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  • September 2024
    • Sep 22, 2024 Ostara Sep 22, 2024
  • November 2023
    • Nov 4, 2023 Broken Discs Nov 4, 2023
    • Nov 4, 2023 Beltane Nov 4, 2023
  • July 2023
    • Jul 18, 2023 Winter Garden Jul 18, 2023
  • June 2023
    • Jun 11, 2023 How we built our veggie garden for under $500 Jun 11, 2023
  • September 2021
    • Sep 6, 2021 Buttercream Pumpkins - 3 ways! Sep 6, 2021
  • August 2021
    • Aug 1, 2021 Witchcraft 101: What is Witchcraft? Aug 1, 2021
  • May 2021
    • May 1, 2021 Apothecary Labels May 1, 2021
  • March 2021
    • Mar 25, 2021 Mabon Alter Craft: Making a Corn Dolly Mar 25, 2021
  • January 2021
    • Jan 31, 2021 Happy 9th Birthday Grayson Jan 31, 2021
  • December 2020
    • Dec 8, 2020 Besom Build: Making a Witch's Broom Dec 8, 2020
  • September 2020
    • Sep 16, 2020 Buttercream Stripes Sep 16, 2020
  • February 2019
    • Feb 13, 2019 Grayson's 7th Birthday Feb 13, 2019
  • October 2018
    • Oct 24, 2018 Frosting a cake with Basic Buttercream Oct 24, 2018
    • Oct 21, 2018 Summer Lovin': How to Cake when its hot, hot, HOT! Oct 21, 2018
    • Oct 7, 2018 Tutorial: Mermaid Sunset Cake Oct 7, 2018
  • July 2018
    • Jul 23, 2018 Hand Painting on Buttercream Jul 23, 2018
  • March 2018
    • Mar 4, 2018 Texturing Buttercream Mar 4, 2018
  • January 2018
    • Jan 29, 2018 Happy 6th Birthday Grayson! Jan 29, 2018
  • October 2017
    • Oct 22, 2017 Kerrie does Orlando! America's Cake Fair 2017 Oct 22, 2017
  • September 2017
    • Sep 6, 2017 Simple Succulents Sep 6, 2017
  • July 2017
    • Jul 22, 2017 The Skinny on Fats: Butter, Shortening, and Oils Jul 22, 2017
    • Jul 18, 2017 Petal Tips 101 Jul 18, 2017
    • Jul 14, 2017 Defying Gravity: Attaching Flowers to the SIDE of a Cake Jul 14, 2017
    • Jul 6, 2017 Edible Flowers: The Good, the Bad, and the Possibly Toxic Jul 6, 2017
  • June 2017
    • Jun 6, 2017 Why we need Cake now, more than ever Jun 6, 2017
  • April 2017
    • Apr 26, 2017 Lucien's 7th Birthday Apr 26, 2017
    • Apr 11, 2017 Unicorn Sugar Shoe Apr 11, 2017
    • Apr 2, 2017 Buttercream Essentials: What you NEED to get started Apr 2, 2017
  • March 2017
    • Mar 5, 2017 Making Basic Buttercream Mar 5, 2017
  • February 2017
    • Feb 19, 2017 All About Flour Feb 19, 2017
  • January 2017
    • Jan 22, 2017 Happy 5th Birthday Grayson! Jan 22, 2017
  • December 2016
    • Dec 27, 2016 Colouring Basic Buttercream Dec 27, 2016
  • October 2016
    • Oct 29, 2016 Piping a Buttercream Rose Oct 29, 2016
  • March 2016
    • Mar 14, 2016 Why you NEED a Plan B Mar 14, 2016
    • Mar 7, 2016 Creating a Pixie Shoe Mar 7, 2016
  • February 2016
    • Feb 1, 2016 Prepping and Crumb Coating a Cake Feb 1, 2016
  • January 2016
    • Jan 24, 2016 All About Sugar Jan 24, 2016
    • Jan 18, 2016 Perfect Layers Jan 18, 2016
    • Jan 11, 2016 Using a Silicone Mold with Buttercream Jan 11, 2016
  • November 2015
    • Nov 16, 2015 Creating a Garden Nov 16, 2015
    • Nov 10, 2015 Finding Your Style Nov 10, 2015
    • Nov 4, 2015 Why I love Buttercream Nov 4, 2015
  • October 2015
    • Oct 20, 2015 Star Tips and Rosettes Oct 20, 2015
    • Oct 6, 2015 Creating a Fairytale Oct 6, 2015
  • September 2015
    • Sep 22, 2015 When is Icing, Art? Sep 22, 2015
    • Sep 16, 2015 Flower Arranging - Buttercream Style Sep 16, 2015
    • Sep 8, 2015 Leaf Tips: A guide to Foliage Sep 8, 2015
  • August 2015
    • Aug 24, 2015 Basic Borders Aug 24, 2015
Water. It’s essential for life, for us as well as plants. We tend to take it for granted in temperate suburbs. It’s all ways at the end of a hose, or from the tap.  But it’s precious, and every chance I get to see it collected on pl
What a lovely rainy day to carve some stamps, drink some tea, and watch some Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries with a sleeping cat ❤️

#StampCarving #Craft
Some midwinter snaps from the garden ❤️ No filter by the way, the light in winter at sunset is something else ❤️

Also, shoutout to the anemones currently blooming. They don’t grow in winter, yet, here they are, just refusing to let adversity t
I bought an adorable cabbage shaped pot today.

The lass at the counter: do you want it wrapped in paper?
Me: No, I’ll just put it inside the mushroom hat I bought earlier
Her: 😶
Me: 🍄😃

#MushroomHat #CabbagePot #GrowOldNotUp
What a sunset tonight. No filter ❤️
#Sunset #NoFilter
How’s your weekend going? My Saturday started off a little bit rubbish. I eased into a flare this week, which saw an increase in joint instability, fatigue, brain fog, all the good stuff.

Woke up feeling rubbish today, so decided to do a simpl

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