Craft

Super Easy Button Snap Clips

April 21, 2010

How gorgeous are these self cover button snap clips? And the great thing is not only are they gorgeous but incredibly easy to make! Now if you have been reading this blog for even a small while, you will now that I am very fond of self cover buttons. So I felt particularly lucky when [...]

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Book Review – Sew Darn Cute By Jenny Ryan

March 31, 2010

Sew Darn Cute is an inspirational craft handbook from Jenny Ryan. The book contains 30 projects to sew and embellish, each of which is beautifully photographed and has step-by-step instructions to follow. I love the philosophy behind the book, which Jenny states in her introduction: “There is no right or wrong way to approach sewing. [...]

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Children’s Card Making Kits

October 29, 2009

With eight weeks to Christmas, according to my 10 Week Christmas Preparation Plan, my task this week is to complete making the handmade gifts that we will be giving to family and friends. Each year I am making a few more things, to add to the handmade collection, but I still do purchase the majority [...]

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Jackobindi Self Cover Button Kit Give Away!!!!

October 3, 2009

Have you voted today? Help Planning With Kids become the #1 parenting blog for Asia/Pacific. Just click on the Nuffnang Awards badge in the sidebar on this blog, it will take less than a minute. Thanks so much!!! The lovely Kerrie from Jackobindi is offering readers of Planning With Kids the chance to win a [...]

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Fabric Covered Button Bobby Pins

September 25, 2009

Earlier in September I made Self Cover Button Hair Ties. I think I could be coming addicted to these buttons!! They are really my style of craft, easy and fun to make and they look great. Since then I purchased a bulk lot of buttons from Jackobindi and I have made more hair ties with [...]

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Self Cover Buttons

September 4, 2009

I have seen these style of hair ties around for some time now and thought they are so cute. A very clever friend from my children’s school, kindly gave me the tip off that they are incredibly simple to make, if you get yourself a little tool from Jackobindi. So that I did and I [...]

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Fabric Covered Stationery

August 20, 2009

This is the second hand made item that we have produced for our Christmas Gifts this year. The first was the Children’s Fancy Dress Tiaras. I picked up this idea from the completely clever Jessica Jones at How About Orange. My friend Cath and I got together to give it a whirl the other night. [...]

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A Few Things!

July 24, 2009

A few things to wrap up and update on from the world of Planning With Kids! Children’s Dress Up Tiara Tutorial Cath has put up a groovy little tutorial here, if you are interested in seeing how to make these. Handmade Help Recipe Book The Handmade Help project arose out of the devasating fires that [...]

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10 Favourite Posts For June

July 7, 2009

I have come across some great new blogs this month, along with the fabulous regulars that I visit. As we are still in school holidays here in Victoria (Australia) this list has a kid activity focus. So if you are looking for some inspiration, check out some of these links and have some fun! 1. [...]

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10 Top Posts For March

April 7, 2009

With The Personal Touch The first five posts selected are all personal posts that are beautifully written / photographed. They all come from Australian mother’s with lots of interesting things to say, so be sure to check out their blogs. 1. Getting My Groove Back Kathy from Zucchini’s in Bikinis writes a beautiful reflection on [...]

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10 Top Posts For February

March 3, 2009

The end of another month! Our first with five children and it has gone so quickly! Here are just some of the posts that I enjoyed reading this month: Cooking 1. Weekend Goodies:: Snickerdoodles Molly Irwin gives you a great recipe for Snickerdoodles complete with beautiful photos. 2. Choc banana with sprinkles A bit of [...]

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10 Top Posts For January

February 3, 2009

Throughout January my Google Reader would sit on over 1000+ items for days at a time. But the beauty of using a reader to manage my blog subscriptions, is that when I can then find the time, I can catch up on what has been going on at my favourite blogs. Here are some highlights [...]