a few different shapes and this one really tickled my fancy, and I want to...
View ArticleThe value of the parenting hive mind
Where does a modern parent go for help with the tough questions these days? Parenting advice from family and friends can be pretty fraught. It’s often unsolicited. It’s generally offered without much...
View ArticleFamily noms: Two-cheese and veggie frittata
Everyone should have a couple of frittata recipes up their sleeve for nights when the cupboards are mostly bare, and you’re raiding the veggie crisper for whatever ingredients you can round up to make...
View ArticleGold stars and habits
I think it was Aristotle, or one of those other super old, super dead white guys who said “we are what we repeatedly do”. I’m not that into taking the advice of old, dead, white guys if I can help it,...
View ArticleChoc peanut butter mug brownies
You know how sometimes you just really want to give your kid a special treat? They’ve come to the supermarket with you without hassling you for toys, or they’ve played happily for like a whole hour and...
View ArticleRainbow valentines
Valentines Day is one of my favourite celebrations of the year. It’s not about any kind of religious observance, or complicated historical event. It’s just for celebrating love. And we all love love,...
View ArticleValentine tag book
It turns out I couldn’t fit everything I wanted to say to SJ in a card this year. I decided instead to make a tag book, telling her just some of the many reasons I love her. Here’s a wee video...
View ArticlePocket pages: January 2016
I’m switching up the nomenclature for my pocket memory keeping, because it’s not just PL anymore. In fact, I hardly use any PL products these days, opting for a variety of different designers instead,...
View ArticleMini banana bread muffins with blueberries
As I’ve ranted about before, I always seem to have a stack of overripe bananas in my fruit bowl, needing either to be put to use or composted. I like to avoid the latter, what with those suckers being...
View ArticleArty’s 4th birthday mini book
I know I’ve been going on a bout this birthday a bit, but Arty’s an only child, so I don’t know what to tell you. This is how we roll. There were a lot of great photos from the celebrations – way more...
View ArticleThe In Bed Project
Last week we had the pleasure of inviting the incredibly talented and good hearted Lisa White into our home, and our bedroom, to take a family portrait for the “In Bed Project”. Of her project, Lisa...
View ArticlePeach pear plum cakes
Did you ever read Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet Ahlberg? I used to read it aloud to my little brother when he was small, and it was one of the first books we regularly read to Arty too. It’s got a...
View ArticleOur naptime lullabyes
Okay, I’m going to become everything I hate, and indulge in some smug-mama posing for just a minute. I do this in the full knowledge that the karmic consequence of this will be that the thing I am...
View ArticlePocket pages: February 2016
Valentines day! Ballet lessons! Flowers! Food! All kinds of lovely things (and a few sad things too). Are you ready for a look at my pocket pages for February? Let’s go! I’m trying to keep track of...
View ArticleOne Little Word: February 2016
This month was about doing one thing every day and keeping a track of the habit. I had a bit of a giggle when I saw the prompt, because I’d been doing that very thing with my Morning Pages in January....
View ArticleThree Cs pasta bake
I call this dish my Three Cs pasta bake because, apart from the pasta, its three primary ingredients are cauliflower, corn, and cheese. It could equally earn the name by being child-friendly, creamy,...
View ArticlePocket pages: Manners maketh the man
Here is a thing that has been very hard to keep under my hat: I have been invited onto the Paislee Press 2016 design team! What?! I mean, WHAT?! Liz‘s amazing designs are so very much my bag. The bold...
View ArticleTutorial: Little love diptych
We’re hearing a lot of talk in Australia about marriage equality. It’s been a long time coming, and I fear it may yet be a long time off. I’ve written about it before (at different times and for...
View ArticlePocket pages: Question/Answer
My kid really loves flowers. One of the few times he’s ever had a tantrum was when I refused to take him into a florist because we didn’t have time to stop. When we do go in – which is most of the...
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