The Everyday Homebody notes on a slower kind of home life
Brisbane, cottagecore & slow living

A slower kind of homemaking, one small thing at a time.

Jam that actually sets, soap that smells like the garden, and a monthly swap where North Brisbane homemakers trade what they've made instead of what they've bought.

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The Homemaker Swap

Once a month, North Brisbane homemakers gather to trade what they've made by hand — jams, candles, sewn goods, garden cuttings — instead of what they've bought. No money changes hands, just makes for makes.

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Hi, I'm behind The Everyday Homebody

I write about the slow, small, occasionally wonky parts of homemaking — jam that overboils, lavender that dries a little too long, and everything I'm learning about sewing, candle making and keeping a garden that mostly behaves.