Well bad news for the super huge silver ring that I bought a couple of weeks ago. I went to 4 jewellers and not one of them is willing to resize my ring! They won’t touch it with a 9 foot pole! Apparently the setting at the top is so wide and chunky that if [...]

I am loving these fabric wallets and purses on etsy.
This one is from thelaughinghouse:

This one is also from thelaughinghouse:

This one is from buttompom:

I just finished sewing up some bags and I decided to list some them on etsy. Here is the link to the shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7048297
I’m doing this as an experiment to see how well the bags sell. I have never had any luck with etsy for my Tall Poppy craft and sewing supplies. Hopefully it might be [...]

Tim made chicken pie last night. Its one of his specialties.

Here’s the ingredients:

1 pre-cooked BBQ chicken
2 leaks
1 stick celery
200g mushrooms
1 large carrot
1 cup liquid chicken stock
2 tablespoons flour
Salt and pepper to taste
2 sheets filo pastry
1 egg (to glaze pastry)

This is enough ingredients to make 2 pies approximately 25cm in diameter.
Slice the leeks, carrot, celery and [...]

So I picked up the new car on Thursday. It took them 4 days to register the vehicle, wash it and put on the nudge bar and weathershields. Because of the delay I was given little door sill guards and rubber slush mats. Here’s the new baby:

On Saturday we took a drive to Warragamba Dam. Unfortunately we [...]