Handmade Living on Kidspot!

a promo for the features in kidspot's newsletter

Warm thanks to the lovely gals at kidspot.com.au for featuring a heap of good things from our beautiful book - handmade living. They not only featured four of our fabulous designers from the book, they also created a super cool slideshow, revealing some wonderful projects you can make at home...

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We are so proud of this beautiful book - and thrilled with the response we're getting Australia-wide. If you haven't got your hands on a copy yet, you can snaffle one from our website right here!

handmade living in Style magazine

So exciting to see excerpts of Handmade Living in sensational Style magazine, which covers rural and regional NSW. Huge thanks to Jacqui Greig, editor, for featuring our beautiful book!

handmade living in Homespun Magazine

What a thrill to see this great review of handmade living in gorgeous magazine - Homespun. Many thanks to the editors for this perfect take on the book! and congrats to the book's illustrator Tina Snerling who has a main feature article and interview win the magazine with some beautiful ballerina dolls. You don't want to miss it.

handmade living in Embroidery & Cross Stitch magazine

What a beautiful write-up on handmade living in Embroidery & Cross Stitch magazine! Many thanks to the editors for including our beautiful book in the mag - we've already had even more inquiries about the book since this went live! Handmade bliss.

Tracey D excerpt from handmade living in the Herald Sun



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Big congrats to Tracey Donohoe of Tracey D for this fabulous excerpt from handmade living - published in the Herald Sun's Weekend magazine today!! How utterly exciting! Doesn't it look just fabulous?
It's such a thrill to see handmade living doing so well, only a short time after release. May it continue!

handmade living in the Herald Sun this weekend!

Don't miss this weekend's Herald Sun - a handmade living excerpt will appear in the Weekend magazine. Will the excerpt be YOU!? Don't miss it!

handmade living Blog Tour - Fat Mum Slim

Chantelle Ellem of Fat Mum Slim would have to be one of the loveliest people I've ever met online - and she has so kindly hosted handmade living on her hugely-popular blog - with a divine post on her own version of the brownie recipe by Heidi Ross of The Curious Chocolatier. You've got to check them out - Chantelle says they're the most beautiful brownies she's ever tasted.

And I've also been grinning from ear to ear - I've inspired Chantelle with my children's singlet embellishment project!

Thank you, Fat Mum Slim - you're a joy.

handmade living Blog Tour - An Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

We're in the States! Thanks to the absolutely gorgeous Kristin Salazar of An Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, we are touring around California, as we speak, heating up the handmade world in the States! Kristin is featuring a post on combining a cottage business with raising a family, and features designers Caleena Edkins and Stephanie Phillips of Mon Petit Poppet. Enjoy this fascinating post - we're sure you can relate to it.

We're loving Kristin's beautiful site and it was such a thrill to visit - thank you Kristin!

Have you checked out the other incredible blogs we've visited on tour? Don't miss some really fascinating articles and sneak peeks at the book - and learn about some wonderful blogs at the same time! Tour ends tomorrow!

handmade living Blog Tour - Find Make Do

Thanks to the gorgeous Betty Jo of Find Make Do for the sensational handmade living blog tour post on designer Caleena Edkins! Enjoy this gorgeous insight on our second last day on tour!

handmade living Blog Tour - made it

Look at this gorgeous blog tour post by the lovely Bec from made it - who asked me some questions about the book... so much fun to answer. Another fabulous handmade living blog tour post. Enjoy!

Handmade Canberra Times Feature



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Wow - just look at the Handmade Market spread in yesterday's Canberra Times~! A gorgeous collection of designers... I'm already drooling. See you there!

handmade living Blog Tour - Life and Other Crises

If you're a chocolate-lover (who isn't?), you've just got to head to Life and Other Crises to read this hilarious blog tour post by Kerri Sackville. Make yourself a cup of tea and laugh out loud at her chocolate experience in handmade living. Just glorious.Thanks for having us, Kerri!

handmade living Blog Tour - Perth Upmarket

Big thanks to Justine from Perth Upmarket for featuring NINE - yes, you heard it - nine WA designers, for your reading pleasure! Enjoy this fabulous insight into more handmade living talent! Thanks, Justine!

handmade living Blog Tour - A Spoonful of Sugar!

How lucky are we to be blog touring some of the most illustrious blogs on the web for our handmade living book launch!? Make sure you check out this gorgeous post from Ros of Grace Designs on Handmade Christmas Gifts on absolutely beautiful blog A Spoonful of Sugar.

Thanks for having us, Lisa and Sarah! x

handmade living Blog Tour - Lark

Just take a look at these gorgeous profiles of three of handmade living's amazing designers... as featured on the Lark Blog today. Click on each picture to read more about Emma Kidson of Kidson Jewellery, Wynona Leach of Ivy Designs and artist Kate Ward.

Thank you Allison! Enjoy this wonderful insight into some real Australian talent on the beautiful Lark Blog.

Are you keeping up with this amazing tour? Click here for the full schedule!

handmade living Blog Tour - The Happy Home

Huge thanks to Handmade Canberra friend all-round gorgeous girl Belinda from The Happy Home for this sensational blog tour article, featuring the talented Rachel Bilal of Ricochet Art! Don't miss it.

handmade living Blog Tour - Australian Women Online

Well, just look at handmade living on Australian Women Online! This article - handmade is the new black - reveals to readers all over the country how special handmade living and its content is... and also features comments from designers Stephanie Lee of Stelloberry Designs, Polly Stokes of Polbymade and Lyn Hellewell of Pinnigan. Enjoy!

handmade living Blog Tour - Tiny Concept

Day Two of our beautiful blog tour and we have stopped off at the blog of handmade living illustrator Tina Snerling of Tiny Concept! As you will see when you look at the book, Tina does things with such whimsical style... enjoy her beautiful blog post - and a sneak peek at her illustrations in the book!

handmade living Blog Tour - Thea and Sami

Exclusive! As part of the handmade living BLOG TOUR, the divine Ms Thea from Thea and Sami has posted some sneak peek photos of our beautiful book - along with a very exclusive interview with author Tania on the making of the book. Check out this stunning post now!

handmade living Blog Tour - Posie Patchwork

The handmade living BLOG TOUR kicked off with a sensational conversation between book author Tania McCartney and main book contributor Jennie McClelland of Posie Patchwork. Don't miss this glorious post, and leave a comment for your chance to win a copy of the book!

Update: Want to win over $150 worth of designer fabric! If Posie's article reaches 100 comments, the winner will also receive this stunning fabric stash with their copy of the book!!