{family} One Year On – A Big Brother Update

Jess of Epheriell Designs just tweeted asking for happy life stories – to which I replied… “I found my older brother last year.  He was adopted at birth & I never thought we would ever meet.  AND we get along fabulously!” It’s actually 12 months today since I got...

Diary of a Design – Tweaking the Juxtaposition Pendants

The Juxtaposition pendants were a lot of fun to make. The word had been hassling my brain for a while, and I was really pleased with how the finished forms had turned out. What I wasn’t pleased with were the ‘hitch knots’ that attached the pendant to the chains. I was...

A Brief Guide to Life

Image Source From Zen Habits – a brief guide to life. Read.  Reflect.  Employ. less TV, more reading less shopping, more outdoors less clutter, more space less rush, more slowness less consuming, more creating less junk, more real food less busywork, more impact less...

10 tips to stress less

10. Focus more on things you can control. Image Source There’s a difference between being a Control Freak and being organised. I tend to be mostly organised.  It harks back to the days when I wanted to be a Professional Organiser. (My organisation motto is “A place...

10 tips to stress less

9. Remember, this too shall pass. Image Source There’s been a lot of uncertainty in our world of late. Daughter got sick back in March.  After a mis-diagnosis of mumps, and umpteen tests for all sorts of nastiness, doctors still couldn’t pinpoint what was wrong with...

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