Perth turned on the Winter sun last weekend for one of my favourite events on the market calendar - Perth Upmarket. Held every few months at the grounds of the University of Western Australia, it’s a massive market filled with locally designed original and handcrafted...
Gift Grapevine gift guide # 7 – Gifts for 7 – 9 year olds
Six gift guides down, two to go! After a November full of gift ideas for younger ones, we're now getting into big kid territory. If you're stuck with what to buy a 7, 8 or 9 year old this Christmas, here are my favourite fun, affordable and practical gift ideas. As...
Baby and kids gift idea picks – January 2015
There's no rest for the wicked. Christmas has only just passed and already there are more gorgeous and practical baby and kids gifts for me to drool over. I can't help myself. From handcrafted wall hooks to beautiful artwork, new release LEGO, kids clothes and other...
Gift Grapevine gift guides: Gift ideas for 2 year olds
2 year olds. And 3...2...1...exhale. They are hard work! Well at least my Mr TT is. He is a bundle of energy, stubbornness and gorgeousness all rolled into one. It's exhausting just watching him. If you are stuck with what to buy a 2 year old tornado this Christmas,...
8 affordable Frozen inspired gift ideas
Seeing this very funny meme posted all over social media this week got me thinking about Frozen. It's everywhere and the momentum will continue with an animated short 'Frozen Fever' slated for release in Autumn next year. There's also the huge amount of...
Great gift ideas for 4 – 6 year olds
Miss TT has had a big year - breaking her arm at gymnastics, surgery for tonsils out/adenoids out/grommets in and on a happier note, starting kindy. For 3 days every week during school term, she has an absolute blast and has gone ahead in leaps and bounds. With this...
Original and handcrafted baby and kids gifts at Perth Upmarket
I love heading to each quarterly Perth Upmarket event and looking at all the beautiful original and handcrafted wares. There were over 150 stalls at yesterday's event - Western Australia has some seriously talented artists, designers and craftsmen. One of my favourite...