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The Harmony Tree House, House Of Creative Learning 6 Park Terrace, Port Lincoln (2025)

09/12/2025

A little photo-dump from our final Tuesday playgroup of 2025. The whole morning carried that gentle, buzzing fullness that only comes at the end of a well-loved year.

Shared food scattered across the table in the best way, gingerbread dough being pressed and shaped with great purpose, and our fillable baubles quietly holding secret wishes for 2026.

There was such a sweetness in the air - a feeling of closing a chapter together, so much joy and connection.

And the gifts I was given… goodness. So thoughtful, so generous. They’ll be keeping me company during my slow afternoon tea breaks over the holidays, and I’m already grateful for the pause they will bring.

This Tuesday crew has held a steady, golden thread through my year. And years previous. I’m so grateful for every parent, every child, every moment of care and connection shared in our little corner of the world.

Wishing you all a holiday season full of warmth, simple magic, and the people who make you feel anchored. Here’s to rest, to joy 🩷

08/12/2025

A little photo-dump from our final Monday playgroup of 2025. The day felt wonderfully full… little feet padding through the space, flour-dusted fingers working away, shared plates overflowing, and that soft, familiar hum that grows when a group has found its rhythm together.

We shaped gingerbread with determined tiny hands, and crafted fillable baubles, each holding a secret wish for 2026.

Those wishes felt like small glowing dreams being tucked into the year ahead.

And then, the beautiful gift I was given. It stopped me in my tracks and had me shed a tear of gratitude on the drive home!

To my Monday crew - thank you for your generosity, your loyalty, and the way you’ve held this year with me. You’ve filled my cup more than you know.

This group has been such a blessing, a gentle anchor each week, and I’m endlessly grateful for every family and every child who brings this space to life.

Wishing you all a holiday season filled with warmth, simple joys, and the people who make your heart happy. I’ll see those bright faces again in 2026! ❤️

04/12/2025

Welcome to My Little Corner of the Village ✨

Hello, dear one. I’m so glad you wandered in.

Everything I share - the rhythms, the stories, the homemaking, the gentle mothering - is rooted in one simple truth: We were never meant to do this alone.

Two books live at the heart of that truth, and together they hold the soul of my work. I’m honoured to introduce them here, for anyone arriving and longing for a place to begin.

The Village We Make
A soulful guide to connection, community, and the everyday rituals that weave us together.

This book is more than pages stitched together - it’s an invitation to remember the richness that grows when we mother alongside others. Inside, you’ll find:
• gentle reflections on belonging
• simple ideas for gathering - potlucks, swaps, story circles, shared gardens
• homemaking rhythms, family recipes, and seasonal rituals
• blessings and practices to bring more meaning into everyday life

It is for the mother (or caregiver) who aches for a village - or the one who feels the quiet stirring to deepen the connections she already holds.

A companion for anyone dreaming of a life where love is shared across many hands, and where the ordinary becomes holy when witnessed together.

The village isn’t lost. It lives within us.
This book helps you answer its call.

A Nurtured Beginning - Held in a Circle of Trust
A tender, practical mini-guide for creating soulful mother & baby circles.

These 50 pages are a soft landing place for new and seasoned mothers alike - a woven basket of rhythms, rituals, blessings, journal prompts, handwork ideas, pregnancy circle guidance, and gentle facilitation wisdom.

It is for you if you are longing to gather mothers in a circle of warmth and reverence.

For you if you dream of a mothers’ group that feels slower, deeper, softer - a place where the everyday moments of tending, nursing, rocking, and loving are honoured as sacred.

This guide is not just about “running a group.” It is about creating belonging.

About weaving early motherhood with presence, warmth, and community.

If your heart is longing for connection - for a village, a rhythm, a gentler way - you’re in the right place!

H xx

01/12/2025

The funniest part?
Me over here… romanticising her baskets… when honestly, if she was still with us, she would 100% roll her eyes at me right now 😂 😂

Because GG didn’t “curate gift baskets” - she literally filled several laundry baskets with pantry staples, handmade face washers, crocheted coat hangers (one for each of us!), pasta, tins of food, jars of pickles, pegs… and then, the pièce de résistance: a packet of Mentos that was tucked inside every personalised hanger for each of us wrapped with curly ribbon!

