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Decorating For Christmas: Simplified – Like, Really

Alright, get ready! The countdown is on, we have 11 days left until our friends and family gather. I’m actually having a quiet Christmas with just my family and one of our friends but I’ll still be decorating. I love a nicely set dining table and put one together for most special occasions, I guess [...]

DIY Tutorial: How to Make the Most KickA$$ Christmas Tree Topper

I LOVE this next decoration. I keep meaning to make one for myself to keep but still haven’t ‘gotten around to it’. This Christmas Tree Star Topper was made to sit atop the NZ Art Guild Christmas tree that was put up at the Bruce Mason Centre on the North Shore, in Auckland for Christmas [...]

Tutorial: DIY Christmas Carol Bauble Decoration

It’s nearing Christmas time now, so I thought I’d share a couple of affordable DIY Christmas decoration ideas with everyone, starting with these: Excuse the poor photo. Photo is from 2008 and taken with my old camera. I originally created these decorations for the Starship and Friends annual House Tour. The Christmas Cracker House Tour [...]

8 of My Favourite Colour Trends

I thought I’d put together something for your visual pleasure today. Below are some of my favourite colour trends from both the interior design and fashion worlds. The thing I miss the most since gaining weight, is the ability to wear cute clothes! So this post helped me get my fix too. Which is your [...]

5 Decorating No-Brainers That Always Work

Start with a neutral background. Add pops of colour through layers of fabric and accessories. Statement lighting. Not only does it do it’s job in helping us see in the dark, it creates instant impact to the overall look of a room. Bring the outdoors in. Fresh flowers or even a bunch of branches are [...]

DIY Project: Boston’s Comic Book Drawers

What do you get when you cross this: With this: You get this! Do you like them? I know they won’t be everyone’s taste but I, personally, LOVE them. I can’t believe how great they turned out! They are going to look so good in Boston’s room. The children can’t stop going near them, so I [...]

How Do You Make Decisions?

It’s obvious we’re all different. Through upbringings in different countries, even cities; our incomes, shoe sizes, hair colour, dress sense; all sorts of different reasons attribute to our differences. However, there’s something every single human being on this planet has to do in life. Some do it more than others, sometimes we have to do [...]

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Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself...

My name is Chavah. They say for a relationship to work you need a dreamer and a realist. I am the dreamer. My dreams are what I MAKE my reality. I am passionately curious, sometimes awkward and I have a somewhat ridiculous but infectious laugh. I live in the deep south of New Zealand, married to my realist husband. I need him, he keeps it real... like realists do. I spend my days raising four out-going children, it's as exhausting as one would imagine. Currently I live and breathe transforming my body into a powerful weapon. It's my new found love, so if you need me - find me at the gym. Actually don't, I dislike talking while I'm training. I've been described as eccentric, I quite like that. The definition of eccentric is 'deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice'; that sounds about right. I'm the crazy creative type, well actually I'm not that crazy. I know exactly what's up but I am creative. I'm an Artist that's exhibited extensively throughout NZ and sold pieces internationally but right now I'm busy raising children so instead my creative tendencies have been refocused on up-cycling furniture, redecorating my home, event planning and writing.

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