I’ve been working away for a while on digital prints and today I have finally added some to my Etsy store. Head on over and take a look and add some art to your walls! What quote or saying would you like to see on your walls? Share your favourites in the comments below, I’d love… Read More
I am excited to announce that Creative & Somewhat Useful now has an Etsy store! I have started with the butterfly and car wall hangings I have been making for a while now and will be adding baptism gifts and other beautiful things as I get more productive and organised. Please head over and have a look… Read More
How to make a Lego Nexo Knight cake.
I have made Peony flowers many times the traditional way – by cutting, veining, frilling, wiring and drying each petal individually. They looked amazing – see… they also took F O R E V E R. Well maybe not that long but more time that this working mamma has to dedicate to cakey flowers as… Read More
It seems to be party season around here with my kids coming home with an invitation to a birthday party most days this week! While the kids are thrilled it has raised some angst with the mums – kids parties seem to be a big stress thing for a lot of my mum friends. For… Read More
Of all the things I imagined my children might have challenges with socks was not one of them! Despite that shoes and socks can be the cause of a 20 minute battle that our morning routine really can’t accommodate. Our oldest boy has Sensory Processing Disorder, a complex and frustrating condition that effects the way… Read More
I recently had a conversation with a friend about her 4 year old son and his newly discovered kleptomania. He had managed to steal something from Bunnings during their last visit. ‘What should I do?’ – she asked me. My advice was to put him back in the car and take him and the offending item… Read More
Combivan Birthday Cake I made this little beauty this week, I say little because it is only a four inch round! The inspiration came from a fondant pieced three dimensional version that was intricate in detail and beyond what I could manage in time and talent. Instead I designed the Combi in Photoshop Elements. I… Read More
Becky Higgins Project Life has been around since 2010 and has revolutionised the scrapbooking world. Big words I know – but a fair assessment. Essentially Becky has provided a foundation for scrapbooks that is part creative genius and part 1980s pocket album. It gets memories recorded, fast AND satisfies all the urges for buying of pretty/shiny/glittery things… Read More
I am a working mum of two loud, full speed, beautiful boys who are now 7 and 5. Just before Son One turned one I went back to work full time, because both my husband and I had been made redundant. It was the best choice for our family at the time. It was hard leaving him, and even harder… Read More
