The nervous wait for four little words I write as I’m sitting in a doctor’s waiting room while my Hubby goes under the knife to remove a melanoma on his back. It’s my birthday and I know the only gift I really care about are the words of the stranger/doctor saving my soul mate.
HALLOWEEN CRAFT – HOW TO MAKE A CREEPY, SPOOKY, HAUNTED HOUSE Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – this time for a Halloween haunted house. It’s going to be creepy, it’s going to be spooky, but most of all fun and a little bit kooky. My favourite crafts to do with kids are
WATERFALL, WISHING WELL, WONDERFUL FAIRY GARDEN CRAFTS Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project, fairy garden crafts. As I promised in my last post I will show you how to make a dry waterfall, a wonderful wishing well and a really fun fishing game for your fairy garden lake. The reason I chose
FAIRY GARDEN FUN –IT’S EASIER (AND CHEAPER) THAN YOU THINK Three beautiful little granddaughters after spending decades as the lone female in a family of five. Can you think of any better reason to celebrate with the creation of a fairy garden? What could be more glamorous, or fun? Making a fairy garden
A FUNNY LOOK AT THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF STARTING A BLOG Start writing a blog they said. It will be fun they said. Well, guess what? They were right. But starting a blog hasn’t been without its challenges. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy Birthday to Gleeful Grandiva – one-month-old tomorrow. Hard to believe that
FUN WITH PRESSED FLOWERS Hi and welcome to another Wacky Workshops project. With all the beautiful flowers in bloom showing off their springtime petals, it’s a perfect time to discover the joys of flower pressing and pounding. The four-year-old Goddess and I are having a lot of fun collecting flowers, among other nature goodies,
TRASH TO TREASURE – THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO RE-PURPOSING JUNK Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project. I know, you just can’t possibly get rid of that stained shirt. It’s the shirt you wore the first time you took a bus to the city and talked to that stranger who knew your crazy cousin
HOW TO PLANT SOME HAPPINESS – CELEBRATING DAFFODILS We had the bleakest few weeks here in the lovely Blue Mountains during the middle of July. It was unusually cold with temperatures lower than they had been recorded in five years and amazing snowfalls over the top of the mountains (about 30 minutes’ drive from our
EASY FATHER’S DAY GIFTS TO MAKE Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project. This week we’re getting ready for Father’s Day with some really quick and easy Father’s Day gifts to make. Father’s Day as we know it is not even 100 years old, but some scholars believe its origins are rooted in tradition
GRANDAD LOVE Our oldest Goddess was watching me try to fix the backplate of our oven. The screws that hold it in place kept popping out and I was getting frustrated. I mumbled something about having to get someone in to look at it and my little Goddess said; “Don’t worry Grandy, Grandad
