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collage with fabric
A couple of fabric collages I made. (Photos are a little blurry – I think my ancient camera is starting to fail me.) I’m not sure if that is the right term – I’ve seen similar things called...
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the easiest preserve I ever made
In early autumn, when our apple tree was fruiting, I read an article about making apple vinegar. I had a go, and it was the easiest preserve I ever made! You fill large jar/s (sterilised, as per...
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throw colour
I knitted another neck thing – this one is super-bulky handspun wool that smells just ilke a sheep…that lovely lanolin whiff: When winter draws in ….throw colour at it! (and woolen socks. Nothing like...
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the journal project
I’m writing two books at the moment (I think I’ve mentioned this before…), my second poetry collection and a book about my journals from 2000-2012. I’m turning 40 this year, the way I journal has kind...
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A School Holidays Morning Tea
It’s the school holidays and we recently had some friends over for morining tea, so W and I made a double mixture of doughnuts. We have a doughnut maker. I’m not one for space-taking, one-use...
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a cupcake supper for friends
I recently had a bunch of friends over on a Saturday night. I invited them post-dinner and made dessert in the form of cupcakes. I hadn’t made cupcakes for a long time, so it was fun to spend an...
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the creativity muscle
I’ve spent so little time in my studio this year that I’ve been jokingly calling it “the cave of forgotten craft”. What with the new day-job and the intensity of the yoga-instructor training I’m...
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a wish for you, a wish for me
Recently I saw THIS NECKLACE on etsy and fell in love. I’m going through a bit of a love affair with Dandelion. It’s a mysterious yet common plant – it has manifold healing properties. It is rich in...
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shameless 2014: proud maker of bad art
After a couple of creatively dry years where I have only been writing in my journals and sticking the occasional thing in…I have re-found my zeal for art-journaling. Yup. I make rough-and-ready bad art...
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Freeing up my hand with a postcard project
On my summer holiday in Paekakariki, I bought a pad of pieces of cardboard and decided to make them into ‘Happy New Years’ postcards. I wanted to ‘free up my hand’ after a long spell not doing...
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