seasons changing so it must be time for knack

I’m not sure about every­one else, but as a crafty per­son and lov­er of hand­made fairs where the focus is on loc­ally designed and cre­ated items, I meas­ure my sea­sons by Knack Craft Mar­ket I know it’s autumn, not because of the weath­er, or the dates but because knack tells me so. Held at Ber­ham­pore […]

A weekend of old things treated in new ways

It’s shap­ing up to be an inter­est­ing Wel­ling­ton week­end – sure when is one not, but mine is look­ing a little like this. Open­ing Thursday and run­ning for about a month is Phantom of the Opera. I’m a music­al theatre nerd girl so I’m excited to see how it’s going to be staged as the pro­duc­tion design is […]

Christmas Shopping – Part 1

For many Christ­mas is about the new­est shi­ni­est toys and things that break with­in 10 minutes of the box being opened, a sea­son of malls, bad music and chain stores. But those people are not us, oh no, for we know that Wel­ling­ton is an abund­ance of boutique shops and delight­ful mar­kets. So with the […]