tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30716761614959108202024-03-11T16:23:10.615+13:00craftykinhannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320230079621565906noreply@blogger.comBlogger457125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071676161495910820.post-66964717388847766712017-07-09T17:31:00.000+12:002017-09-11T14:07:01.844+12:00Kitchen shelf re-styling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So last weekend Aaron removed everything off our kitchen shelves to oil and paint them. It was one of those jobs that didn't quite get finished in the big scheme of our renovation. We have a few little jobs like that around the house that need finishing off and Aaron is now going through each room and ticking them off one by one. </div>
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After living with it all cleared and empty for a week I decided I was tired of how it was before and it was time for a change. This was the perfect excuse for a total refresh.</div>
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I started by putting out everything that was previously on the shelf and piling it up onto the bench in front of me. Then I walked around the house and looked in my cupboards to see if there was anything else that I thought might need to go up there too. </div>
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It actually took ages. Lots of rearranging and changing my mind and stealing things from other places in the house. But it was heaps of fun! Now I want another shelf to do!</div>
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I reckon it looks a lot better than it did before. See the before photo below. I had just kind of added to it over time without really thinking about how I actually wanted it to look like overall. It looks a lot fresher now, less cluttered, and more balanced. What do you think? Or maybe it doesn't look any better but it's just nice to have a change of view!</div>
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Here are some detailed pics below - and of course most of the items are bought from the op shop, or otherwise they are gifted, or family hand-me-downs (mostly from my Great Granny I've just realised! She did have some very cool stuff and created amazing art!).</div>
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SMALL GREEN BOWLS - op shop. GREEN PLANT POT - op shop. PLANT - cutting from one growing wild. WOODEN PEARS - op shop (these used to be in the kids kitchen play set. PHOTO OF FORGET-ME-NOTS - taken and developed and printed in the dark room by me! LITTLE BASKET- op shop. POTTERY URN (which holds my eggs) - family hand-me-down from my mum. BLUE TIN - gift from my mum. KITCHEN AID - gift from my dad (which turned out to be the perfect colour for my future kitchen!).</div>
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PLANT POT - op shop. PLANT ON TOP SHELF - Mitre 10. ENAMEL FISH DISH - handmade by my Great Granny. LARGE CAT - hand-me-down from my Great Granny. SMALL CAT - op shop. BAG OF COFFEE - gift from my in-laws from the Philippines (I love the packet!). COPPER WINE GOBLETS - gift from my dad. TOY MEN - Aarons from when he was a kid. WOODEN OLD MAN BOTTLE STOPPER - family hand-me-down from my mum (I always thought of this as my Great granddad 'Puppy').</div>
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BLUE POTTERY JUG - op shop. GREEN MUGS - made by me, the remaining two of a set of four (I just checked the bottom and these were made in 1997. What! 20 years ago! But aren't I only 21 ?!). HEN ARTWORK - "Fowls" by Ruth Coyle (my Great Granny) family hand-me-down from my mum. NATIVE BIRDS ARTWORK - by Flox (free with Your home and Garden magazine). WOODEN VASE - op shop. POTTERY VASE - op shop (actually stolen from a pile destined to sell in my shop! It just looked so good up there, sorry).</div>
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BROWN COFFEE CUPS - op shop. (With two cool tea bag quotes that I needed to keep. "Be giving, forgiving, compassionate and loving." "In all things of nature, there is something of the marvellous. - Aristotle." LIGHT BROWN POOLE CUPS - I have a set of 6 of these, some are op shopped and some are family hand-me-downs from my Great Granny.</div>
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WOODEN BOAT - op shop (Liam has kindly lent me this from his boat collection upstairs!). ARTISTS MANIKIN - op shop.</div>
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ARTWORK - Oil on canvas. "The drink of milk" by Ruth Coyle 1950 (My Great Granny). Written under the title is 'My son Ewen'. GREEN POT - op shop.
