Mini Christmas Pinata Workshop

Looking to share some fun and memorable moments with your tween or teen? Come join one of our 'Mum and Me' mini Christmas piñata workshops!!!  I’m so excited to be running these mini Christmas piñata workshops at A Good Place to Start in Geelong this November. The workshops are mother-child sessions. They are an opportunity for you to take a break from your busy life and connect with your child while having some creative fun. At the end of the workshop you'll get to take home a sweet filled mini piñata that you've created together. WHEN: Saturday 11th November - Saturday 25th November WHERE: A Good Place to Start, 55 Kilgour St, Geelong VIC, Australia  MORE DETAILS AVAILABLE HERE AND TO BOOK HERE Sessions will be limited and payment is required when booking.  Open to children 8 years or older and their hardworking, fabulous mums. Sessions will run for 2 hours.  I hope to see you there!

Three of My Favourite Things

FLAMINGOS, TOUCANS and CACTI are three of my favourite things.  I can't help smiling seeing them sitting pretty altogether.  

You can snap up my Toucan Print in the Ashlee Rae Shop!

DIY Feather Tutorial

Why not use the feathers to make your own dreamcatchers like the ones I made for Ashlee's Party 

You Want What???

A Peacock, Dreamcatcher, Sleepover, Spa Party!!! Yes, that was Ashlee's request for her 8th birthday. Luckily I was up for the challenge and actually REALLY loved working on the fun and eclectic theme.  It meant I could get really creative which is what I love to do!

We wanted a fun, fresh and modern sort of vibe with bold peacock colours. And I found the perfect irregular, slightly wonky font that has the look of hand cut paper letters.

The Invitation was a simple, clean design... 

We didn't really want a formal 'Welcome to Ashlee's Party' type of sign for the front door so we decided on something a little more fun and quirky...

'Party Like A Peacock' is still plastered across my dining room wall...it kinda makes me smile every time I look at it, so I am having a hard time letting it go.

I made a little peacock piñata that doubled as the table centrepiece.

I also made a whole bunch of dreamcatchers to decorate the walls and the girls made their own dreamcatchers to take home with them.  

I really loved working on this party!  From designing the graphics, making the cake, desserts, and decorations; it really was an awesome DIY adventure.  I hope you enjoyed a little peek at the photos!

Cactus Art Prints

Yes, I confess, I have a bit of a love affair with cacti.  They come in all sorts of weird and wonderful shapes, sizes and colours and they are easy to keep alive!  Well, that is if you keep them away from scissor wielding little people (read: Ashlee) who like to see what things scissors can cut. The perfect solution to such destruction...a CACTUS ART PRINT hung high up on the wall and out of harm's way.  

The new pink and the teal printable cactus prints are now available in the shop.

THE GEOMETRIC FACTOR

Geometric shapes, a pop of colour and a quirky sense of fun is the inspiration behind these new art prints.   

I love the simplistic and clean design of a geometric pattern, it adds such a fun, modern vibe to a space. You can add just a splash of the geometric factor, or go a little geo crazy and create a whole gallery wall.  The geometric range of printable art is now available in the Etsy shop!

Gingerbread Man Hunt

Woo Hoo, it's nearly time for our annual Gingerbread Man Hunt...this will be our fifth year of hunting the little guy down!!!  First we bake and decorate him then when no one is looking he runs away leaving a trail of hidden clues.  It is such a fun little Christmas activity that you can do with one, or a whole bunch of kids.  

Here are the clues I put together for this year...

You can check out other year's clues here and here.  And...I have made free downloadable clue cards that can be edited so you can add your own clues and print out!

Enjoy!