We (my 2 and 4 year old kids) just had the pleasure of playing with WikiStix One of a kind Creatables . What are they? Literally sticks that stick. You can bend them, shape them, stick them to paper, stick … Read More...
Stamped Halloween Toppers
If you’re expecting only a handful of kids on your door step on the 31st then this Halloween Craft project on our sister site might be for you. DIY – Stamped Bag Toppers. Or try making the waterproof Halloween Bunting… Read More...
Martha Stewart’s Holiday Crafts Book Review
Martha Stewart’s Holiday Crafts
ISBN: 978-0-307-58690-2 RRP $22.95
Martha has lot’s of books, but this one covers all the holiday’s making it the perfect go-to book for projects. With over 225 projects including cards, decorations, party crafts and gifts. This … Read More...
Forest Hill Boutique Market – Lockyer Valley
Forest Hill School of Arts Hall on Railway Street Will be hosting the Handmade Expo from 9am-3pm Saturday the 1st of October.
There will be up to 50 stalls of handmade fashion, toys,gifts,bags and food including
Devonshire Teas and stalls … Read More...
Dolls And Daydreams Skeleton Pattern
Skeleton Doll PDF Pattern $10 by Dolls and Daydreams
Check out these wonderfully cute skeleton patterns by Dolls and Daydreams. Her dolls are super cute and the skeletons can even be dressed up in clothes using her clothing patterns.… Read More...
Reverse Garbage Exhibition
Reverse Garbage Brisbane (Australia) is having an exhibition
Materialistic Exhibition Opening
Upcoming Exhibition
Materialistic 10 – 22 September 2011
An exhibition of beautiful hand crafted items celebrating all things textile, fabric and material, quirky, innovative and fabulous! Think fashion, accessories, … Read More...
MochiMochi Book Review
RRP$19.99 Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi by Anna Hrachovec From Mochimochiland.com
This book is filled with itsy bitsy teeny tiny knitting projects, more than 40 to be exact. If you love hanging quirky little things around your house, car or bag then these … Read More...
Book Review – Little Things For Busy Hands
Little Things For Busy Hands by Katie Evans
$24.95 ISBN 9780143206200
From monsters and rag rugs to bookmarks this book will have your young ones using their passion for craft to create 16 wonderful step by step projects from the … Read More...
Book Review – Hot Connections Jewelry
Hot Connections Jewelry By Jennifer Chin
$22.99
If you have dabbled in beads, wire wrapping and all the other popular but over done techniques then maybe hotting it up literally with a Soldering iron might be a little bit fun.… Read More...
Book Review – Sewing In A Straight Line
Sewing in a Straight Line
by Brett Bara $22.99
When it comes to sewing I am more of a dreamer than a do-er I like to admire projects, buy fabrics and dream of the day I will attempt a pattern. … Read More...
Mailables -The Craft You Can Send
Card designs vary and are $5.00 Each
Mailables are fun to send and fun to receive. The main aim of this Family run business is to provide crafters with a creative alternative to a birthday card that can be colored, … Read More...
Review: Sony’s Cybershot DSC-HX9V
Within 20 mins of using this camera I knew I wanted one. (This is a review camera on loan from Sony).
I took around 20-30 photos of my kids and in that time frame not one of them was a … Read More...
Review: Mark Cosmetics
Any girl, prissy or not, loves to try on new makeup and see what it looks/feels like. So imagine my delight when I opened my box of goodies that Mark Cosmetics had sent me to review from their meetmark.com beauty … Read More...
Scrapbooking and Textile Expo
Well I am so out of touch with reality these days (have a 1 and 3 year old) that these two events nearly slipped passed me.
The scrapbook and paper craft expo and the Textile Art Festival was great. It’s … Read More...
“Draw & Travel” Contest
Nate and Salli, the creators of They Draw & Cook have created a fun new venture called They Draw & Travel – Illustrated Maps by Artists from Around the World. There are a few dozen maps on view already and … Read More...
Robelle Parklands
Recently we attended the Robelle Parklands opening and was thrilled to find so many hands on activities for the kids.
Here are a few of the snapshots from the day along with more information on some of the artists.
One … Read More...
Bmused Belt Buckles
Bmused is the Etsy shop to visit if you are looking for original belt buckles to show off your creative style in a modern crafty chic kinda way.
Not only are these Belt buckles quirky they are (let me insert … Read More...
Nomadic Tents – A Marquee With A Difference
I stumbled across these Nomadic tents after seeking out a Marquee for our own event. They are so unique and dare we say funky (Can a marquee be funky?) that we just had to share their information with you.
Toys Dropped For The Toy Society
We thought it would be fun to participate in the toy society’s mega toy drop here
So we have been dropping toys from our Craft Creation room all over Brisbane. Here are a few of our drops where we dropped … Read More...
24 “Other” things to do with a ShamWOW cloth
We know by now you have all seen the Shamwow infomercials and more than likely you have bought your very own pack of shamwows or if you are a little thrifty – some generic imported brand from a discount store. … Read More...