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And there you have it folks, all you ever wanted to know about my kitchen shelf! And probably more than you wanted to know! Ha!</div>
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And as a side note - there still needs to be an extractor fan fitted onto that wall above the oven, and a tile back splash - they're on the list! Oh and a big photograph to be hung on that wall on the right - I have one already bought from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gethighvisuals/" target="_blank">this amazing local photographer</a>, just need to get it printed and framed!</div>
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hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320230079621565906noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071676161495910820.post-76318646293738489302017-07-06T19:36:00.000+12:002017-07-06T19:36:46.711+12:00My vintage shop update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
My little dream shop is going great so far. I am having so much fun finding amazing treasures, there is so much good stuff out there waiting to be discovered and appreciated and given a new life.</div>
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My only problem so far has been wanting to keep things once I get them home! Oh dear! They always look so much better when they are bought out of the context of the opp shop chaos and given the chance to shine! They steal my heart I tell you!</div>
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I'm getting the hang of wrapping valuable treasures in a million layers of packaging, fortunately I happen to have a giant roll of bubble wrap that should last me a while.</div>
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Below are the items that have been shipped off to new owners so far - I hope they have found their way safely and are being appreciated like they deserve.</div>
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There are still plenty more beautiful items for sale in my shop and more waiting to be photographed and listed. If you want to have a look you can view my shop <a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=4366164" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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We always visit the horse farm on Fridays with all our home schooling friends and head into the forest to explore. So I thought I'd start sharing our Friday forest walk pictures each week. These photos are from the last couple of weeks.</div>
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Can you see Isla disappearing into the bushes?<br />
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The kids have claimed an old shed as their club house. It's amazing to watch the way they work together and make plans, so organised and industrious! They have great plans and dreams for this space! they have already spent hours clearing it of moss and leaves and spider webs.<br />
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Liam repairing the roof.</div>
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We saw two wood pigeons! I love these birds! It's very rare to get to see them. The photo isn't so good as I was zooming in on my phone.<br />
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So you might remember me recently talking about the fact that I would love to one day open a little shop selling a mix of vintage and handmade goods? - with a little coffee shop on the side that would sell the best coffee in town? <br />
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Or maybe you don't remember that, well anyway, I'm making that dream come just ever so slightly true. It's just online not bricks and mortar, and there's no coffee, sorry, but I am drinking a really good coffee while I type this, if that's any consolation.</div>
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I've been noticing that there are all these amazing 'curated vintage goods' style shops in the US, it's basically like someone has gone op shopping for you and collected up all the coolest stuff from all the op shops and put it in one place. You know like that awesome thing that you stumble across every so often in amongst all the junk. So it's like a shop of all your best op shopping days! Yes!<br />
So you don't have to spend time searching through all the junk! But most of these cool curated vintage shops don't post their goods overseas - so little old NZ misses out!<br />
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So I thought I'd check out if anyone was doing the same in New Zealand, but I couldn't really find anything (please do tell me if you know of any!). There are plenty of great vintage and second hand shops around but they still take a bit of sifting through to find the <em>really cool </em>stuff. Of course everyone's style and taste is different but to me <em>really cool</em> looks like bohemian/scandinavian/earthy/handmade kinda, do you know what I mean?<br />
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So hey, I've decided to make one of these shops myself (I do have a slight problem in that I keep deciding to keep the stuff, must work on that).<br />
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I've pondered lots on this idea over the last few weeks, and tried to figure out how I could best make it work. My mum has currently taken over my Felt shop with her beautiful handmade things, and anyway, I don't think you can sell vintage stuff on there. My Etsy shop is sitting vacant at the moment so I considered selling it there, but then I open it up to overseas buyers and the postage just gets too expensive to send from way down here in New Zealand. So I've decided to use good old Trade Me for now, and maybe I will open up my own independent online shop at a later date.<br />
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These photos are just a few of the things that I have listed at the moment. You can find my <a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=4366164" target="_blank">Trade Me page here</a> and I will be updating it often, so you can save me as a seller if you're interested in being notified when I add new stuff.<br />
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I've tried to make the prices reasonable, I don't want it to turn into an expensive antiques store! But I also need to make all my hunting (and shop keeping shenanigans) worthwhile. I've set prices that I would be happy to pay myself (and I'm pretty tight when it comes to spending money haha!) So I hope you agree.<br />
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I also have a link to my Trade Me page up at the top of my blog - if you're viewing this on a PC its the VINTAGE SHOP heading at the top. If you're viewing this on your mobile its in the drop down Menu.<br />
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So there you have it, I'm quite excited about my little venture, and perhaps, maybe, one day, it will turn into a real life shop, with good coffee.<br />
