by Renee | Mar 10, 2021 | crochet, featured
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you’ll have seen the cotton face cloths I’ve been making for my friend Anna’s business Salamanca Skincare Co. She commissioned two designs, one of which uses star stitch (to great effect if I do say so myself!). Star stitch is...
by Renee | Feb 9, 2021 | crochet, featured
When I first travelled overseas in my previous work with an aid organisation, one of the cultural differences that was immediately noticeable was how it’s common practice in many South-East Asian countries for people to wear a face mask. Donors and volunteers who had...
by Renee | Dec 15, 2020 | watercolour
This year I’ve received a number of requests for custom orders and commissions, which is always such an honour. One of these was to paint a wreath for an advent calendar card set. The brief was an Australian Christmas wreath in watercolour to be used as the artwork...
by Renee | Apr 19, 2020 | crochet, featured
Red poppy pattern round-up With ANZAC Day coming up I thought it’s a good time to take a look at red poppy crochet patterns. I know they’re probably more appropriate for Remembrance Day but since there won’t be any public dawn services or veterans marches this...
by Renee | Apr 14, 2020 | featured, home organisation
How to organise a child’s bedroom (image credit: photo courtesy of a Little Button Blue customer) Not that long ago (or so it feels like) we exchanged our daughter’s toddler bed for a ‘big girl’s bed’ and had to rethink what other furniture was now needed in...
by Renee | Apr 8, 2020 | crochet, featured
It’s great to see eco-friendly beauty products becoming mainstream and more readily available. I don’t use many products myself, but we do use a lot of facewashers in our house. I mean, a LOT. Sometimes it feels like half the laundry pile is just made up...
by Renee | Mar 29, 2020 | crochet, featured
Earlier this year, at the start of the first school term, my daughter was very nervous going back to school after the long summer holiday break. (Poor kid takes after her anxious mum!) So we put a tiny toy bear in the pocket of her uniform for her to squeeze whenever...
by Renee | Dec 11, 2019 | featured, watercolour
If you’ve been following @littlebuttonblue on Facebook or Instagram (or subscribe to my newsletter), you’ll know that I love to paint simple holly wreath cards for Christmas. I think I left it a bit too late last year to release my hand painted Christmas cards, so I...
by Renee | Dec 3, 2019 | featured, home organisation
Are you ready for the influx of new toys your kids will receive this holiday season? Do you do a pre-Christmas clean out of old toys to make way for the new ones? We don’t go overboard at Christmas but even modest gift giving still means new belongings that need to be...
by Renee | Dec 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to Natasha from NSW who’ll be receiving our Christmas Giveaway bundle! Thanks to everyone who entered and a big thank you also to all who shared the posts on Facebook and Instagram during the week too! Such a fun thing to be able to send out some extra...
