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Dyeing silk with eucalyptus
I love the eucalyptus-dyed silk. I have been seeing it around the local markets for a year or so. I have bought garments for Christmas presents for oversees relatives. Recently, my friend Nell turned...
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Creative busy parents
Hello. How’s your week been? I’ve been a little hamster on a race wheel since getting back from our tour. Run, hamster, run! Most days, I’ve written 6,000 + words for work. One day, I handed my work...
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Running from insecurity
A few things happened this week. On Monday, we flew back to the Netherlands with a little girl who had a temperature. She lay in bed for twelve or more hours, listening to Charlie & The Chocolate...
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The uncurling, unfurling of Spring
Hoe while it is spring, and enjoy the best anticipations. It is not much matter if things do not turn out well. ~ Charles Dudley Warner I didn’t know this until yesterday, but the first day of Spring...
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Creative Spaces
I’m not sure if it was the labour itself, or perhaps the new event of being forced to sit, with little to do for long periods of time, but when I became a mother, I had a new, insatiable creative...
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Into darkness :: How the darkness has become my creative mentor
The night is quiet. Well, almost. A little chatter comes from one side of me. A sound – like a twitch, if you can imagine that, comes from the other. There is tossing. Turning. My arm is in the wrong...
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A natural dye garden gathering
It all started with Gardening Australia. One night, at Mum’s, my kids and I were watching Gardening Australia. On the show, a lady demonstrated how to dye fabrics with plants from your garden. First...
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One day in Sydney
Hey, I just got home from Sydney. It was funny. When I was young, trips to Sydney were such a big ordeal. A week’s visit, at the least, and six-months of organisation. Today, though, I ate breakfast at...
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The Gruffalo, a street performer and a new creative focus
I recently saw a post from Mel at Two Little Humans And Me on Facebook: “Comment and share to win two tickets to meet Julia Donaldson”. I don’t often enter competitions, but this I did. We read the...
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Summer + my first book + finding time to be creative
Ah summer. You warm, languid beast. Are you really nearly over? We’ve spent the last few weeks literally baking in sunshine, and basking in good family time. Our family has been out from California,...
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