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Today marks the start of my final year of being in my 30s. I've really enjoyed my 30s, especially my late 30s, life is good. Happy birthday me :)</div>
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Got to hang out here for extra long this morning. Got to have good videos chats with my mum and my dad - great start to the day.</div>
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Aaron and the kids combined efforts to make me the most delicious omelette for my breakfast! Which I got to eat in bed!</div>
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Liam gave me a massive paua shell, it's HUGE, it's larger than my hand, and I love it.</div>
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We took the morning off home schooling and went opp shopping instead. YAY. Because that's just what you have to do on your birthday! It's kind of become a tradition of mine to go opp shopping on my birthday. See that basket there, it's quite tall, and it's filled to the brim, I got some very gooooood stuff!</div>
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And then we had gymnastics class, followed by a trip to the library to stock up on more books for the kids. And this book which I had ordered was waiting for me! Perfect timing!</div>
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And my beautiful watch is my birthday present from Aaron! (Which I've been wearing for a week already hehe).</div>
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Then finished the day with Isla's ballet class. She doesn't normally let me watch these days but I was allowed, only because it was my birthday! She is the little one at the front.</div>
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And now I'm eating Japanese food - my favourite. And as soon as I push publish on this I'm off to sit on the couch and put my feet up. </div>
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Oh and I had the coolest thing ever happen - my sister Frith is teaching at primary school and so she called me and put me on speaker phone and the whole class sang me happy birthday!!! It was awesome! Made my day!</div>
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So anyone that knows me well knows how much I like visiting op shops! For two main reasons really - firstly I'm pretty frugal, I'm just not a big spender, I can't justify it to myself, and secondly I like things that are a bit different, I like finding unique and interesting items. </div>
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Plus I love that I can find quality items and handmade items that will last, and it's recycling at its best - I'm doing it for the good of the planet! (Can I use this reason when my husband asks about the latest acquisitions?)</div>
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So with that being said, most of my wardrobe, and my home is second hand. Often when I look down at what I'm wearing it is just my underwear that I have purchased new! </div>
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I found these Levis just last week, the perfect fit, they cost me $5. See what I mean! Plus that bag on the floor there I found the week before, I think that was about $5 too. And the basket on the stool and the one on the floor are now holding houseplants.</div>
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I know a lot of people are unsure when it comes to buying second hand clothes and in particular op shopping, and I've been told I just have good luck in finding good things. But there's no such thing as luck :) - so I thought I'd give you my top tips, and hopefully inspire those of you who are sitting on the fence to give it a go.</div>
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1. My number one tip is be patient - don't expect to walk into your next op shop and pick yourself up your whole new summer wardrobe. Sometimes I come away with nothing, and that's ok, because you'll start to realise after you get into the op shopping groove that the dry times are balanced out with the times of abundance!</div>
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2. Visit often - By this I don't mean you have to be constantly visiting op shops, because who has time for that right (although it wouldn't be so bad). But rather, pop in whenever the opportunity arises. If you're driving past and you have 5 - 10 mins, just stop and pop in. You'll be surprised at the turnover in these places, and there is always new stuff coming in. And this goes hand in hand with the next point.</div>
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4. Have an open mind - sometimes these places can be a little chaotic, and dusty, and at first glance just look uninspiring. But take your time to actually properly look through the racks and I'm sure you will be surprised at the gems that can be hidden amongst it all.</div>
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And just so you can see how all this random collection of second hand item actually comes together for me on a daily basis, I decided to just randomly photograph what I wore for the week (including the top photo). All the items below were bought second hand, (note: I didn't try to skew the results of this, I just wore what I felt like wearing that day), except for the pendant in the last shot which was made by my mum, and the scarf which was a gift from my mum (aw thanks mum!).</div>
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Wide leg Levis - op shop (the ones from the photo further up). Yellow sleeveless top - op shop. Black cardigan - op shop. Boots - Trade Me (I bought these just last week, and I LOVE them! I just searched ankle boots in my size over about a week, checking daily, these came up with a buy now of only $35, so I snapped them up!). Brass bangle - op shop. Watch - Trade Me (um, this was kind of awesome - check the bottom of the post if you're interested in the story ** It's too long to put here).</div>
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Green cardigan - op shop. Floral singlet - op shop. Skinny leg jeans - op shop. Black and grey metal bangles - op shop.</div>
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White cotton shirt - op shop. Levis jeans - Trade Me. Brass bangle - as above - (its a favourite). Scarf - gift from my mum. And that watch again! - as above.<br />
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Jeans - Trade Me, (high rise slim leg from Just Jeans - these jeans are my favourite fit, I have a pair already. So I searched Trade Me for another pair in a different colour). Cardigan - op shop (I love this - I'd love it as a cushion cover actually!). White t-shirt - op shop. Dolce and Gabbana shoes - op shop (score aye!). Brass bangles op shop. Pendant - handmade by my mum, the chain for it is from the op shop.<br />
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** The story of the watch if you're interested...<br />
