From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Where would you rather be?

July 31, 2008
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Free Music

July 30, 2008

It seems as though there is quite a lot of free music around at the moment! One site that has some interesting music is www.noisetrade.com.  I’ve download LPs by Derek Webb, and Sandra McCracken, and EPs by Sixpence None the Richer and Matthew Smith.  They’re all pretty good so far.  There is a large number [...]

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Miriam

July 30, 2008

Louise is in Sydney this week, and has Miriam with her, so I’m home with the rest of the family, and we are limited to skype video calls and looking at photos of cute little Miriam.  Fortunately, she is very cute, and we have a new camera to take full advantage …

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9 months old

July 17, 2008

Miriam is 9 months old – wow that has flown by!  She is now standing and cruising along furniture and has let go and stood on her own a couple of times.  Still just the one tooth although #2 is thinking about appearing soon. Isn’t she gorgeous?  I’ve thrown in a couple of photos of [...]

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Home-sewn nappies

July 10, 2008

Ok – I am really low on inspiration at the moment hence the posts on past creations of mine! Nappies (MCN) are surprisingly easy to make and I love the professional look the snaps give them.  I started out using velcro but soon decided I needed to buy a snap-press which has proved very useful [...]

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Modern Cloth Nappies

July 7, 2008

I love using cloth nappies on my babies.  They are colourful, comfortable, chemical free and cheap!!  And best of all they are far more environmentally friendly than disposable nappies. The Modern Cloth Nappies (MCN) available today are made from a range of fabrics which are absorbent and easy to wash and dry.  There are stay-dry [...]

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Hand-dyed woollens

July 5, 2008

I dyed some woollen singlets last year to brighten them up a bit.  They look great (apart from the lines in the middles from being hung over my drying-rack that you can see in this photo).  Now I find that I am putting Miriam’s singlets on as out-wear rather than under-wear because they are so [...]

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Home-made bibs

July 5, 2008

Don’t these bibs look so cool?  I actually made these last year in the couple of weeks before Miriam was due. I made 16 of them.  I  gave lots of them away for Christmas and sold a couple as well.  I kept one for Miriam and it has washed and worn very well (yellow star [...]

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