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bowl or bircher muesli with extra fruit on top and stirred in

Delicious Muesli & Porridge

5 September 2013 by kristarella Leave a Comment

A few months ago I started making a sort of bircher muesli. I would grate apple into oats, put in a dash of water and mix it with yoghurt and any other goodies I wanted in there. It was good eaten right away, or you could leave it overnight and the oats would be softer, […]

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: fruit, health, muesli, oats

wooden and metal shop sign

My Favourite: Salvage Specialty Coffee

23 August 2013 by kristarella Leave a Comment

I adore Salvage Specialty Coffee! It’s my favourite place to drink coffee, eat breakfast, eat lunch, read, catch up with friends, and meet new friends and their dogs… and drink more coffee. I could barely contain my excitement last year when Dan Yee told me that he and a couple of friends were opening up […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts Tagged With: café, coffee, food

Outlining some :focus

29 July 2013 by kristarella Leave a Comment

I’ve been working with Gravity Forms A LOT lately and I’ve found that the default form CSS applies outline: 0; and outline-style: none; on form elements in focus. This is bad. For people that are accustomed to navigating forms via their keyboard it is extremely confusing to have nothing happen when you navigate to a […]

Filed Under: Design, WordPress Tagged With: CSS

WordCamp Melbourne was great!!!

1 May 2013 by kristarella

I got back from Melbourne last night where we had WordCamp. It was so great! I look forward to writing a more detailed post about all the WordPress goodies I learned.

Filed Under: Photos, WordPress

bbPress Forum Icons

22 April 2013 by kristarella

It surprised me how long it took me to find anything about adding icons to bbPress forums! It wasn’t until it occurred to me that a useful way to implement them would be to use WordPress featured images and searched for forum featured images that I made some progress. In the end it is really […]

Filed Under: Plugins, Tutorials, WordPress Tagged With: PHP

What’s all this then?

20 April 2013 by kristarella

You might have noticed that things look a little different, and maybe a bit raw around here. I have decided to strip things back and build up from almost scratch, in real time. Yep! I’m going to make my changes and experiment right on my site for the world to see. Why? Actually I’m not […]

Filed Under: Themes, WordPress Tagged With: WordCamp

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A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying t A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying to paint ❤️💚💙

#watercolor #watercolour #christmas
I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! S I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! So glad my friend asked me to make some cards for our church helpers, because it set me on a roll!
#watercolor #watercolour #christmas #christmascards #watercolorcards
Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Title Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Titles! I was a sub for @jamesxuereb.me in the Blue Flame Dragons thanks to his sprained ankle; we won first round and came fourth overall!
I did a bunch of judging and officiating, which was really good.
I didn’t place in my individual events, but had a very fun final round of kumite (sparring).

#gkrkarate #karate
More stamping tonight. Even better than last night More stamping tonight. Even better than last night’s!
Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’d done some pages in other ink colours before I dismantled the stamps 😂
Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit the @legocertifiedstores_anz Wicked display!
#wicked #lego #afol #sydney
A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample ca A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample cards. It’s going to be for mini paintings and collages. Sometimes it’s nice to start with a colour rather than a blank white page!
A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel Smith and Schminke Horodam watercolours. So soothing! I love some of the granulating colours!
#watercolours
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