Thursday, April 26, 2012

Word


Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Mother's day D.I.Y gift ideas.


Links to all these lovely D.I.Y's
(I have done my best to ensure links work)

3:Framed verse  (You can write anything you like)
5:Chalkboard mugs (my fave)
9:Tea cup candles (these are so dang cute)


Sunday, April 22, 2012

Weekend Fun: D.I.Y



It was a lovely Autumn day yesterday, and I wanted to get the kids outside. I had remember seeing this post over at The Magic Onion's and thought...''Now that will keep them busy for a while" haha.

What you will need.
  • An imagination
  • A miniature tree (it will need to be trimmed so it doesn't out-grow the fairy's.
  • Something to plant the garden into (we use an old terracotta pot, but you could use any thing you have on hand)
  • Some soil or potting mix (please read health warning on the bags)
  • Some moss or ready grass.
  • Any other little bits and piece you can find that would make fairy's happy.
 
 
Start by preparing your pot or what are using to plant the garden in, in our case it was pulling out weeds :)
 
Next fill with soil and pack down. We probably should have fill it closer to the top, ah well we know for next time now.
 
 
 
Now plant your tree and other plants if you have any.



Next is to place moss or grass on top of soil, leave a gap if you plan to have a pond.



Then its just matter of adding the final touches, Charlotte had spent ages making a tee pee out of twings for the fairy's to camp in...then along came Lola...the dog , she thought it was something she could eat, silly doggy.


Then its play time.


Hope you enjoy making your garden just as much as we did.


Note: Be sure to water the garden and to trim the tree.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

And a butterfly is born....




 
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Saturday, April 14, 2012

I,ve been busy

Look what I made.....


Friday, April 13, 2012

Backyard camp out..

With it being school holidays, I've tryed to be creative with fun things to do with the sprockets. Since we don't need to be getting up early for school just yet, we decided to have a camp out...and by camp out I mean a fire in the back yard. We toasted marshmallows and sung songs and told tales...it was a great night.








Thursday, March 15, 2012

D.I.Y antibacterial home spray


I have been making this spray for over a year now, and I'm loving it! i will never go back to any store brought chemically icky spray again. I thought i would share my amazing recipe.

What you will need:

  • A spray bottle (preferably a new one but if you have one to reuse that's fine just rinse well)
  • Water
  • Lavender oil (antiseptic/anti-fungal)
  • Eucalyptus (anti-bacterial)
  • Orange oil (anti-viral)
 Its easy to make, just fill spray bottle with water...add about 10 drop of each oil...shake...done!

If you have wooden counter tops, you could add a few drops of sweet almond oil or olive oil.

I cant say how much it is per bottle, but it is cheap, i brought all my oils for around $10 each a yearish ago, and I'm only just now getting to the bottom.

Happy natural cleaning

♥