Projects

Canvas painting for kids

by Hear Mum Roar

Decorate your home or make gifts with your childrens’ art.

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We love Hama beads

by Hear Mum Roar

A fantastic craft for school-aged kids.

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Drying mandarin peel

by Hear Mum Roar

What to do with those sweet-smelling mandarin skins.

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Kids growing mushrooms

by Hear Mum Roar

Teaching the children how to grow mushrooms.

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An update on our backyard’s progress

by Hear Mum Roar

A week or so ago, I was feeling overwhelmed by all the work our yard needs to get it to a point where it’s not only safe for the kids to play, but also ready to grow fruit and veges, raise chooks, etc. Oh, and it’s gotta look better. We’ve implemented stage one of our [...]

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Setting up my studio

by Hear Mum Roar

It’s a project I’ve been putting off and it has a looong way to go before it’s how I want it. But today, I decided to venture into my studio, an old butcher’s shop (it’s one hundred year old or less. The house is over one hundred years old. I’ll have to check the plaque [...]

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So much to do, and where to start

by Hear Mum Roar

As my regular readers would know, we moved house three months ago. Now that we’ve settled in and done most of our unpacking, I took the time to look at our yard, and gardens. It’s quite the jungle out there. This is really overwhelming for me, as I’m not the world’s best gardener. We are [...]

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Cherry oh baby

by Hear Mum Roar

It’s been a cherry-ful day for me, today. It all started when we decided to take a little trip to Young to do a few things. We stopped off to pick up our mail first, and to my delight, my Ottobre magazine subscription had arrived! Knowing full well there was a fabric store at Young, [...]

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It’s curtains for me

by Hear Mum Roar

What a busy time of year this has turned out to be. Today I’ve been out buying soft furnishings for the new house and am happily knackered. Spotlight had a sale on for VIP’s, so I picked up some rugs and fabrics for the kids’ rooms. Above is some curtain and sheeting fabric. The rest [...]

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Hot diggity day!

by Hear Mum Roar

Any Aussies reading this today will attest to just how hot it’s been today. We’ve had the air-con a-cranking, and been on the phone constantly about house hunting. We found out the house we placed an offer on has been taken off the market, as the seller decided that he wanted to stay on and [...]