Category 52 in 52

52 in 52 Update: Resin Tumblers, Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb and July Goals

I just went to write the title of this post as the “June” update…but, it’s July. What the heck?! Please excuse me while I process that we’re now in the second half of the year.

I’ve just had one of the most enjoyable weeks of my life, spending time with a friend who’s over from the States, along with her family, who also made the journey over. I’ll be recapping the week in another post (spoiler: we did a lot), but it means that I can finally share details on some of the 52s I’ve had to keep under wraps. Or, you know, complaining a lot about it on my blog (here and here) without photos to show what I was making.…

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First up in “Just Make It June” (DIY faux leather earrings with a Silhouette Cameo)

Last month I did a stocktake of my office and… yikes. Supplies everywhere. Faux leather, wooden letters, candle wax, wicks, the works. Stuff I’d picked up with great intentions and then just left there.

And to make it worse, I wanted to buy more.

So I put myself on a buying ban, and “Just make it June” was born. My challenge for the month: make as many craft things as I can using what I’ve already got sitting around. No new purchases. Use the stuff. Simple!

These were the craft supplies I pulled out

The first project in my sights was to make earrings. It’s on my list of 52-in-52 for 2026 (52 things in 52 weeks), and I already had everything I needed.…

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52 in 52 Update: A Kind Stranger, Some Lego, and a Lookbook

My last 52 in 52 wrap-up was in February, so we’re due another one. Seventeen things ticked off, 35 to go. I can’t believe I’ve knocked over that many already.

Here’s where things are at.

Newly Completed

Do something kind for a stranger

You’d have to be living with your head under a rock (which sounds blissful right now) to not know that fuel prices are absolutely disgusting. Where $50 used to be a full tank, now you’re lucky if it fills up a quarter.

Which gave me the perfect time to be kind to a stranger.

I’d been thinking about this one for ages. Discussed the logistics with friends, planned it five times over mentally… and then the moment just happened, spontaneously, on a bike ride with my husband and son on the Sunshine Coast.…

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Go Somewhere Purple (Apparently That Means Crushing Grapes)

My 52 List this year has a few carryovers from last year – ideas I loved, but never quite got around to.

One of those was the challenge to “Go somewhere purple.”

When I first wrote it, I had something very specific in mind – a lavender farm. There’s one that’s a 3-hour drive away from us, Kaooroomba Vineyard and Lavender Farm. I’ve been eying it off for a while, given we love visiting vineyards and trying new wines, and it just sounds downright beautiful. I figured find a camping spot nearby, take the caravan out for a weekend, and make a trip out of it.

Then, an opportunity came up to do something completely different, that also satisfied the “purple” criteria – grape crushing!…

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