So It's my birthday coming up (3 days away now actually) and I asked Aaron if he could buy me a watch, which he agreed to, yay. So I really wanted a <a href="https://www.thehorse.com.au/collections/time-tellers/#the-original" target="_blank">The Horse</a> watch, gorgeous, but when I saw them in real life they were a bit too chunky for my skinny little wrist. So decided to go for a <a href="https://www.rosefieldwatches.com/nz/watches" target="_blank">Rosefield</a>, just as gorgeous and just a little smaller. Now the only problem with these watches is there's too many options to choose from! So I spent forever looking and pondering, and finally decided which style, frame colour, face colour - but couldn't decide if I wanted black or brown strap. The straps are actually designed to swap out easily so you can have multiple straps for your watch face, depending on your mood, you know! So I was investigating this so I could maybe get the other colour at a later date. The postage was really expensive for the straps so I decided to check if there was anyone in NZ selling the straps - and checked Trade Me, not expecting to find anything... and my watch was there! The EXACT one I wanted, the only Rosefield listing, what are the chances right! Meant to be I tell you! So the strap was brown so that sealed my decision on strap colour and I saved so much that I can afford to buy the black strap too if I want! The woman that was selling it had ended up with two of the same as her husband had ordered one for her not realising that she had also ordered it, so it was brand new. Perfection! Happy birthday me! And it just shows you it always pays to check!hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320230079621565906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071676161495910820.post-78905371613082676522017-05-30T21:14:00.000+12:002017-05-30T21:19:21.514+12:00Free plants<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
When I go on walks I like to pick pieces off plants and put them in my pocket. Does anyone else do this? I've got some really cool houseplants now from pieces that I've collected from here and there. I can't confess to be a propagating expert, I have no idea if what I'm picking at the time will actually grow new roots or whether it will just shrivel up and die. But that's actually kind of part of the appeal in a way - will it work? Will it make a baby plant? And I get such a kick out of it when it does work!</div>
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I also like to transplant baby plants that randomly pop up in my garden, and see if they will grow indoors. I figure it's worth a try, it's free after all, and if it doesn't work I can always plant it back outside (if it's still alive!). </div>
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I'm not exactly sure what this plant is, but it pops up all over the place in our back yard. So I thought I'd dig one out and give it a go at being an indoors plant for a bit. I've put it in a bathroom that doesn't get a lot of natural light so I'm kind of not holding my breath - but it's been three weeks already and it still looks really happy! I wonder how long it will last?</div>
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These are two plants that have taken very well to living inside, the one in the terrarium grew from a piece that I picked off a climber on a walk to the beach one day. It's very happily growing in Liam's room. And the other one in the wooden bowl I dug out of my garden - this one is quite cool as it's been in here for about three years, and being confined to the pot has kept it small, it has multiplied but has not grown huge like it does in my garden. - It's an Arum Lily and it's considered a pest, which I can attest to! But indoors it's quite sweet, I might just have to dig out some more to bring inside.</div>
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And these ones below are newer editions to the indoor plant family. Two baby Monstera plants which I dug out of my sister's lawn which are just getting settled in, a fern from under my house, and some baby aloes picked off a massive mamma plant which I came across on our forest walk last week. The jury is still out on whether these ones will survive and flourish.<br />
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Below are my latest pickings. Sometimes I put them straight into soil and sometimes I leave them in a glass of water for a while to see if they will grow roots first. I like to keep them in my kitchen on the windowsill so I can monitor them (and not forget about watering them!). I will let you know how they go. Fingers crossed! </div>
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I've been reading lately about simplicity, about slowing down, about creating 'space' in our lives. Life can get crazy busy at times, I'm guilty of filling my days up too much, especially with our home schooling - there are so many cool classes to do and so many people to catch up with that it's hard to say no and your days just get filled to the brim. </div>
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So I'm being conscious, I'm trying to pull back a bit, take a breath, enjoy time with my children without always rushing them to the next thing. </div>
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And this applies to all areas of life, not just time. I'm trying to simplify my STUFF. </div>
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But honestly, In reality I'm never going to be a minimalist, (my creative design loving brain just loves too many things!) but I am inspired by minimalism, and I have always loved the quote from William Morris - "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful."</div>
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Well, when I looked in my wardrobe there were many things that I did not consider to be useful or beautiful! So why on earth were they in my wardrobe I ask myself! Agh, messy! Stuffed full! Look! Eeek! How embarrassing really!</div>
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I'm fascinated by the capsule wardrobe, the idea that you just have a set limited number of items, just a few clothes that you love, and that you enjoy wearing, and you only replace them when they wear out. Imagine how easy it would be to get dressed in the morning! Really we can become so over indulgent when it comes to clothes can't we.</div>
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So with all this in mind I decided to have a massive clear out! I pulled EVERYTHING out!</div>
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And I sorted and folded and made big wobbling towering piles of clothes that I didn't actually like! And then, I ironed! I ironed all the clothes that needed ironing (Yes mum I ironed!). Because I had all these things hanging in my wardrobe that were crinkly and I could never be bothered ironing them when I was in a rush to get out the door and so I never wore them. Haha! I know, it's taken me 38 years to work this out.</div>
