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😍🧶🧵 💜Knot Another Knitting Tutorial: Chapter 24 - Tying Myself in Knots! 😍🧶🧵 💜

After knitting a duplicate of my gorgeous rainbow scarf and sending it off to a very special friend, I felt, as I always do - almost like the feeling of finishing

💜🎵🎸🎤The Wizardry of Songwriting Part 16: A Ukulele, Worth The Wait💜🎵🎸🎤

This beautiful ukulele arrived via courier just the other day. It was in time for some very painful anniversaries but also brought me so much joy amongst the tears.

❤️🧁🍫Claire's Crazy Cakes and Bakes - Chapter 102: Dark, Melted, Hot Chocolate Cake❤️🧁🍫

It was a dark, cold, wintry night when it hit me out of the blue! A premonition, but for cake 😂 So it was @merenludick 's 16th birthday recently, and I've really

🐝🐝🐝 Busy Bees Manual Curation Report - Chapter 39🐝🐝🐝

Hello, my fellow Busy Bees! I assure you there is no need to send out a search party. I promise I did not drown in my knitting or in a cake (although I have been

The Greek Isles: Santorini

This is absolutely the post that I have been waiting for! Santorini is this epic, magical, so typically Greek touristy island that it’s almost a cliche. Our ship,

😍🧶🧵 💜Knot Another Knitting Tutorial: Chapter 23 - A Zak for Size 😍🧶🧵 💜

Hehehehehehehehe. I had to bribe @zakludick to be my knitting model for this one! Look how far I've gotten with my latest scarf, though! Knitting these scarves started

🧁💜🍥💐Mother's Day 🧁💜🍥💐

Breakfast of Champions! Lol! How incredibly lucky I am to be surrounded by so much love... It is so easy to forget what treasure you have when you get caught up

⭐💛💜🧁Claire's Crazy Cakes and Bakes 101 Chapter/ Recipe Celebration! ⭐💛💜🧁

Gosh! I remember when I started this blog series about 5 years ago. It was really and truly born by wanting to share what I was already doing with people who would

🐰🐣Claire's Crazy Cakes and Bakes Chapter 101: Absolutely Crazy and Delicious Nutella Rainbow Easter Cupcakes 🐰🐣

I absolutely, without a shadow of guilt, confess that these were the most sinfully delicious cupcakes I have ever made. We looked around at the price of Easter eggs

🐝🐝🐝 Busy Bees Manual Curation Report - Chapter 38🐝🐝🐝

image source I have not abandoned you! It has only been 20 days since the last report, so "technically" I am making the bi-monthly goal I set for myself

The Greek Isles: Rhodes

Elli Beach Diving Boards The morning after our visit to Kos we arrived at another island namely the Island of Rhodes. Rhodes is the largest island in the group of

🐈😹🐾🐱🐯😻 Tale of Two Tales - Chapter 74! Winter is Here!🐈😹🐾🐱🐯😻

Wow! It's been a while since I posted about my other lovable children. In the summer, they tend not to be so cuddly and like to find cool spots in the garden. Very

Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 119 - Mommy's Trip to Space

So, I have actually been planning to at least try to migrate over from most of my medications to more natural stuff, e.g., marijuana. Weed is now legal in Cape Town,

🐰🐣Claire's Crazy Cakes and Bakes Chapter 100: Mommy's Hunt For The Best Hotcross Buns! 🐰🐣

I freaking love Easter. The smell of hot cross buns releases something truly ferral in me! It symbolizes the change of seasons for us in SA, moving into autumn,

💜🎵🎸🎤The Wizardry of Songwriting Part 15: The Show Must Go On💜🎵🎸🎤

The last 6 months have been absolutely batshit. After a total mental breakdown or psychotic break, I was forced to take a break from performing. Thank GOD I am

🐝🐝🐝 Busy Bees Manual Curation Report - Chapter 37🐝🐝🐝

WHOOPS! Where oh where did the time go? My apologies for my tardiness! Good heavens, I have a lot to catch up on! Being a mom of three at the end of the 1st term

Lilith, Religion and To Witch or Not to Witch and Which Witch to Witch

Today's post was actually inspired by Lilith, a strongly debated legend and a lady of historical importance. But I go horribly and sometimes amusingly off track

Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 118 - "Dear John" letters

Source I don't know, I guess it's the way I was made... a blessing or a curse, that when I love someone, anyone, friends...family...ex lovers... I have never been

💙🎼🎤🎶Claire's Crazy Cakes and Bakes Chapter 99 - Aime's Birthday Cake Part 3 - The FINALE: "And She Ate Blue Velvet "💙🎼🎤🎶

Aaaaahahahahahaha, so we definitely had more fun decorating the cake than we did baking it! That's for sure! A good couple of learning curves here too though....

🐝🐝🐝 Busy Bees Manual Curation Report - Chapter 36🐝🐝🐝

image source Greetings my fellow Busy Bees! I promise, I did not fall off the face of the planet. I do believe I owe you this curation post (and I am one behind!)