Last week I received a sad email from Sophie in New Zealand, she wrote: "I just wanted to write you a wee note to tell you of my expe...

Another weekend - another mix of work and sitting back with our feet up. I did some knitting and reading, presented a blogging workshop at ...

This is a Friday photo feature that anyone with a blog can join. It opens the door to us sharing our lives through these photos, gives us al...

I've been making jam lately. Lots of it. I started off when strawberry season started and they were only $1.50 a punnet. I asked Hanno t...

The way food is prepared now is changing.  It's more styled and has to look great whereas when I was growing up, food was judged more on...

I have tried to make this process and the explanation of it as simple as I can, but you must be aware that soap making is not cooking, it ...

You may have noticed that I stopped taking orders for my soap last Friday. I will honour the orders I have, but take no more. This may seem ...

This is a Friday photo feature that anyone with a blog can join. It opens the door to us sharing our lives through these photos and gives us...

I have been very busy lately making soap, while Hanno has been wrapping it and packaging it up to post all over Australia, the US and UK.  T...

I am really sad to relay this news - our beloved artist Margaret Olley died today. She was 88 years old. Margaret was my favourite artist an...