About Acre

Welcome to Acre Creative! I’m a stay-at-home mum, home baker, and tradie wife living on a rural block in Canterbury, New Zealand.

This space is where I document the messy, beautiful, real-life blend of raising two little girls, our crafts, cultivating a sourdough routine, running a small homestead, helping with my husband’s trade business, and embarking on family travel adventures near and far.

Phew!

What You’ll Find Here

  • Home Baking & Sourdough: Tried-and-tested sourdough tips (yes, using untreated bore water straight from our tap!), ideas for the school and tradie lunchboxes, and old-school Kiwi classic baking recipes like Belgian biscuits and custom birthday cakes.
  • Family Travel Guides: Honest, practical travel reviews and detailed itineraries for exploring with babies, toddlers, and preschoolers—from family resort stays in Fiji to road-tripping coastal Australia and scenic New Zealand drives.
  • Life on the Land: Insights into daily homesteading life, caring for our cows, raising egg-laying chickens, harvesting the home orchard, and keeping life grounded amidst the beautiful chaos of motherhood.

Plus, a whole bunch of free, easy, or simple crafts and life as a tradie wife too! It’s really an old mixed bag around here.

A few of my favorite things — diet coke, starting a new knitting pattern, fresh mowed lawns, sourdough with lots of butter, ice-cold beer after a big day outside, books that I can’t put down.

COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT

My Yeti Drink Bottle

ORDER ME:

A Full Cream Speights

FAVE MEAL:

Beef Mince Nachos

FAVOURITE HOLIDAY:

Tahiti
This or That?

DINNER OUT

HOME COOKED

MOUNTAIN HIKE

BEACH DAY

TIKTOK

INSTA REELS

BLUEY

PEPPA PIG

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