It never even occurred to me the realisation that Santa isn’t real might actually be quite devastating to a child. Until this morning that is, when a huge force of the mummy guilts knocked the wind out of me! Normally cool as a cucumber and always the dude, I often forget that Master J (who turned […] Read more…
We’re well and truly on the count down to Christmas now. I am a little bit obsessed with Christmas cooking shows at the moment – LOVE them. Last night I watched a marathon of Donna Hay’s Christmas, followed by Jamie Oliver’s. I still have Gordon Ramsey, The Great British Bake off Christmas special and lovely Nigella […] Read more…
My beautiful friend Amanda and I have a yearly tradition where we clear our diaries for an ENTIRE day to make our own advent calendars. We only started it last year and so far it’s the best girly tradition ever. Thank goodness she’s the crafty one as I wouldn’t even know where to begin if I had to […] Read more…
Christmas shopping for kids can sometimes be totally overwhelming. There are just so many toys out there these days it’s hard to know where to even start. If only Santa really did do all the shopping!! This post is brought to you in collaboration with Crazysales, which is an online store that sells just about everything […] Read more…
It’s hard to believe that Christmas is only a hop, skip and a jump away now. It’s done it’s usual trick of sneaking up and catching me off guard. It’ll just be the five of us for Christmas this year so I’ve been trying to think about what to cook. I want to be organised […] Read more…
Possibly not the prettiest looking scrolls but they were delicious! I made the most DELICIOUS christmas fruit mince the other day. It was so good I had to stop myself from eating it out of the jar with a spoon. It was the first time I’ve ever made it and it was surprisingly easy – […] Read more…
This will be our third Christmas in Australia and it’s definitely the first time I am really starting to feel properly Christmasy again. It’s been a real adjustment going from a traditional Northern Hemisphere Christmas to a hot and sunny Aussie Christmas. Although there are quite a few similarities, like the colour red, great food and […] Read more…
I’ve always wanted to make a proper Christmas Cake from scratch but it’s always seemed a bit ambitious for me! And besides, my mum has always made the Christmas Cake and it just seems like a ‘mummy’ thing to do at Christmas. Newsflash……. I am the mummy now – eeeek!!! Seems a bit surreal when […] Read more…
I’m so excited to write this review as the brains behind this gorgeous company is a really great and lovely friend of mine. Amanda stared My Little Table Designs about 12 months ago and we met one day at a market on Sydney’s Northern Beaches where she was selling her beautiful little table cloths. We […] Read more…
I popped into the mall yesterday and was quite shocked to find a FULL Christmas display up in one of the department stores already – It’s not even October yet!! I don’t know why I’m so surprised really, the Christmas hype seems to get earlier and earlier each year! Anyway it must have worked as […] Read more…