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So now this is what my wardrobe looks like - and yes I have a scarf obsession and yes I probably should get rid of some of my scarves, but I do actually love and wear all these.</div>
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And the towering pile of clothes that are NOT going back in my wardrobe! Too many! I'm slightly ashamed. But also feeling very proud of my accomplishment. It pretty much took me all day, with exhaustion breaks. And... It inspired Aaron to follow suit and clear out his side of the wardrobe too! So then for the next day every time I walked past I had to open the doors and just have a look at the whole thing and be amazed.</div>
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Are you ready for a forest walk? </div>
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He always knows when he's going somewhere because we put his collar on.</div>
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My camera is still not fixed, but I'm trying to embrace the photography-with-iphone. It just feel weird not having something substantial in my hands. But I'm kind of getting the hang of it and starting to see the world framed up as photos again like I used to. </div>
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<br />hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320230079621565906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071676161495910820.post-80763546814051548982017-05-10T17:49:00.000+12:002017-05-10T17:49:11.199+12:00Morepork handmade goods<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://felt.co.nz/shop/craftykin" target="_blank">Morepork's</a> Dallas Madsen (aka my mum) working in her studio at home.</div>
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My sisters and I get our creative genes from my mum, who in turn got them from her mum, who in turn got them from her mum - my Great Granny. So that's four generations, and it's not stopping, the next generation seem to have the creative genes too - and all my aunties and cousins and nephews. It's a strong gene! Always have to be making something us folk, always pottering away on some creative endeavour.</div>
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When I first set up Craftykin it was my younger sister and I selling our creative wares - hence the name CraftyKIN. But now its another of my kinfolk, my mum that's taken up residence in the <a href="https://felt.co.nz/shop/craftykin" target="_blank">Craftykin shop</a>. She makes amazing jewellery out of polymer clay, and rope bags and baskets. She's a clever lady my mum!</div>
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We went to stay with her a couple of weeks ago so I took the opportunity to take a few photos while I was there. She's been busy pottering alright! And she always has new ideas that she's working on. (I bet she even made that cool wooden ladder display - am I right mum?). You can buy her lovely wares from our <a href="https://felt.co.nz/shop/craftykin" target="_blank">Craftykin shop on Felt</a>.</div>
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So the new school term has started this week, but our first week is quite often nice and quiet and slow as a lot of our external classes don't start until the second or third week. Which means we effectively have afternoons off! It's a lovely way to ease into the new term. And, it means time for opp shopping. Because what better thing to do with a free afternoon right? Fortunately the kids love it as much as I do!</div>
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We found some great treasures this week, this basket was outside the front door of one of the oppshops, where they often put the plant pots, so it was the first thing I picked up. I wasn't actually sure that I wanted or needed it, so I carried it around while I shopped so I could ponder on it. It was only $3 so in the end I decided to just get it. It actually collapses flat, so I figured it's easy to store if I don't use it straight away. I decided to try it as a fruit basket when I got home, and now I LOVE it! I'm shocked with myself that I considered leaving it behind! Crazy woman!</div>
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New green bangle and brass tray. I have a bit of a thing for bangles, and I love buying them from the opp shop as you can find so many interesting ones. And this one actually cost me nothing! The lady just let me have it for free with the red basket. And that green! Well, I have a thing for green too, especially that green. Lovely. All the other bangles here are opp shop finds too, of course.</div>
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I love the handmade-ness of the brass tray, it's a little wonky and the dots are not completely evenly spaced. I've moved the tray around a bit, trying to find my favourite spot for it. That's half the fun of bringing new opp shop treasures home. I think it's found its happy place for now on my dressing table.</div>
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Liam found another boat to add to his collection! The big white and red one at the back. He said it's his favourite one so far. And he found a big tool box which he is super happy with. He has filled it with all his essential items.</div>
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Isla found a purple skateboard (she's been skating, skating, skating ever since) and some awesome leather boots which I want for myself! Seriously! Why could they not have been in my size?! Check out the close up below, that fabric! Slightly jealous.</div>
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I did get myself a few goodies too though. That green cardi, green, ah yes I love you green. It's super big and long and chunky, great timing since it's suddenly getting a little colder here. I can see me wearing this a lot in the coming months.<br />
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I have a pair of classic Levis on my opp shopping wishlist, you know, like a nice pair of nicely worn in 501s, am I dreaming? I've been keeping my eye out. Didn't find any Levis but these Lee will do nicely for now, I love that classic denim colour and they're so nice and soft and comfy, I wore them today.<br />
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This is a cardigan/jacket haha not that you can tell from this photo, probably should have taken a better photo of it. It has slightly cropped sleeves and just hangs open (no buttons at the front). I love the fabric and it's loose and slouchy and reminds me of balmy summer evenings. (Maybe I will take a better photo of it).</div>
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Last but not least, a new bag, which really truly looks brand new. And it came with two straps. Cool! A short schmancy one and a casual longer one. It's kinda like two bags in one! And from memory I think it cost me $1! See, that there is why I like opp shopping!<br />
