Design Detective Diary has now launched a sister blog to house a collection of projects for the craft minx. I wanted to have a location tha...

Left to right: Seduce top $5, Zara skirt $10, new Portmans top $10 Left to right: black ankle boots $15, new Witchery suede wedges $30, RMK...

My terrarium - I would have like a vessel with a glass lid but this glass vase was only $10 and the one with a lid was $80. Steps for making...

Nan with her origami fabric flower Close up of the detail in the fabric flower. It's perfect even thought it was made by aging hands! ...

Camel colour board for my winter wardrobe Grey colour board for my winter wardrobe To work out the colour combinations for my winter wardrob...

sketches of my chanel inspired tunic My inspiration board: I love the brooch detail on the Oscar de la Renta dress (top left image) ...

doodle from Paris (please excuse the lady with chicken legs, my pen got a little carried away!) I was in Paris early Octobe...

sketches of the pants and blouse I would like to make images from hypeed After trawling through images and magazines, I’...

I know it’s insane to be thinking about a winter wardrobe in 40+ degree C heat but that’s exactly what I did this weekend. I want to sew a f...

After months of tendering to my strawberry plants I am finally reaping the first fruit of my labour. Creating this first little plump strawb...

Above: Miss Be (AKA Wendy Rattray) A selection of works from the Miss Be Collection “I love how resin can capture time in a new contempor...

I visited an exhibition at Painters' Gallery over the weekend and fell in love with the Australian bird studies by artist, Rachel Carr...

before.... after... I’m on holidays in the beautiful Byron Bay and ripped denim shorts are almost mandatory for anyone visiting. I’ve bee...

All the presents are now wrapped and sitting pretty under the tree. I always forget how much time you need to allow to wrap all the presents...

I’m always running late with Christmas cards and this year is no different! I started making them today and I really wanted to use up the b...

I love the raw look of recycled brown paper for wrapping up Christmas presents. I thought I should try and jazz it up a little this year wit...

This weekends weather was too good to miss. My sister-in-law just jetted in from New York so we lapped up a swim, read by the lake and ate f...

Ok, so I’m starting to get a little obsessive with my studio space and I’m burring myself in lots of projects. On the weekend : - I padded o...

I’ve got the biggest Market crush ever!!! The Finders Keepers is well worth the visit. I bought stacks of handmade Christmas presents and ...

I love the floral skirts that are gracing the pages of fashion mags this season so I thought I’d make my own! This skirt was made in 3 hour...

With December just over a week away I thought I’d better get cracking on some Christmas decorations. Inspired by the origami I saw on a rec...

I'm back from holidays and reality has certainly kicked into gear. The memories of our 6 week adventure have already given way to the m...

I went to the opening of the Underground ARTmarket exhibition yesterday and was blown away with the quality of art work on show. The exhibit...

I'm only 14 days away from a 6 week holiday around the world. It's been 5 years since we've been overseas so this holiday is lon...