Magic Fix #21: Pinterest Perfect!

Pinterest has been the most amazing cyberspace discovery ever to have enhanced our family life. If there is ever a shortage of inspiration in our household, Pinterest has always been our magic fix lately.

I have put together, just some of the ways that Pinterest has added to the fun and excitement at our place!

We found ideas and inspiration for our halloween party:

Martha Stewart had a spooky idea!

 This was our version with witches, bats and zombies!

We thought this was a cool idea...

but here is ours! Mr Bones was a hit at our party.

We found inspiration for taking photos of our children:

If they can do it...

we can too!

Making any type of cake yourself is a breeze these days:

Awesome step by step instructions...

made our version a success!

When I needed to make a beanbag for my son's room, there were tonnes of ideas available:

How simple is this idea? But I don't knit, so...

I made one with Ikea fabric instead!

We have many more of their version/our version to share with you but this is all we have time for today. If you want to find the links for any of the above, please find a link to my Pinterest board on the lower right hand corner of this blog.

 How do you think we went with our versions? Are you inspired to give some of this a go yourself?

Magic Fix #20: Just do me a favor...DIY!

Well, if you are one of the lovely folks reading our blog, you'll know that our general life philosophy is simple...

spend, spend and SPEND... more quality time with family and folks that we love and treasure!

Recently, this is how we managed to do just that:

We made pixie wands by gluing a gum nut and a strand of ribbon to sticks that we collected on our walks.

We made little favor bags with calico and attached gum leaves as decorations. Then we made hair bands by platting three strands of organza together.

We had fun being creative, while we did it!

We made book marks! Its easy,  just fold some card in half, do your stamping and then paste two small strips of magnet facing each other on the inside. It's a great book mark because it will never fall off your page!

We made super cute favor bags. 

These were our DIY favors for the girls pixie party that I wrote about previously here. It was a great success because...

1. The kids enjoyed decorating their organza plats with leaves and flowers.

 2. The kids enjoyed a treasure hunt using the treasure map and experienced the thrill of discovering the favors hidden among the greenery.

3. The kids enjoyed their favors. They also, together, made for some super cute pictures!

OK, you may be thinking that it all looks like a lot of work but we made the favors spread over several weeks and it sure does beat watching re-runs of cartoons on TV... besides its all for LOVE. I don't think I'll ever complain that my kids grew up too fast because with this much quality time spent with each other, I am enjoying EVERY moment SPENT!

We LOVE you READERS! 

We wish you many, many happy days like these too...xx

Magic Fix #17: Helloooo Halloween!

Halloween has always been a fun event in our calendar, mostly because of all the CANDY!!! Sweet treats are generally a rarity in our household, especially candy but I let the kids knock themselves out on special days like Halloween. We usually always get some friends together, put on our costumes and go trick-o-treating around the neighborhood, when we use to live in New Zealand. It is SO much fun for kids and parents alike. There was a great sense of the community coming together, as all the kids hit the road and 'boo' each other out silly!

The kids love to dress up  and play their character!

Here in Australia, where we live now, Halloween seems to be a non-event. Nobody came trick-o-treating to our door last year and so we didn't go out either. This year we plan to make our own Halloween fun right here at home.

I found this great idea on Pinterest and I think it'll be great for a Halloween party, so we thought we'll give it a go:

It's simple. All you have to do is cut couple of glow sticks into a jar, shake out the liquid, replace the lid, knock the lights out and 'voila' instant glow. Now you've set the mood to have yourself a Halloooooooween Party with a few party hungry vampires and samba all night with the zombies!

Do you go trick-o-treating? What do you plan to do this Halloween? We hope that you have a great Halloween coming up...x

Magic Fix #13: DIY Party Invites

If I'm being honest, I was starting to feel little tired just thinking about the upcoming birthday party that I have to throw my kids. The kids are so cute, caring and kind to me; in truth I would be absolutely horrid not to make that extra effort to show them just how much I love and appreciate them. I needed to do something to get me excited and motivated to throw that amazing party that my kids deserve to have. Magic Fix #13: DIY Party Invites!

We decided on a 'Pixie Party'. I typed up the invite and printed it on plain white paper.

We then pasted it on two twigs and rolled it up and tied it with some flexible greenery from the garden.  A pixie scroll!

The kids had fun decorating with stickers, making little name tags and deciding on the final presentation.

We worked(/had fun!!!!) steadily for couple of hours from dinner until bedtime and all the invites were done!

We actually never have had to buy store bought invites. Making DIY party invites have always brought the family together and its been a wonderful 'Magic Fix' for years!

We got our original party invitation idea from here.