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(babyccino.) we heart books

I'm still writing over at Babyccino, so if you have a little one or need to buy a gift for one then drop by because the group of writers share the best finds and always have great ideas for cooking...

(book.inspiration) paris: made by hand

I'm always impressed when someone who you admire, and think, "how on earth do they manage to do all that they do", goes ahead and does something entirely new and fabulous. Enter Pia Jane Bijker...

DESIGN*SPONGE GUEST BLOG: STYLIST SHANNON FRICKE

Here is the latest instalment from the Design*Sponge guest blog post I did last year. To see the original post, go here. Stylist Shannon Fricke - Editor of interior books Colour and Space (Mur...

(book.inspiration) andiamo by kelly barber

Andiamo is one of the first words I learnt in Italian. It means, "let's go!". It's also a word I use every day - many times a day. It's something I say a lot to my little boy when we're leaving the...

(design*sponge.guest blog) emma magenta

Here is the latest instalment from the design*sponge guest blog I did last year. The original post is here. And for more of the interview - which I couldn't squeeze onto the d*s site - go here.Burs...

(design*sponge.guest blog) karen mccartney

Here is the latest instalment of the design*sponge guest blog post I did last year. The original post on Karen McCartney is here.Interior books: pages to return to again and againYes, blogs and mag...

(writing.inspiration) mohammed hanif

One of the highlights of this weekend's Sydney Writers' Festival is Mohammed Hanif. A novelist with a sense of humour - yes, it's possible. And I'm all for encouraging such anomalies. Mohammed's b...

(design.inspiration) keri smith

At first I was drawn to Keri Smith because of her illustrations, which have been featured in The New York Times and publications by Random House among many. And while I'm still drooling over them, ...

(book.inspiration) meet me at mike's

Sometimes Girl with a Satchel hits the nail on the head. She did this past week when she said Pip Lincolne from the shop Meet Me At Mike's was the Carrie Bradshaw of craft. Too funny and too tr...

(babyccino.) kid-friendly restaurants

I'm quickly learning that have a little one is as easy or as difficult as you want to make it. I'm obsessed with the term "helicopter parenting" that I read in Cookiemagazine a little while back. T...