It wasn't worth leaving on the oven to cook just four of Bill Granger's Double choc chip cookies on a final tray. So I ate them. All four lumps of cookie dough. And now I look at the cooked trays of biscuits and think I would never eat four of those in a row. Or … Continue reading Woman overdoses on cookie dough
Launching cool pants for boys
There are bigger things happening in the world; Will and Kate's wedding, bin Laden's death, a New Zealand tornado, road trauma, local tragedy. After all of that, it seems insignificant to blog about the small things in life. But all together they make up my life, and all together they make up the big things in … Continue reading Launching cool pants for boys
Blue dresses and blue food colouring
It brought it all back - what it feels like to blow the white and yolk out of an egg, to blow into a hole slightly larger than a pin hole and expect the contents to come flooding out a hole the same size on the other end of the egg. It feels like blowing … Continue reading Blue dresses and blue food colouring
The launch of my new winter range
It was one of those days when you wish you could just lie down at 2pm and sleep for hours, when you wonder how on earth you're even going to get through the afternoon, when you scull your coffee and swear that you're going to bed at 7.30pm - as soon as the girls are … Continue reading The launch of my new winter range
How’s the background noise in your house?
If I was ever talking to someone on the phone and could hear their kids in the background, I used to think, 'We're on the phone here. Can't you tell them we're on the phone. Have you even heard anything I've said?' Now we have our own children and nearly all of our friends and … Continue reading How’s the background noise in your house?
Sales galore at The Square
What a good problem to have - we're almost out of stock! We were blown away yesterday by the number of people and by the sales we made at The Square - Bendigo's Handmade Market (launch market). It was in the Bendigo Town Hall - how stunning is the plasterwork inside? We had both been sewing like … Continue reading Sales galore at The Square
Writing by Larissa Patton 