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I'd say that most of the things in my home are bought second hand, most of them come from the opp shop. In this picture I think the table and chairs, the black lamp and two cushions are the only things I bought new. I LOVE buying second hand, mainly because you can find cool unique stuff! But also because its cheap! And it's recycling at its best!</div>
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The side-board and the couch I bought off Trade Me, they took a bit of time to find, but everything else I just happened upon. I love seeking out hidden treasures in amongst the bits and pieces at opp shops. It's like finding a gemstone amongst piles of pebbles and rocks. Sometimes I think to myself how could anyone part with this? It's so awesome! One mans junk is another mans treasure aye!<br />
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Oh actually, the wooden face bowl (<a href="http://www.freedomfurniture.co.nz/" target="_blank">Freedom Furniture</a>) and the grey/blue candle stick (<a href="https://www.forkeeps.co.nz/" target="_blank">For Keeps</a>) were bought new too.</div>
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The only problem with opp shopping is sometimes there are so many good finds and you run out of room in your house to keep them all!</div>
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I have a little dream of one day owning a little craft/homewares/vintage shop near the beach, that is also joined to a little café that sells <em>amazing</em> coffee and healthy delicious food. - and then I would have a place for all my found treasure to overflow into!</div>
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The green vase has been added to the side-board along with the silver candle sticks.</div>
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Awesome big wooden bowl which is now on the dinning table, Liam has filled it with some of his rock collection, doesn't it look so beautiful! (Those brass bangles are from the opp shop too - of course).</div>
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Little wooden tray, now on the console table near the front door. It was a bit rough looking but all it needed was an oiling and now it's as good as new. (The two bowls are from the opp shop too. The dolls Isla made).<br />
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So what do you think of my little shop idea? Wouldn't it be cool. Watch this space, you never know, it may just happen one day! (Maybe I could just do an online version to start with??).</div>
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So I mentioned in my last post that we were going to try the <a href="https://www.bepure.co.nz/blogs/news/gluten-dairy-free-hot-cross-muffin-recipe" target="_blank">BePure Champion Hot Cross Muffin recipe</a>. Well it was a winner. Really really yummy. Though my crosses were a bit of a failure because I don't have a piping bag!</div>
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They were a great texture, and were still great the day after. Definitely gave us our hot cross bun fix for the Easter weekend.</div>
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With a mighty triumph o'er His foes,<br />
He arose the victor from the dark domain,<br />
And He lives forever with His saints to reign.<br />
He arose! He arose!<br />
Hallelujah, Christ arose!"<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: 85%;">lyrics and composer: Robert Lowry, 1874</span></em><br />
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Happy Easter everyone! We have been having a very chilled Easter this year, the kids and I have a cold so we've just been chilling and laying low.</div>
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- And making a few Easter treats. I cant bring myself to buy Easter eggs these days, too much sugar, and other things that we don't like to eat. Plus when you're not used to having much sugar in your diet they are actually just far too sweet, they just don't taste good anymore.</div>
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But these, OH. YUM. Really, these are seriously so much tastier. SERIOUSLY. YOU HAVE TO TRY MAKING THESE.</div>
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We are all craving some hot cross buns as well, so we thought we might give this recipe a go - will let you know if they are a success. <a href="https://www.bepure.co.nz/blogs/news/gluten-dairy-free-hot-cross-muffin-recipe" target="_blank">The BePure Champion Hot Cross Muffin Recipe.</a>hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320230079621565906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071676161495910820.post-412102319589828812017-04-13T20:31:00.000+12:002017-04-13T21:20:32.957+12:00Pottery classes<div style="text-align: left;">
The kids had their last pottery class today. It's always so cool seeing their finished pieces after they have all been glazed and fired.</div>
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I want to do classes myself!</div>
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They both made wind chime/mobile fishes. Isla made a little dish. Liam made a cup and dish, and a crazy little troll creature.</div>
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They also made potted cactus which are being exhibited at the library this week, so we will go along to check out the exhibition and I'll take some pics!</div>
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hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320230079621565906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071676161495910820.post-24399865045511957622017-04-12T15:02:00.003+12:002017-04-12T16:01:47.668+12:00A few more photosCarrying on from yesterday's post...
I'm backing up all my photos to Google photos - man it's brilliant, I wish I had discovered this earlier, frees up my phone which always seems to be at storage capacity, but all my photos are still at my finger tips, and I can share straight from there to my blog, perfecto. Anyway these few photos hadn't been backed up as of yesterday so I couldn't share them in yesterday's post.<br />
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This is Aaron and his mate Josh having a morning swim as the sun rose, nice!<br />
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And these ones are of the sunset the night before - Hahei beach you are beautiful<br />
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Can you see the reflection of the moon in the water below?<br />
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I'LL TELL YOU HOW THE SUN ROSE -
By Emily Dickinson <br />
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I'll tell you how the sun rose,-- <br />
A ribbon at a time. <br />
The steeples swam in amethyst,
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The news like squirrels ran.
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The hills untied their bonnets, <br />
The bobolinks begun. <br />
Then I said softly to myself, <br />
"That must have been the sun!"
