Kitchen Tea {Free Printable}

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Today we bring you a free printable for a Kitchen Tea celebration. Whether you are the friend, sister or relative planning the kitchen tea, to get the entire celebration off the ground can be a bit overwhelming at first. Therefore we would love to help you get started with this Kitchen Tea stationary set.

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DIY Baby Hand Print

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In December we were so delighted to welcome our little boy, Benjamin. He is now already 5 months old and we can’t believe how he has grown and changed already in so little time. I thought, what better way to hold onto those memories, like the size of his little hands, than by making little clay moulds.

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A Special Spoil Ticket for Mother’s Day

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“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. ” – Abraham Lincoln. I could’t agree more and I’m sure most of us feel this way. Our moms have given birth to us, shared their personal attributes with us, cared for us, loved us and brought us up to be the people we are today. Let’s celebrate them, thank them and spoil them for all they have done.

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Mother’s Day Flower Tags

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There is a very special day coming up- Mother’s day! Mothers are definitely one of life’s most amazing treasures. This year I have a big love for flowers: designing with them, styling with them and decorating with them. And what better way to use them as part of a DIY.

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For The Love of Coffee {Free Printable}

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At the end of last year my husband and I took the plunge and bought ourselves a proper coffee machine. There hasn’t been a day that I’ve regretted that choice, it has changed my life dramatically. I can now officially be labelled a coffee snob because nothing compares to bean-to-cup coffee.

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Heart It Bookmarks {Free Printable}

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Today we bring you a very useful free printable, a Heart It Bookmark. Unlike Pinterest where you can easily pin all the things you love, one can never seem to remember where one saw images, ideas or recipes one liked in books and magazines. However, with these easy DIY bookmarks, you can simply mark the [...]

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DIY Sunglass Display

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I’ve been collecting sunglasses of all shapes and sizes for years and always find it so sad that they have to stay hidden in the cupboard on a cloudy day. Recently I came across a great idea on how to creatively display these by re-purposing an old picture frame. Here is my take on this quick and easy DIY to display your favourite pairs as a work of art anywhere in your home.

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