Just had a kickstarter call with Steph - and the inspiration is off the scale!! @Stephanie Kara is not only brilliant at creating crafty little gems with her hands, she can create something in my heart with her words that just sparks me off and gives me new direction with a whole new approach and way more ideas and possibilities than I could come up with on my own. Highly recommend you book in for your call if you haven't already - your only regret will be wishing you did it sooner.

Guys I had my welcome call with Steph and she is soo greatt!! At first I admit, I was a bit nervous but she is so great to talk with and literally the sweetest. It was nice to just chat and bounce ideas with someone who gets it and she literally opened and expanded my idea so much 👀 so now big things might be on the horizon (still thinking about the details)

Warning - long rant - but I could do with some help here at my busy cottage! 😉You're probably going to thInk I'm about to add a great recipe or secret to being prepared because I have the perfect little cottage life - Ahhh NOPE - I actually failed today - I got caught out big time today and probably served up the most terrible food I have in a long time! 🥘 Admittedly, I've cooked lots of great meals for the extended family a few nights this week. Some for my son and the little boys while his girl is studying in the city, and then some for my daughter and three little ones, because she broke her wrist roller-skating. I've also fed my other daughter at odd times as she pops in unexpectedly from her work at the daycare around the corner - breakfast lunch or dinner 😂 HOWEVER, today when one of my other girls, hubby and bubba came by to sit by our outdoor fire, I had nothing that I could serve them other than some fast ready made oven baked food - needless to say it was a epic fail that the chickens will enjoy for brekky... 💡The moral of the story is BE PREPARED Why did I not listen to that little voice calling me to be prepared? This morning I grabbed the brisket from the fridge and thought to myself "I should put it on in the slow cooker - just incase someone comes," but then I thought "we're going out for lunch so maybe we won't need a big dinner...." Well I was wrong and when the kids turned up unexpectedly I had nothing ready or easy to whip up! LESSON FOR THE DAY Always be prepared for the unexpected - a homemade soup in the fridge, some pasta sauce ready to go, Whats you go to when you get unexpected guests for dinner?

My children used to make little encouragement kits and sale them at the market. They were all similar but different. I kept one that my son did in 2010

So good to see this advert pop up on market place yesterday - how good is this platform!