My favourite stand out trend for Christmas 2016 is the simplicity and clean lines of black and white. Yes… I love other looks but it’s the monochromatic black and white that I have chosen for my family Christmas along with accents of pine, twine and cork. In the process I have learned a lot (who ever said […]
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I could talk about Christmas wrapping paper all year round. Not all people share that same fascination. Certainly my husband doesn’t. But now we are post Halloween, post Melbourne Cup, post Year 12 exams, post Thanksgiving (not an Aussie thing but you can’t avoid all that Pilgrimness, turkeyness and feasting online) and post Black Friday (which […]
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We often find beauty in everyday items – in objects of our daily lives. I find beauty in scissors – where function and form meet. Most households have a pair of scissors and often many many more than one. Look through the drawers of your Gramdma’s cupboards and you’re sure to find a pair of scissors […]
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Let’s face it ….there are a squillion different Christmas looks from which to choose. The issue not finding one but choosing one. I am putting together a number of different looks for friends and clients for Christmas 2016. Some are traditional, some deliberately use colours not normally associated with this time of year and still […]
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The time had definitely come to check out Typo for its Christmas looks and clever finds. I think I might have gone a bit too early and found myself trapped between their Mermaidobellia and their Hallowen push. However, on venturing past the zombie looks and the mermaid tails, I found the first fresh shoots of Christmas goodies and […]
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I needed to time my 2016 visit to Costo just right. Not so early that the Christmas stuff wouldn’t have arrived but not so late that the good stuff would be gone. You snooze you lose in the wrapping game. I settled on the last week in October and that is why I came to […]
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There’s few of us who haven’t seen a Women’s Weekly Recipe Book. They have been around for simply ever with titles to suit every type of occasion and cuisine. Many of us made our first (and often last) children’s birthday cake with the help of the Women’s Weekly and a significant number of spearmint leaves. There’s a […]
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Today my quest for the best Christmas decorations, wrapping paper and embellishments took me to the venerable David Jones. I once was a shareholder at DJ’s – the first shares I ever bought – but since they were bought out by the South African Woolworths, I no longer have any interest in the company, therefore I […]
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First up in my review of Christmas looks and embellishments is Ikea – the place that seems almost too overwhelming to visit and yet inexplicably….you do. Christmas has come to Ikea but you have to put in the hard yards to get to it. There are a few very stylish Christmas tableaux sprinkled throughout the […]
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We’re on the countdown to Christmas. No doubt about it. The new season wrapping paper and the decorations are appearing in the shops complete with piped carols that seem particularly out of place in early October and the social media posts featuring Will Ferrell updating us on how many shopping days or Fridays or Saturdays till […]
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