These DIY Pot Pourri Hearts are an old fashioned gift with a vintage design that are sure to impress that special mother in your life. You will need: Homemade pot pourri (tutorial here) 10cm length of hessian or linen Ribbon Lace Buttons Sewing machine or needle and thread Scissors Template below What to do: […]
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Taking care of the home is an important part of your responsibilities, and this work can truly sanctify your soul. But how do we find time for it all? Sometimes you only get a few minutes in between settling babies, preparing meals for your hunger toddlers and checking Facebook (just kidding)! Here are
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If you are struggling to find time to do everything you need, let alone the things you want, this may work for you. Simply in the morning, perhaps over breakfast, take 5 minutes to write up a schedule for the day. It doesn’t have to be fancy, it just has to note down everything
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Teaching Your Children How to Behave In Company: Having your friends visit can be a great opportunity to teach your children some virtues. For example they will need to learn patience while mummy is talking to her friend or perhaps practice being generous with sharing their toys with other children who come over. Explain
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Pumpkin and Beetroot soup! So, I got a tad ahead of myself last night and decided to mix it up a bit for my husband’s dinner! I began by making pumpkin soup which ended up as Beetroot soup! To my surprise my husband didn’t mind this meal at all and said although pumpkin
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We’ve recently moved house, in fact, it was only three weeks ago and I have to say it was probably our best move yet! Hubby and I have moved 4 times in 7 years of marriage and personally, I’ve moved, on average, once every 2-3 years of my life. Needless to say, I’ve packed
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Disposable items are prolific in our culture. Throw away packaging, plates, cups, cutlery, nappies, gloves, the list goes on. Sometimes something being easily disposable is of benefit from the perspective of health or convenience. But in everyday life, they do create a lot of waste and for staple items; we are continuously buying them.
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We’re on to part 3 of our series already – first we looked at life with “stuff”, then we spoke about how to weed out some of the clutter, and now that you have decided what you no longer want to keep, the next step is to get it out of your house –
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In my post last month we started to look at what being organised means, and I said that it’s perfectly fine (and unavoidable when you have kids) to have “stuff”. Remember though, that “stuff” is ok, clutter is not. Your stuff becomes clutter when it has no useful value to you, is not contributing
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As a mother of four children under seven organisation is something I desire very strongly. I have, from the very beginning of my motherhood journey, been a ‘prepare the night before’ type. Yes, perhaps my organisation borders on obsessive compulsive but over the last seven years I have learned a few tricks that help aid
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