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But how he set, I know not. <br />
There seemed a purple stile
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Which little yellow boys and girls <br />
Were climbing all the while <br />
Till when they reached the other side, <br />
A dominie in gray <br />
Put gently up the evening bars,<br />
And led the flock away.hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320230079621565906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071676161495910820.post-735313490883535842017-04-11T16:57:00.000+12:002017-04-11T17:02:01.852+12:00Taking photos
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One major thing that's happened as a result of not blogging is that I kinda stopped taking photos, and I've just realised of late how much I miss it. Doesn't help that my good camera died, well it probably just needs a service honestly as I think it has sand stuck in the lense. Put that on your list of things to do Hanna - take camera in for a service. So anyway, I've just been using my phone, which actually takes pretty good photos, but it's just not the same as holding a proper big camera in your hands and being able to manually adjust your settings to please.<br />
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We had a wedding to go to last weekend in the Coromandel, beautiful setting, and I was fortunate enough to be able to borrow my mums camera for the weekend. Oh so nice to have a real proper camera in my hands again! I even got up one morning and photographed the sunrise at the beach, talk about great way to start the day! I will share those pictures when I get a chance to get on my computer, but in the mean time these ones are all from my phone.<br />
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Wintery morning. Hello mister Kingfisher.</div>
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Liam is into bush craft and survival stuff. Big time. He's never happier than when he's outside building fires and shelters and practising his skills. Or inside creating survival kits or organising and re-organising his pack and gear. </div>
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He had a <a href="http://craftykin.blogspot.co.nz/2015/07/liams-man-vs-wild-party.html" target="_blank">Man vs Wild birthday party last year</a> and wanted the same sort of thing again this year. </div>
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So I got my thinking cap on and tried to come up with some activities that would push them a bit and make them work as a team. It was actually trickier than I thought to come up with a plan!</div>
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Here is what I ended up with..</div>
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1. The first thing they had to do was fill a pack with essential items. I hid a whole lot of things that they took turns to try and find, once they had found something they had to take it back to the team and decide if it needed to go into the pack or not. They were only allowed 10 items so there were a few tough decisions to make as to what to leave out.</div>
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2. Collecting water - they had to transfer water from the bucket down the line to the container using only their hands. They had to really concentrate and work as a team to make sure they didn't loose it all on the way. Once the container was full it had to be carried during the next activities, if the container touched the ground I told them I would tip it out and they would have to start again!</div>
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3. Keeping a flame going and target practise - They had to hit down targets using whatever they could find lying around whilst keeping a candle alight. If the candle went out they had to stop and relight the candle before carrying on with the targets. (They had chosen matches as one of their pack items).</div>
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I was amazed at their ingenious idea of holding the tealight - they wrapped a piece of bamboo bark tightly into a roll and sat the tealight in the top. Apparently something they had seen on youtube :).</div>
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4. They had to find a hidden bottle and then they could transfer their water into it. It still was not allowed to touch the ground so they had to tie the water bottle to their pack... but they were only allowed to use one hand each! It was hilarious, their two hands kept sneaking in there without them even realising. It took major brain focus and team work to get it done.</div>
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5. One of the team members (Liam) injured his foot so they had to bandage it (fortunately they had chosen a bandage to include in their pack) and they had to support him through the next challenges so that his foot stayed off the ground.</div>
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6. Collecting food - there were bags of food hidden around the place that they had to collect up as they did their activities and put into their backpack. They also had to try and pick up popcorn kernels while wearing giant leather gloves. (They had chosen and empty container as one of their backpack items so they used it to hold the popcorn). When they lit their fire they would have to cook the popcorn over the fire.</div>
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The food items they ended up with:</div>
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Salami sticks - (giant worms)</div>
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Potato chips - (pigs ears)</div>
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Cheese - (pig fat)</div>
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Raisins - (rabbit poo)</div>
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Marshmallows - (fungus)</div>
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Biltong - (dried camel)</div>
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Oranges with grated chocolate - (dirty oranges)</div>
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Bananas - (found growing on a 'banana' tree)</div>
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Chocolate pieces (dirt - to put with the bananas)</div>
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Apple juice in jars - (urine)</div>
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Then they had to get a fire going and cook all the food using only items that they had chosen to put in their backpack and sticks and wood from their surroundings. They cooked the bananas with chocolate stuffed inside. Cooked the popcorn in a pot they had in their pack. Melted the pieces of cheese in tinfoil and roasted the marshmallows on sticks. It was quite a feast in the end! And they did an awesome job of getting a good fire going.</div>
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They were rewarded with chocolate birthday cake to finish. (<a href="http://kehoeskitchen.com/2013/08/28/best-ever-chocolate-mud-cake/#more-2146" target="_blank">Same recipe as last year</a> which is grain free and refined sugar free - I make only half a recipe and replace the honey with less maple syrup/coconut sugar. And I make up my own frosting recipe).</div>
