About me

I live in Rangiora, New Zealand where we have been ravaged by strong and continuous earthquakes for five years. This has good and bad repercussions. The bad is many destroyed homes, businesses, livelihoods and some tragic deaths. The good is that it has really brought communities together. People are thinking about others, considering and helping others in the way they used to in my Parents era. It also helps to keep us with the reality that your family, your friends and your faith are the most important things.

I love crafting, gardening and cooking. I really enjoy making something from nothing. Getting a great find at an Op Shop and turning into a Gem.
I think fruit and veges picked from the garden and eaten within the hour is a great pleasure.

A lot of my craft items and ideas come from the ethos that I don't like the waste that seems to be becoming more and more rampant. So I try to reinvent uses for items and make something old and thrown out have anew life as something that is desirable for my home or wardrobe. I was lucky to have a mother with lots of amazing skills (developed out of necessity). Why have we lost  that need to use everything and not waste?

I am a wife to Aaron. He is so cute and lovely and a real family man. We met on a tramping track and never looked back. Married just over a year later.

My work varies depending on what is happening in our lives. Sometimes I have had to work full time, sometimes part time, sometimes on contracts. I do Human Resources, Health and Safety. At the moment I work as a Human Resource Business Partner for a large NZ company.

We have two gorgeous boys. Eli - 11 and Jakob - 14
We love camping, tramping and days out.

The boys are into drumming, swimming, camping, church, soccer and rugby

To contact me either leave a comment or email me on : karen.schulz.nz@gmail.com

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