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It’s Easter Crafts time and what better way to scratch your creative itch than with some quick and cute egg decorating. Here’s ll you need to make these lovely ladies: craft eggs, felt or coloured paper, glue, ribbon and a black permanent marker. Ready for quick step by step photos? then click here
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What a gorgeous holiday weekend we just spent, escaping the city for our little retreat in West Cork. Blue skies for three days – oh what bliss. Molly had an absolute blast, sky-diving off the dunes, rolling and rolling until you couldn’t tell where the sand stopped and she began, and chasing rabbits non-stop for [&hellip
I’m totally smitten by these gorgeous handmade paper dolls on canvas, aren’t just just gorgeous? by KupKupLand first spotted on Kickcan&Conkers
I just love everything handmade – handmade soft toys filled with your time and hugs are truly special little friends for life, such sweet treasures for your kids and grandkids to cuddle, even when they are too grown up to admit it :) I’ve been saving some really sweet nuggets on my Pinterest board – [&hellip
Thank Crunchie it’s Friday eh! Are you starting to think about St Patrick’s Day crafts and activities? Got plans to dye the children’s hair green ?!!! Well before you reach for the dye have a browse round this great collection of St Patrick’s Day Crafts and Ideas by creative mommies from Ireland, the UK, America [&hellip
How incredibly awesome is this craft activity by The Imagination Tree - a giant, vibrant and fun rainbow collaborative collage project, and the kids are honing their colour matching and sorting skills at the same time….. so beautiful, so clever :) - - this would be an amazing project for junior classes in schools, craft [&hellip
My fab childrenswear find from the latest issue of Babekins Magazine – sublimely beautiful fox and swan merino wool scarves by designer nina führer……. soooo gorgeous. her sunglass caps are ‘smoking hot’ too (for moms :)
I have to satisfy my craft itch on Saturdays to sustain me :) so this weekend it was the turn of some matchboxes to be upcycled to make a miniature fairy village, in the hope that more fairies would come live with us – build it and they will come right?! jump on to see [&hellip
Meet Penelope Jones aka Penny Dreadful – the ‘Dreadful’ bit is her dad’s joke, but she doesn’t get it… young Penny isn’t dreadful, it’s just that sometimes her BRILLIANT IDEAS don’t work out completely brilliantly. Like she didn’t mean for her cousin to end up bald and covered in superglue when she decided to be [&hellip
On a little bit of a whim today, to relieve the boredom of housework, I made these little felt shamrocks and glued them onto some of Molly’s hair bits to create a hairband, clips and a ponytail tie – St Patrick Day Crafts and Accessories for our favourite ‘day of parades’ !!. Now Molly might [&hellip
Easter has landed a little early this year – Meet Foofles, the Easter Bunny’s sister (Molly is in charge of the naming department!) – a happy little glove bunny that thankfully went to plan! Made from a simple ball of paper with papier mache skin and craft felt she can so easily make her way [&hellip
I’ve had three projects on the go for the last week, nothing finished!! so when Molly was home sick unexpectedly from school today we decided to do some ‘girlie’ stuff and finish one of the projects – decorate her new papier mache bracelets. This is a really quick and simple craft to pull out of [&hellip
the ever changing shape of the moon….. now you’ll know how… ahhhhhh without a doubt my all-time favourite animated short film, dreamed up by the supremely talented boffins at Pixar. I have a little candle lighting that they make it into a full movie, soon :)
This dreamy little book by Irish author Roddy Doyle is SUCH a beauty – I was first attracted to the lone copy on the bookstore shelf by it’s charming illustrations, and Molly’s love of all things ‘mother and daughter’ :) I always pre-read books to make sure there’s nothing between the pages that would upset [&hellip
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