My Posts Tagged as 'Craft'

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If you watched my Jewellery Trends for 2024 video, you will know that brooches are still right on trend. You will also know that huge flowers are also on trend. Today I’m combining both those things to make a giant flower brooch. I’m also converting some buttons into brooches.

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Andy and I spent the last two weeks touring around the North Island of New Zealand. It was such fun and we got to go to places we had never been before. One of those places was Coromandel.

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Today I’m sharing a really cute little project which would make a perfect stock stuffer. You could make this in all kinds of colours using different beads.

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Today’s tutorial is for the knitters among you. Now before you switch off because you’re not a knitter, you might find this one interesting.

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It’s no secret that my daughter loves unicorns. In fact, we call her house the unicorn museum.

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Happy weekend my friend! Now that mid-winter Christmas is over and the days are starting to get longer, it feels like spring might just be on the way.

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Happy weekend my friend! This week I did my first ever live jewellery workshop.

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When we first moved to Canada one question I was asked all the time that shocked me was, ‘What’s it like to celebrate Christmas in July?”

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Happy weekend my friend! And what a weekend it is! As I sit at my desk the wind is howling and the rain is pelting.

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Do you want to know my dirty little secret? I’m going to be sharing it with you today.

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Happy weekend my friend! I spent yesterday painting some chairs. They aren’t ready to reveal yet but I’m aiming to have them ready for next week.

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Our school year in New Zealand is broken up into four terms and the July school holidays start next week.

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Happy weekend my friend! Red in the morning, shepherd’s warning! I woke up this morning to this beautiful sky so I couldn’t help but share it with you.

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I’m so excited. I’ve been asked to participate in my first ever DIY challenge! It’s a summer porch makeover.

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Happy weekend my friend! Here’s some random thoughts on a chilly autumn morning.

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Happy weekend my friend! Yay! Even though it’s been a short week, it feels like it’s taken forever – maybe that’s because we switched back from daylight savings.

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Happy Easter my friend! So how do we celebrate Easter in New Zealand?

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When I first started making jewellery there was one thing that tripped me up every time.

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It’s a stunning autumn day here in Wellington, New Zealand. I’m off to the Wellington Botanic Gardens. Do you want to come?

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Today we are going visiting! With all that’s been happening, it’s been a long time since I visited my sister, Dawn.

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Is your house trying to be a supermodel? I know that’s a weird thing to ask but bear with me.

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In today’s virtual holiday we are visiting a very special place – The Looking Glass Garden in Te Puke (pronounced teh-pook-eh) which is themed on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland storybook.

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Happy Sunday (or Saturday) depending on where in the World you are!

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People who don’t make jewellery often think it’s really complicated – and sometimes it is.

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Do you have any special plans for Valentine’s Day?

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Even though I’ve never done this before, this year I decided that it was a good idea.

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What a weird week it’s been! We have winter like weather with highs of only 14 degrees celsius. I’m not sure what happened to the wonderful summer weather I was spouting about last week!

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Happy New Year! I know I’m just a few days late and I hope you can forgive me.

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I completed this project last week in a rush. After making the napkin rings I decided that I wanted my table to be special this year so I needed to up my game.

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Isn’t this month just flying by! I feel like it was the first just yesterday and now we are staring Christmas in the face.

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This project started because I was invited to participate in a Christmas Challenge where I was required to make something new out of something old.