So there hasn't been much gardening, sewing or cooking around here. The garden is under threat (see below) and I've been sewing the ...

The PhD is going through another hectic but very exciting stage as I start recruiting my first participants, set up some Brand Spanking New ...

Today I saw the first car I ever owned get towed away. It's going into the hands of two young guys who are dropping a new engine into it...

Here are some wonderful Etsy finds! A felted brain pendant ... love it! Peri the paramecium plushy Saving the weirdest 'til last... the...

Introducing... my new gumboots! I bought these at the mid-year sales, and I think they were supposed to be some fashion item? Gumboots as fa...

Oohh... time for another cake-related post! It was Gib's mum's birthday recently, so I baked her a cake. She loves Babar, so it'...

We have yet another new and exciting Asian grocer that has just opened up in our area. They are chocked full of exciting products that the o...

(Still catching up on Eye Spy's here...) Growing up, my parents always threw amazing dress up parties for my brother and I at home. We...

I'm doing some catching up on some Eye Spy 's. Better late than never, as they say! I spotted this on Brunswick St last night, at A...

I lie. It's not really a cake. It's a bunch of cookies glued together. And a word of warning for anyone else insane enough to attemp...

In my last post I mentioned that if I succeeded in my gluten free desserts, I'd post awesome photos and recipes etc etc... well, let...

Every couple of months I catch up with a bunch of friends I went to uni with in undergrad. We take turns at hosting dinner and everyone cont...

It's heading up to "birthday season" in our household and while doing some research for my next cake creation, I found this am...

I have still been crafting away to myself. Part of that reason for my quietness is that I decided to cut down on blog reading while working,...

We've had to tighten our belts a bit around here, and one of the easiest ways for us to cut back on expenses is to not eat out to so muc...