Aloha Dabblers! Welcome the heck to 2026! I feel like I slept/napped/rested/meditated/embroidered the last 3 (4?) weeks, which I'm (surprisingly?) quite OK with. If you don't know me personally (yet), I chose to delete the word ✨should✨ from my vocab, and maaate, it's freeing, tellyawhat. 7/7 would recommend. As well as Turtle-ing (actually, they probably don't do embroidery on account of not having thumbs) I also;🐕 Walked approx 60km (not in one go)🍧 Made approx. 5kg of trifle (3.9kg for...
1 day ago • 3 min read
Aloha Dabblers! And a special 'hiiiiiii' to the lovely folks I chatted with at the Ōtautahi Pre-loved Clothing Market (and thanks again, Eileen and Lisa 🫶). I was absolutely wiped out on Sunday evening (ha!), but it was a great experience and I do hope to do more markets next year. Some of the stallholders really had their systems and sh..tuff DOWN, I feel I need to up my game 😆 (made a few mental notes!) Side quest: I have also been wanting to get into mural painting, so took the first step...
30 days ago • 5 min read
Howdy Dabblers! We heard ya - the (g?)rumblings echoed something along the lines of "my mind and body are ready for it to be December, but said body and mind are also actively avoiding Westfield from. now. on.- no exceptions."... So we've maintained the same wide event net, with a wee sprinkling of festiveness, so you can choose to partake if you're feelin' it. ❤️💚 A speedy one this week - let’s dive (well, manu) in! C.x ✨ THIS WEEK'S EXCUSES TO PUT ON PANTS Wednesday 10th December 📚...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Kia Ora Dabblers! Apparently, I dabbled too close to the sun last week and required 3-6 business days (and 2030 bedtimes) to recoup... In saying that, it sounds like almost every other person I chat to is feeling similar- so, how are you doing? And more importantly, how are you looking after yourself right meow? And also, happy December!(?) Do we dare talk about "that time of year" (Woolworths (et al.) playing carols in November?! ...straight into the 'so-expired-it-can't-even-be-donated' bin...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Kia Ora Dabblers! Well, I have THOUGHTS about Death Cafe (and all things related), but I'm going to have to formulate them into coherence (and also chat to Melanie) and tell you later... Quick check though, do you WANT my thoughts on death, dying, how it relates to hobbies etc?! (I won't take it personally if you don't!) Not interested thanks Yes curious to hear Let's deep-dive privately Moving on, heaps on this week- word-things, dance-things, fast-things and, of course,...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
'Ello Dabblers! *Refrains from asking if you can believe we're halfway through November already* This week sees a few significant dates and anniversaries, and hopefully some rest, pottering (pottery-ing, if you want, too?) and sunshine (both internally and environmentally)- I'm eternally glad you're here (in all senses, too, but it might make more sense soon).Let's jump straight in. Go well 💛C.x ✨ THIS WEEK'S EXCUSES TO PUT ON PANTS Wednesday 12th November 🎾 Social Tennis at Te Kura Hagley...
2 months ago • 4 min read
'Ello Dabblers! A swift one for you this week, due to the fact that we were in the weeds (literally) doing actual manual labour and lost track of days 😅 Please do hit reply and tell us what you got up to, or if you honoured the "absolutely nothing" task! This week, aside from the obvious 🎃 there are a bunch of festivals on - films, hip hop, Latin celebrations... Heaps of opportunity to get out there and explore something you wouldn't usually say yes to 🖤 C.x ✨ THIS WEEK'S EXCUSES TO PUT ON...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Bonjour Dabblers! Happy almost-long weekend?! Lots of things happening that fall under "the (wider) arts" umbrella, a BUNCH of stuff happening in the coming days, and a (semi-deliberate) minimal amount on Mon/Tue, so you can recoup and explore your own things (or lack of things) 💗 There were murmurs about having more events (and so choice) at a glance, so we're rolling with this quick-fire format again this week (plus there's so much on, it's way too hard to narrow down the cool stuff)! As...
3 months ago • 5 min read
Hola Dabblers! Holy moley, we kept finding cool things happening around town this week! Thurs-Sun...these were but a snippet of things found, so (just for these days) formatting is a quick title and link, to keep things a bit shorter/easier to skim and click through. If you love or hate the format, tell us (or don't, up to you) 😘 As promised, you'll also find out what went down at the mosaics class, and how to dabble like a 16th-century aristocrat with time to kill (literally). En garde! C.x...
3 months ago • 7 min read
Guten Tag Dabblers! This week is mental health awareness week, and amongst thinking about what that means for me, a couple of themes stood out to me in relation to this whole (newsletter) project; ✨ Give - Give yourself permission to be terrible at something new. And give my thanks to you for being here, honestly it means a bunch 🥹 ✨ Connect - Celebrate each other, bring people together and create new relationships. And for you to help spread the word by flicking this newsy on to your mates...
3 months ago • 6 min read