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And then to make sure that they were well and truly worn out we finished the day with some speedy downhill luge racing!</div>
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We are having a very leisurely Sunday afternoon here. It's a BEAUTIFUL sunny winter's day, the sun is pouring in through the windows, but it's crisp outside, I think we even had a little bit of frost this morning. We hardly ever get frost being so close to the sea.</div>
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So today it's time for my indoor garden to receive some love. Having plants is like having little pets. They don't need love and food everyday like a cat or a dog or a lizard, but they do need it still, otherwise they start looking a little sad, like this wee planty here. He needs a bit of a trim to get rid of his old leaves, a bit of a water, and a bit of coffee - yes coffee! I have discovered my indoor plants like a feed of my coffee grounds every now and again. </div>
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Prime example of an unruly terrarium below, Isla made this one about a year ago, it's just bursting with life in there. I'm leaving this one be though as I like it's unruliness.</div>
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I replanted this one below as it was looking a bit sad, though it did have some amazing toadstools growing in it this week! I forgot to take a photo, so hopefully some more will pop up, fungi are fascinating! I find it's best to start small when you are planting up terrariums, plants often thrive in the enclosed warm space and quickly grow to fill it. The plant with the little heart shaped leaves was snipped off a plant in my other terrarium, so hopefully it takes to it's new spot. I like free plants! Actually come to think of it, I think all the plants in this one were free, snipped at some time or other from other plants I've walked by :) </div>
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Speaking of free plants, have you ever grown a kumara (sweet potato) plant? Just pop a piece of kumara that has sprouted into some water. Before you know it, it will be growing roots and leaves, this one has been in a glass of water on my windowsill for about 4 months. It was starting to look a bit leggy and yellow so I decided to pot it up into some soil, hopefully this will help to resurrect it.</div>
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And speaking of resurrecting plants... I'm very proud of this beautiful big specimen I have growing in my plant stand. I found this guy half dead in that sad corner of the plant nursery where they put the sad half dead plants, honestly he looked real bad, he was tiny and broken, but somehow I saw his potential, and for only 50c I was willing to adopt him and give him a second chance. And just look at him now! Go you good thing! Owning it!<br />
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Also going for it is my cyclamen, for some reason it has decided to forget about growing leaves and put all it's energy into flowers, weird. That doesn't seem like a healthy scenario, but it's been going for at least two months like this, churning out the flowers with no sign of stopping. They smell beautiful.</div>
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And my basil, I have discovered the secret to get it flourishing on my kitchen window sill. I feed it with coffee grounds and raw chicken juice, I know, that sounds gross aye. What I do is when I'm cooking chicken, I keep a bit of the raw juice and mix it with water and feed it to my basil, just every now and again. I have grown these from seed, and as each plant gets going, I plant a few more seeds into the soil, just make sure you keep the soil nice and moist while the seeds are germinating (a small spray bottle is good for this). Some of them don't come up, but I find if I plant a few seeds I'm guaranteed to get at least one sprouting. Basil year round! So good! I love the flavour of basil.<br />
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I thought I would start sharing with you some of my tried and tested and favourite recipes. It's good to get recipe recommendations, especially when you are trying to cook gluten free or grain free or refined sugar free. You can spend ages trying to find suitable recipes, there are so many recipes out there that promise deliciousness but sadly fail to deliver! Have you had that experience? It's so disheartening - wasted time, and wasted ingredients - not cool.</div>
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A friend and myself have been running cooking classes over the last couple of years. We help people who are just starting out on the real food / restricted diet journey. We give them tips and ideas and share with them some of our favourite recipes. Tried and tested recipes, yummy recipes, that actually work, don't have a huge long list of ingredients, and are quick and simple to make - that's what we're all about.</div>
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These are my new favourite muffins at the moment, I am making them on a weekly basis. </div>
They tick all the boxes.<br />
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:: COCONUT BANANA BERRY MUFFINS ::</div>
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You can find the original recipe here at <a href="http://theheartysoul.com/coconut-banana-muffins/" target="_blank">The Hearty Soul</a>. I have made a few little amendments - I have reduced the maple syrup and added the tapioca and ground nuts/seeds to make them a little more dense. Normally I make double the recipe and freeze some so we can enjoy them all week. (When I double the recipe I don't double the fruit - just do 3 bananas and 1 1/2 cups berries.)</div>
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- 2 ripe bananas, well mashed</div>
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- 2 eggs</div>
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- 1/3 cup peanut butter (or other nut butter)</div>
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- 1 cup desiccated coconut</div>
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- 1/4 cup tapioca flour</div>
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- 1/4 cup ground nuts/seeds (ones in photo had almond, last time I used sunflower and flax seeds)</div>
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- 1 tsp baking powder</div>
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- 1/4 tsp salt</div>
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- 1 Tbsp maple syrup</div>
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- 1 cup fresh or frozen organic berries</div>
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Mix together all the ingredients except for the berries (you can use a blender if you wish). Stir the berries through at the end (I often chop up some of the bigger ones). </div>
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Pour into lined muffin tins.</div>
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Bake at 180 c for about 15 minutes.</div>
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We were very lucky indeed to be able to have an amazing experience at our little local beach a few weeks ago! There were two dolphins and they spent the whole day there, they seemed to be having a wonderful time playing with all the people. </div>
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