Literary-ly Inspired: The Fault in Our Stars Inspired Necklace

It’s been a resolution of mine to devote more time to crafting. I like being creative and getting to see the results. During one of my late night insomniac Etsy browsing sessions I discovered a fairly easy looking way to make some scrabble tile pendant necklaces. Resin Drop Stickers. Using one of my favourite contemporary young adult …

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Literary-ly Inspired: Lola’s create your own pavlova + Piece of Cake by Kate Forster

When I saw that strawberries and blueberries were on special at the grocery store the other day, I got an overwhelming urge to make my own Lola style pavlova from Kate Forster’s Piece of Cake.  There’d also be a classic pavlova with a selection of toppings for the customers to create their own perfect desserts. …

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Literary-ly Inspired: Slam Poetry and SLAMMED!

I’m not usually a poetry person. And after an incident with TS Eliot nearly had me failing year twelve English – poetry isn’t something I like to indulge in. So why did I spend a gorgeous Saturday afternoon in a classroom off a library full of slam poets? Because I was literary-ly inspired by the …

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Literary-ly Inspired: Kolache and Nearly Broken

That’s right. I have a new feature. And it comes with its very own play on words. Have you ever read something in a book and wanted to try something new because of it? Either it’s going some place or cooking something. Even taking a class because a book aroused your curiosity. That happens to …

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