As kids we didn’t care about the careful thought or the hours of crocheting her hanger (I actually still have alot of mine!) we were just laser-focused on the lollies.
And the toffees.
And the Christmas shortbread.
(Which, of course, came in tins that later became sewing tins because… that’s what everyone did 😂).

I think the point was that she gave the family gifts that they needed, the extra food and surplus items to get through the christmas break at home with children.

This tradition is so deeply woven into my heart that when my own children become parents, I’m absolutely doing it.

And honestly? On a bigger level of shared currency, practicality, and heartfelt giving - GG’s baskets are kind of genius.

Maybe she knew exactly what she was doing all along. 🎄✨

The Village We Make - find it in my bio xx

26/11/2025

Today, while recording this week’s Thrifty Thursday episode for the ABC, Emma and I found ourselves deep in Christmas chatter - the magic, the meaning, and the gentle traditions that make this season feel like home.

We talked about my newly formed local Homemaker Swap group, our family gifting rituals, teacher gifts, and all the sweet little themes that can make a Secret Santa exchange feel thoughtful rather than overwhelming.

And honestly… my brain was bubbling with ideas the minute we stopped recording.

So I grabbed my notebook (as always!) and immediately began scribbling down a thrifty and magical Kids’ Secret Santa Theme List.

Because Christmas for little ones doesn’t need to be big or expensive to feel utterly enchanting.

So this year, I propose we lean into the small things - the treasures gathered from nature, the gifts made with tiny hands,
the preloved stories passed on with warmth, and the simple objects that invite open-ended, imaginative play.

I’ve written a list for you - but I also encourage you to create your own.
These sweet, thrifty Kris Kringle ( secret santa) themes are designed to spark wonder…

to help children experience the joy of giving… and to remind us that magic isn’t bought - it’s woven gently through connection, creativity, and community.

A slow and soulful Christmas for little hearts.
A celebration of imagination.
A chance for children to gift something meaningful, handmade, or nature-born.

May your swaps be filled with giggles, tiny wrapped surprises, and the pure, glimmering delight of giving and receiving with love.

Heidi xx

24/11/2025

A little photo dump of our days as spring exhales into summer…

Warm breezes rolling through the garden, little ones gathered around water play, Christmas craft beginning to sprinkle its magic, and children growing - just like the wattle - in the gentle, golden sun.

Our garden is full and green, overflowing with life, invitations to play tucked into every corner.

These are the days of slow rhythms and simple joys - sandy sandpit toes, shared stories, small hands discovering big wonders.

And always, this sweetest community carrying it all with warmth, steadiness, and heart ❤️

Heidi

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22/11/2025

The sacred ordinary of rhythm ✨️✨
Rhythm isn’t something to overthink.
It isn’t a checklist to tick off,
or a schedule to perfect,
and it isn’t found in grand gestures or polished routines.

Rhythm is the quiet heartbeat of our days -
the gentle, repeated acts that cradle our children, that make a home feel like a home, that make childhood feel like childhood.

It lives in the little, unrushed moments we carry quietly in our hearts:
the soft warmth of morning milk and honey,
bare feet on cold floorboards,
hands dusted in flour after baking,
the same story told again and again.
Rhythm asks only to be noticed, received, and respected.

It grows in the repetition, in the care, in the ordinary acts that are so easily overlooked.
It is the hum of life beneath the hum of life - the invisible thread that weaves safety, love, and belonging.

These are the moments we remember.
The tiny, sacred rituals that make a home safe, that make childhood magical.
They matter more than we often realise,
because they are the moments our children will carry into their own lives,
and the ones that remind us to breathe, slow down, and simply be.

I’ve created a little free offering for anyone who wants to explore rhythm in the home:

A Nourished Rhythm Sample Bundle ✨ - full of gentle, simple ways to notice, receive, and honour the natural heartbeat of your days

20/11/2025

A Nourished Rhythm Sample Bundle - Free ✨
Step into a world of warmth, wonder, and slow seasonal living with this little bundle of offerings - created to give you a heartfelt glimpse into the rhythms, stories, and magic that shape my Waldorf-inspired work here in Australia.

Inside you’ll find two lovingly crafted resources:

Wren & The Moon Baby Pebble
An original story written with tenderness and lyrical whimsy - a gentle tale of friendship, courage, and quiet natural wisdom, inviting little ones (and their grown-ups) into the soft beauty of our Australian landscape.

