A quick bit of hot glue gun wall art

A canvas that I had mucked up, painted over in orange paint. A bit of vintage book paper, a scrap of old bed sheet, and an opshop butterfly. Oh, and sparkles, thanks to an old and broken bracelet. Not sure if I like it, but it does brighten up a dull bit off wall space.

The Kindness

Sometimes, it is so hard to be positive.


This blog is my creative happy space. I don't mention my day job much, its hard (yeah I chose it, but I didn't choose the negative elements of it... which I won't go into here). But it also has its rewards. A smile, laughter, a student's achievement - big or small, watching amazing little people grow. Teaching, teaches me.

So Friday, at the end of a crazy week, one kind grandmother, who brings her grand-daughter to school each day, delivered me this beautiful bunch of flowers fresh from her garden, complete with a hug, a kiss on the cheek and some kind words. Just when you doubt yourself, comes that glimmer of hope, that reassurance that you are indeed on the right path. Thank you to that grandmother, grand-daughter and thank you to all the gorgeous children I teach.

Kids Christmas Frames activity

Here's a fun little Christmas activity we've had running in our Kinder class... 

Using paddlepop sticks and PVA glue, the kids made frames (with adult help). They decorated them with sequins, glitter, plastic rhinestones (the rhinestones needed hot glue). We tied the gold string on to make the frame hang and then added a photo of each child to the middle. The photos look really cute if you get a $2 store Santa hat and pop on the kids heads - makes them more Christmassy. 

We then decorated brown paper sandwich bags to put our frames in. 

They're pretty proud of their efforts - reckon they're parents might be a bit excited too. 

Soap Gift Idea

What to give my work-mates for Christmas? 

What can I make as stocking fillers?        

Something simple, but nice....?

Then I thought of the lurvely eco-friendly, orangutan friendly soap that the local farmer's market sells. All handmade and absolutely delish! It just needed to be bundled up a little nicer.




 So with an old Greenpages Magazine and Directory, some vintage book pages, and some hemp to make pretty bows, I started to get crafting.





It takes a bit of fiddling to get the folds nice and crisp, but I think they look rather cute!