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Happy 75th Birthday Tip Top

Thanks for the free jellytips! I spent the afternoon out with my kids. Andrew joined us for a few minutes too. We headed into town because yesterday, an invite went around pretty much everyone in NZ’s Facebook page telling them of the place in their town that would be giving away free ice blocks. A [...]

Which Came First?

The chicken or the egg? In this case it’s the chicken. Here’s the very beginning of a chicken leg: It’s quiet around here today because I’m creating. Thinking of you though I’m busy making my very first recycleart project and it. is. FUN. Totally inspired by Robert Bradford’s ‘Plastic’ sculptures. I’ve got 2 wardrobes full [...]

Thanks For Making Me Feel Bad, David Dallas

I’m going to let you in on one of my bad habits. Each day when I sit to write a new post on my blog, I go to my ‘draft posts’ page and look through the list then close it. I have plenty of inspirational posts just sitting there…waiting for the right time for me [...]

Gwen Gwen Gwen, You’ve Always Been My Favourite

You know how when you’re young, you’re introduced to celebrities through music, tv and fashion; and you develop slight infatuations with particular celebrities? Well, as I’ve confessed before, for the longest time, I have been smitten with Will Smith and Gwen Stefani. GWEN! I love Gwen. Her style and individuality has always shone through and [...]

Time to Turn it On

We’re not getting much done on the room this weekend. NZ has had a storm and the type of storm we got where I live, was a snow storm. It’s actually been a lot of fun but it’s so cold there’s just no way we could paint the room. Up until the snow arrived it’d [...]

A DIY Cot Blanket

I taught myself to sew last night. Seriously! I am a crafty lady but when it comes to sewing…I suck. It took me 1/2 an hour to figure out how to thread the sewing machine butttt after a few test runs I got it right. I learned to sew when I was 11 and I [...]

Look! There’s Paint

I am loving renovating Boston’s room. It’s physically exhausting and completely messy but I’m having so much fun DIYing. I think I was born to DIY. I’m so happy. We’ve primed the doors and edging of the room. I used my spray primer that I buy for furniture upcycling. It made things so much faster [...]

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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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