Psst! Want to know how to save more than $1000 a year without sacrificing a thing? Stop throwing away edible food. Australians discard up to 20 percent of the food we buy – that’s around $1,036 of food thrown away per household each year. A total of around $8 billion worth of edible food
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – an easy wheel of joy and a happy memory scroll-hive. In 11 Survival Tips for Taming Terrible Tantrums, I about the perfect storm created when toddlers do not have the skills to communicate their feelings calmly. The outbursts are often unavoidable and the best bet is to
Welcome to other Wacky Workshops project – making a pot of gold. We may not all be lucky enough to find that wonderful pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, but it’s a pretty magical trick to turn a piece of hessian into a pot of gold. POT OF GOLD In
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – making ‘mosaic madness’ masterpieces. MOSAIC MADNESS CHEAT I have to be honest with you, I’m a cheat. If there is an easy way to do something, I’ll break all the rules to find it. It doesn’t always work and I can often hear other crafters and
VALENTINE’S DAY CRAFTS Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – celebrating the day of love with Valentine’s Day crafts. Valentine’s Day falls on the feast day of two Christian martyrs named Valentine, but it is believed that the celebration came from an ancient Roman festival called Lupercalia and honoured Juno, the Roman
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – Goddess of Glee friendship dolls. February is International Friendship month according to a bunch of internet sites – though I’m unsure if this is official. The United Nations International Friendship day is celebrated on July 30, then there’s National Friendship Day on the first Sunday in
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – Chinese New Year crafts. Chinese New Year is the most important of the many holidays and celebrations celebrated by the Chinese. The celebration goes on for days and days and can last longer than a month. The date changes every year as the Chinese calendar
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – handwriting art fun. In my post How to Change Your Life With Handwriting, I outlined the reasons handwriting is good for you. The combined visual, fine motor and cognitive skills required inspires creativity and uses both sides of the brain, so gives it a good
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – rock art. ROCK YOUR WORLD I’ve chosen this project in honour of Old Rock Day. There really is a day for every occasion but this one is a big hit because it means the Goddesses have a special excuse to play with rocks and it’s one
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – making a garden goddess. I have always been a sucker for those wonderful tree men wood carvings – they seem so magical and make me feel safe. This is the feminine (and easy) version – a garden goddess.
