Sugar Pop Con 2026

Today we went to Sugar Pop Con :) Tabs and I took the kids to it when it debuted last year and we all really enjoyed it, so we had to go back again this year. Torrie was at her dad's for the weekend,  but Tabs still popped by to join us for the morning. There were lots of amazing cos-play and stalls to see.

 

Everyday Moments

Clay recently attended Discovery Day where the students completed a range of science and technology challenges.

Selected Year 6 students recently had the exciting opportunity to participate in Youth Parliament 2026 alongside students from other schools.  Hosted by the Queensland Parliament and chaired by Members of Parliament, students experienced the parliamentary process firsthand, debating issues and sharing their ideas in a formal parliamentary setting. Clay was Minister for Tourism & Environment and had to give a 1 min rebuttal - he really enjoyed the whole experience.

While I was Kristy's Spotlight demo I brought some mugs and a heat glove on sale so I can make some mugs - now I just need to find infusible paper in stock!

My goodies from the Robina lego shop :)

I brought this keyring from Ali Express for the Christmas tree, but couldnt resist traumatising the puppies and making them wear it LOL

Ctiag was in Mackay for the week and flew home last night - he said there were only 3 people on the plane!

Clay's school had plastic free day this week - as Reef Guardian he had to help check everyone's lunch box and reward them with an ice cup for participating.

Thrifty Thursday

After a week of sitting on the couch with vertigo, I was ready to escape the house on Saturday! I got to pop into 4 op shops - including one I've only been to once before :)

At the first shop I found this dress $5

This diamond painting storage box $4 was perfect - I've started a project amdd the diamond dots are in bags that don't reseal and are going everywhere!

Book $2 - Clay has already finished reading it LOL

At yhe 2nd shop I found new Christmas wrapping paper $2

Plastic storage tub $2

The 3rd shop had some exciting finds...

Unopened Disneyland souvenirs- $2 for paper props & banner and $6 for the sketch book.

Wooden decorations and tags $1 each

Boojs $1 / $2 each

At the last shop I found 2x brand new shadow box frames $8 & $10 - which was perfect cause I was actually heading to Kmart afterwards to buy some LOL 

Wooden tree necklace $3.50

Cricut Creations - Hat

While I was working on the water bottle design Clay asked if I could also make him a hat. He had already picked his design and I showed him his choices of hats. He was super happy with the finished hat and I was happy to finally use the hat from one of the Craftathon project boxes LOL 

Cricut Creations - Drink Bottle

Clay asked me to decorate a water bottle for pickleball and I decided it was time to stop procrastinating and get it done!  I found a few designs and Clay picked his fave. He loved how this design turned out :)

Beaded Pot Plant Kit

I saw this craft kit online and stalked my local Kmart until they had it in stock :) It was only $5 and I thought it was super cute!

After sitting on my table for about a month I finally started making it a few weeks ago.  I liked the fact that the pot was plastic and not really terracotta.  The green "fluff" that was supposed to go over the foam base was not a solid piece of fabric, but more like crumbs so I threw that out!

The instructions were very basic - the single strand strings where simple, but the strands where the wire was twisted was not explained well enough.  It took a few unsuccessful attempts and leaving it for a week cause I was so frustrated before I tried again and got it to work.  It wasnt as quick and easy as I thought it would be - I worked on it a few strands at a time over a few weeks.  If I just did single strands it would have been done in one afternoon, but I really wanted to add the twisted beaded strands in.

The finished product- I'm super happy with how this turned out! It took me longer to photograph the end result than it did to make it LOL  With it getting darker earlier and busy weekends, I haven't had the best lighting lately.