Mid-week Meander - Homage to Creativity

Where oh where has the year gone?

It's not long now before we in the Southern Hemisphere are staring directly in the blustery face of Winter.

I'll make it short & simple this week... I'm giving mad props to the wonderful & varied world of Creativity.

the Purl Bee

Crafted Love

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World of Dennifer

Plaid

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If only we could harness the energy of creativity, we could generate enough power to run a small country!

Happy Hump Day!

Backyard Evolution... The continuance

You might remember a few weeks back my first post on the evolution of our backyard? If not, I forgive you, but click here to bring yourself up to speed.

Anyhoo, Mr Nutt and I talked and discussed, and talked some more about our overall plans for the yard and it was a fore drawn conclusion that we needed to make the most of the outlook over the back fence.

This again meant that for the greater good, some garden space and plants had to be sacrificed.  Bye bye grevillea and unidentified deciduous tree in the way of our master plan - a deck.

Learning from our first experience with stump removal, we called in the experts for the next one but still did all the back breaking labour to level the ground ready for the deck, including digging not one, but six post holes to save on labour costs - I repeat... ka-razy!

Okay so all my pics show Mr Nutt doing a lot of work... I helped, I promise!

Enlisting the services of a local tradie, the deck was complete in a day.

There is still plenty more to do in the way of our vision for the yard, but progress is progress and you can't ask for more than that.

More colour from our garden...

Friday Foodie - Minted Pea Puree

How long does it take you to count to 3?  Well that's as long as you will need for this minted pea puree.

Long gone are the days of slapping meat and three simple veg on your plate - au naturel.  Nowadays you need to do something fancy pants.

This minted pea puree adds that touch of fancy without the complication.  It goes extremely well with pork and beef.  Try it tonight!

Use: 1 small boiled potato; 1 cup frozen peas - blanched; 1 tsp garlic - minced; 1 tbs mint leaves

Do: Throw all ingredients into a stick master or mini food processor.  Pulse a few times, then blend until smooth.

Told you, simple.  Now to get that pork belly roasting in the oven...

Easter Bunny Cup

I've been off the radar over the last few weeks, down the rabbit hole if you will.

But I've resurfaced, just in time for Easter.

This is a fun & easy project and a great way to add a little magic & wonderment to Easter, without the excess sugar overload!

You will need: styrofoam cups; craft glue; cotton wool balls; card stock or heavy weight paper in two colours; sharpie marker;15mm acrylic pom pom balls; shredded tissue paper; solid Easter eggs.

To begin, carefully unroll a few cotton wool balls so that each forms a strip of cotton wool rather than a ball.  Starting from the base of the cup, smear some craft glue on to the cup and adhere cotton wool.  Continue until you have covered the entire cup ensuring that the top strip covers the lip of the cup.  Allow to dry.

To make the ears, download any bunny ear template you can find on Google - I used this one.  Trace onto card stock and cut out. Glue inner ear cut out onto outer ear cut out.  Again, allow to dry.

Freestyle draw the eyes and teeth onto card stock and cut out. Using your sharpie, draw an outline on the teeth & colour in the centre of the eyes (see pics).

You're almost there. By the way,  I found this craft project rather relaxing and completed it at my dining table with the tv on in the background - as ya do.

Anyhoo, using card stock, cut out thin strips for whiskers.


Now to put it all together.  I found it easiest to glue it in the following order:  Eyes, whiskers, teeth, nose and then ears.

Allow to dry - preferably over night.  Fill with shredded tissue paper & top with solid Easter eggs.

I think this is super cute & the kids will love the texture of the cup - feels just like a real bunny!

Happy Easter folks!

p.s. You could easily use feathers and yellow card stock to make a little chirpy chick aswell