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<p>I&#8217;ve been working away for a while on digital prints and today I have finally added some to my Etsy store.  Head on over and take a look and add some art to your walls! What quote or saying would you like to see on your walls? Share your favourites in the comments below, I&#8217;d love&hellip;</p>

<p>&nbsp; I am excited to announce that Creative &amp; Somewhat Useful now has an Etsy store! I have started with the butterfly and car wall hangings I have been making for a while now and will be adding baptism gifts and other beautiful things as I get more productive and organised. Please head over and have a look&hellip;</p>

<p>How to make a Lego Nexo Knight cake.</p>

<p>I have made Peony flowers many times the traditional way – by cutting, veining, frilling, wiring and drying each petal individually. They looked amazing – see&#8230; they also took F O R E V E R. Well maybe not that long but more time that this working mamma has to dedicate to cakey flowers as&hellip;</p>

<p>It seems to be party season around here with my kids coming home with an invitation to a birthday party most days this week! While the kids are thrilled it has raised some angst with the mums &#8211; kids parties seem to be a big stress thing for a lot of my mum friends. For&hellip;</p>

<p>&nbsp; Of all the things I imagined my children might have challenges with socks was not one of them! Despite that shoes and socks can be the cause of a 20 minute battle that our morning routine really can&#8217;t accommodate. Our oldest boy has Sensory Processing Disorder, a complex and frustrating condition that effects the way&hellip;</p>

<p>I recently had a conversation with a friend about her 4 year old son and his newly discovered kleptomania. He had managed to steal something from Bunnings during their last visit. &#8216;What should I do?&#8217; &#8211; she asked me. My advice was to put him back in the car and take him and the offending item&hellip;</p>

<p>Combivan Birthday Cake I made this little beauty this week, I say little because it is only a four inch round! The inspiration came from a fondant pieced three dimensional version that was intricate in detail and beyond what I could manage in time and talent. Instead I designed the Combi in Photoshop Elements.  I&hellip;</p>

<p>Becky Higgins Project Life has been around since 2010 and has revolutionised the scrapbooking world. Big words I know &#8211; but a fair assessment. Essentially Becky has provided a foundation for scrapbooks that is part creative genius and part 1980s pocket album. It gets memories recorded, fast AND satisfies all the urges for buying of pretty/shiny/glittery things&hellip;</p>

<p>I am a working mum of two loud, full speed, beautiful boys who are now 7 and 5. Just before Son One turned one I went back to work full time, because both my husband and I had been made redundant. It was the best choice for our family at the time. It was hard leaving him, and even harder&hellip;</p>