My new favourite food stop after dropping off a friend at the airport, or a trip to the factory outlets in Rosebery, is Koskela and Kitchen by Mike. Its a destination place for great food (served cafeteria style)  furniture, gifts and homewares. There's a school too if you feel inspired to have a go yourself.  http://www.theschool.com.au/
KOSKELA
85 Dunning Ave Rosebery NSW 2018
p. 02 9045 0910
Open seven days a week for breakfast and lunch.
Monday – Saturday / 7am – 4pm
Sunday / 8am – 4pm
Follow your heart, trust your judgement, do it with joy

We celebrated my nephew’s 16th birthday on the weekend and as I’ve procrastinated enough about starting this blog I thought I could start here, by sharing the gift I made for him, with you. 
A rainy day in sydney didn’t deter us from a family gathering at whale beach an hour north of sydney. I’ve made silver jewellery pieces for each of the family as they celebrated their birthdays. But baxter is the first boy in the clan since I've established my not-to-be-packed-away 'creative space’ and I hadn’t crossed the male gift giving challenge until now.
So, what to make for my teenage nephew? This is what I came up with...  It has natural leather thonging that is looped three times around the wrist and tied. The sterling silver piece is stamped with “LOVED” because he is very loved, and I don’t just mean by the family!
It went down well as did a delicious lunch of BBQ ribs and carmarlised vegies. Perfect on a sydney winters day.
Jac