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Christmas Gift Tags – Gorgeous Free Printable

July 29, 2011

Today’s post is from one of my very favourite bloggers, Kate from Picklebums. Kate is a very clever lady and makes also sorts of fabulous things you can download and print. In today’s post which is the last in the Christmas Planning in July series, Kate is sharing a set of gorgeous Christmas Gift Tags [...]

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Recipe Card Template and Recipe Booklet

July 22, 2011

I have always wanted to have a go at making recipe cards and turning them into a gift somehow. When I was doing research for the Christmas in July 2011 series, I came across a Recipe Booklet How-To from Martha Stewart which seemed easy enough for even me to do! To keep with my eco-friendly [...]

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Dukkah Recipe

July 16, 2011

This Dukkah recipe is one of those recipes that I cannot believe I have not tried earlier! It is easy to make and the dukkah tastes fantastic. I found the recipe at Taste.com.au and it is such a great base to use for making your own dukkah. You could easily substitute hazelnuts with pistachios or [...]

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Cabochon Rings – How To Make Your Own + Give Away!

July 15, 2011

This give away has now closed, thank you to all those who entered. This is the second hand made gift for Christmas 2011. We are making vintage paper doll sets and to see the rest of my planning for Christmas 2011 go to: Christmas in July 2011. These cabochon rings are made from a kit [...]

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Paper Dolls – Make Your Own Gift Set

July 9, 2011

My daughter and I have spent time recently playing paper dolls. The set she has in the photo was given to her as Christmas gift by her Aunty Steph. Playing with the paper dolls together reminded me how much I loved doing this as a child. As we were playing and talking, we thought that [...]

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Chicken Balls

July 4, 2011

My kids loved these. What they loved more however was saying “chicken balls”. They dared me to call this post Chicken Balls, so I did! They were based on a recipe from a Coles Christmas Magazine. They called them Cheesy Chicken Balls but the older boys thought straight out chicken balls was much funnier. Anyway, [...]

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Christmas Themes – Ideas For 2011

July 1, 2011

Today is the first of July and also is the first day of my series Christmas In July 2011. Today I am looking at Christmas themes for 2011. Through out July I will be posting: Very simple handmade Christmas gift ideas Presents for you! Weekly Giveaways that will be drawn at the end of the [...]

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2010 10 Week Christmas Preparation Plan

October 14, 2010

I really do like this end of the year. It can get a little busy and crazy at times, but it is lots of fun. Over the last couple of years I have had a 10 week preparation plan in the lead up to Christmas. It has helped enormously to smooth out the peak busy [...]

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Those Last Minute Things and Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2009

Today the kids and I will make some more Marshmallow Christmas Trees as the last task of our Christmas Preparation Plan. The last week has seen me finally complete some Christmas Preparations that I had planned to finish a lot earlier: Christmas Shopping – Actually only finished it on Sunday. I had only a few [...]

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Enjoying The Spirit Of Christmas

December 17, 2009

If you are trying to get organised for Christmas, check out my 10 Week Christmas Plan. Only 1 week left until Christmas! On my to do list from my Christmas preparation plan was Enjoy the spirit of Christmas. Probably seems a little odd to actually put that on the list, but I find it can [...]