Late Spring to Early Summer Rhythm
A 50-page seasonal booklet filled with songs, rhymes, activities, simple rituals, and homemaking inspiration for the bright weeks leading into summer and Christmas. (My full guides are usually 150+ pages.)

Every story, song, and rhyme in this bundle is my own original writing - shaped by rhythms, woven with Australian nature, community, and the seasons we live by here.

These are the same offerings I create for my playgroup: circle songs inspired by gum leaves and coastal winds, rhymes born from bush birds and blooming wattle, and stories that hold the soft magic of childhood.

Together, these pieces offer a gentle doorway into the kind of work I share in my parent-and-child community and my upcoming books - nourishing rhythms, soulful storytelling, and simple rituals that help home life feel warm, grounded, and full of wonder.

Comment bundle and I'll send you the Link!

19/11/2025

What if less was always enough?
So many mothers are turning toward slowness - toward the grandmotherly traditions that once held whole families steady.

Because the world is fast, loud, and endlessly demanding…
and we feel the cost of that in our bones.
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So we return to what works.
Meals cooked with intention.
Time outside.
Family rituals.
The old stories.
Homes filled with warmth instead of rush.
Hands-on traditions that make childhood feel like childhood.
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We are not going backwards.
We are going deeper.
Fiercely advocating for community, for connection, for the simple, sacred things that nourish families.
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This is the heartbeat of The Village We Make - the rhythms, rituals, and community-centred ways that remind us that motherhood was never meant to be lived alone.
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Maybe less was always enough.
Maybe we’re finally choosing to live like it.

Link in bio

H x

15/11/2025

I see you.
I see the way November lands on your shoulders - the lunches, the school notes, the costumes, the carols that arrive too early in the shops, whispering hurry, hurry (I dont know about you but the carols make me panic - am I organised?).

I see the mental tabs open all at once, the invisible work no one notices… and yet somehow you keep going.

And here’s the truth: you don’t need to create magic. You are the magic. Your presence, your rhythm, your gentle, steady care is what your children feel and remember most. The quiet moments, the soft endings, the simple rituals - these are the threads of wonder that make a home sing.

If you’re looking for ways to nurture that rhythm, to fill your days with connection instead of chaos, The Village We Make is full of small rituals and community-focused ideas designed to centre and inspire you. It’s not about perfection - it’s about presence.

You’re doing enough. You are enough. And your children will carry the magic you already live.

13/11/2025

Thrifty Thursday - Heartfelt Thrifted Christmas Gifts
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This week’s episode of Thrifty Thursday on ABC Radio had me absolutely buzzing with ideas!

Emma and I sat on her Golden Velvet retro couch (drinking from thrifted mugs of course), and before we even hit record we were already deep in conversation about the endless possibilities of thrifted gifting.

There’s something so beautiful about it, isn’t there?

Finding a once-loved treasure, pairing it with something made by hand - a loaf of bread, a jar of jam, a sprig of rosemary - and gifting it forward with story and soul.

From vintage mixing bowls filled with sourdough and herb butter, to crystal jugs of homemade cordial… every idea felt like a little celebration of creativity, community, and care.

Because the best gifts aren’t the ones that cost the most - they’re the ones that make someone feel seen, known, and loved.

I’ve popped a carousel full of heartfelt thrifted gift ideas for you to scroll through.
Save this post to come back to later - and let me know in the comments:

What’s your favourite thrifted gift idea? Or one you’ve given (or received) that made your heart melt?

Let’s start a little thread of beautiful, simple gift inspiration below!

11/11/2025

There is something extraordinary that happens when we raise children together, in community - in the village.

Not in structured, polished, perfect ways,
but in the slow, everyday rhythm of being side by side.

A cup of tea warming your hands, side by side with another mum - while your little people dig in the sand beside you. A togetherness that whispers, “me too.”

A familiar song rising softly through the morning. One you learn by heart and rhythm. Showing up together in meaningful and connected ways.

When we mother in community, our children learn belonging.

They see adults holding one another.
They feel the steadiness of a supported nervous system.

They grow up knowing that care is shared.
And while they grow - we heal too.

One mother in our group said to me recently: "Our playgroup resets my nervous system and fills my cup for the entire week."

Yes.
This is the work.
Quiet.
Powerful.
Sacred.

Tell me - what is one moment of community you are grateful for this week?
I’d love to hear!

H x

The Harmony Tree House