This week I have been rather obsessed with afternoon tea and will be posting some afternoon tea adventures to celebrate our ‘Sew & Tea‘ themed Action Pack over the next couple of weeks. Check out my baking adventures – and make some cakes – try the cinnamon tea cake – a lovely madeira cake and if you are feeling super adventurous and celebratory why not a chocolate mousse cake. And this week I have been fighting a sinus infection – and I think it might have got me . I have been using a neti pot twice a day to try to wash out the germs and I think it is helping – but the germs are multiplying faster than I can wash them out. Anyway wish me luck!
Also this past week we also just finished sitting Naplan a controversial (Australian) national testing system introduced by the government a few years ago. Our school – being a unique community run school with child centred approach doesn’t worry about this test too much – but my youngest has been strangely desperate to sit the test for years – and finally it was his year to do it. He is a competitive little soul with big expectations of himself and so naturally he had a panic attack on the first day – but was ok after that – and they had a party at the end of the 3 days of testing – so all was well with the week!
Last week we launched the third issue of our Action Pack: Mini-mag for kids who want to do stuff! This one is themed ‘Sew & Tea’, and is full of sewing and tea drinking projects. Find out more here or purchase yours right now for only US$5 {ps. you can post your finished projects in our Action Pack Flickr Project Gallery}
Last week at whipup:
- Whipup.net flickr group roundup
- Sampler workbook review
- Versus blog
- Puppet play book blog tour
- Quick knits round up
- Flowers round up
- Markets of New England book blog tour
- Etsy’s 2nd Annual Craft Party is a global initiative to energize local communities – is on again!
Crafty news and links
- Chance to win a macbook pro!
- Stumbles and Stitches is having a felt week – full of projects and tutorials.
- Embroidery basics at Wild Olive
- Wired magazine editor-in-chief Chris Anderson has joined the advisory board of Ponoko, the virtual manufacturing pioneer which claims to be “the world’s easiest making system.”
- Have you been following free pattern month at Grosgrain? – my faves so far – the kids knot shorts, Dish and spoon, A-frame tent, Sunny blouse and the Vintage chemise.
- Lovely tutorial to make a scalloped collar. And I like her blog too.
- I love Pascale’s recent bohemian belt
- Francesca has a really good tutorial for making buttonholes by hand
- Peggy sent in some creative mending ideas
- Am loving the color my summer series – green crochet necklace and
- Are you following the bloggers quilt festival?
- Make some pop up cards
- Oh a mad tea party set!
- Get the teapot!
- Great roundup of kids clothing tutorials.
- I want to make a skinny tie for my little guy.
- Great series on making a zigzag quilt.
Coming up: Tea crafts and inspiration posts.
Love you guys
xx
Kathreen
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Thank you for including my “making button holes by hand” link!