A LOBSTER & SWAN BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Hello to you, it seems it’s Monday again and so soon. Yesterday marked a special day for me and L&S as it was my 7th blogging birthday! I usually completely bypass this event – not intentionally – maybe just one of the hazards of being an Aquarius – but as I am partial to the […]
THINGS TO TRY AND DIY’S – FEBRUARY EDITION
Wet windy and worse than ever, there is a moat around our house, but we haven’t slid into the sea yet and the roof is still attached. As you can imagine – with all this grey, gloom and giant puddles I’ve not much felt like leaving the cabin, instead I have been seeking out more […]
HANDMADE VINTAGE VALENTINE ART BOXES
Hello! Happy Saturday to you, I am just about to embark on steaming a wood chip ceiling and ripping up a cheap laminate floor! But before that I just wanted to share a little shop update. Some of my handmade vintage wooden matchbox Valentines are listed and ready to be posted to romantics all over […]
TEN HANDMADE VALENTINES GIFT IDEAS
The most loved and (hated by some) day of the year is fast approaching. I like Valentines day as I am a romantic and I’m not talking roses, rings and chocolates – although a heart shaped box of anything does make me smile – I see it as an excuse to make gifts for friends […]
MOLLIE MAKES – PAINTED LACE NECKLACE DIY
Hello and happy weekend to you, just popping in to share some outtakes from the photos that I took for my Lace necklace DIY – featured in Mollie Makes Magazine this month. I was so excited to be asked to write an article and create something pretty. The fabric paint colours were mixed down to […]
RAINY DAY CRAFTING – LIBERTY FABRIC MOBILE
Don’t worry I haven’t gone completely mid century modern and forgotten my fascination with florals and all things pretty. While the grey clouds gathered outside my windows today, I had a rummage through my bowl of Liberty fabric to find some pieces that would be the right size to make colourful rain drops. I have […]
*HANDMADE BAUBLE – SHOP UPDATE*
Afternoon to you! Swooping in with a quick post, just to let you now that I had four baubles left after my Christmas craft market, and a few people have asked about them so I have listed them over in the shop now! x
TURQUOISE AND GOLD PAPER AND SOAP
I have shared this shop before, but you may not have caught the posts, and as I just adore everything over in Brittany Campbell’s world – The Homeground, I am sharing the love again. Each of Brittany’s beautiful gemstones is carefully chosen for its colour and patina and I will always treasure the earrings I […]
TINY GLASS AND GLITTER WORLDS FOR THE TREE
Old photographs I have been collecting for years have found new homes, inside these tiny glitter and twig decorated glass worlds. I have been meaning to make something like this for so long and this year I have been lucky enough to find time to get a few creative projects finished. I love imagining stories […]
CHRISTMAS MERMAIDS AND RUSSIAN BAUBLES
Hello and happy Monday to you. We had a lovely weekend, in Rye on Saturday and Hastings Old Town on Sunday, soaking up some December sunshine and spoiling ourselves by eating breakfast out two days in a row. We scoured all the antique and junk shops for bedside tables, I found a bargain £7.50 number that […]
PARIS INSPIRED MINIATURE LACE ARCHIVES
Happy Monday to you, I hope you had a beautiful weekend? We had a festive Saturday, a DIY Sunday and unpacked a few more boxes! Every day I open a new box and find more of the things I have made, yesterday I happily stumbled upon this little collection of miniature lace archives that I […]
JUNK SHOP RESCUE FAIRY TREE TOPPER
I found this little lady in a junk shop, wearing a ridiculous hat and a threadbare embroidered dress. All pinks and creams with german metal braid, she immediately caught my eye and I snapped her up for £2 knowing she would be the perfect angel to sit on the top of our Christmas tree this […]
STARTING EARLY WITH HANDMADE GIFTS
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting the author of Junk Genius the lovely Juliette Goggin. It was a sunny Saturday and as we made our way through the twisting lanes out past Battle and into Ashburnham, we were welcomed by a smiling Juliette at her garden gate. Not being able to drive […]
AN ICY COLD WIND AND WINTER FAIRIES
I hope you have had an enjoyable weekend? It’s already over a week since I last posted about these little peeps! An icy cold wind has been slowly gathering pace outside today, so I have stayed safely indoors adding the finishing touches to their boxes. The long awaited glittering tissue paper finally arrived last week (I […]
SATURDAY SPARKLES AND WINTER FAIRIES
In amongst all the chaos of decorating, other projects, having no storage and still no work room, a little sparkling magic is happening, first started last Autumn I have finally gotten around to finishing my Winter Fairies. Now I just need to package them and they will appear on the almost bare shelves of my […]
WIN A £100 ETSY GIFT CARD!
Hey happy Thursday! Today I have a lovely treat for you, to help launch Etsy Gift Cards in the UK I have been given a £100 Etsy Gift Card to giveaway to one of my readers. Keep reading and enter below and you could win the Gift Card to spend in your favourite Etsy shops. You can […]
AUTUMN CRAFTS – KNITTING
Nothing conjures up a vision of cosy like knitting by an autumn fire, this is exactly how my mum (a master knitter) spends many evenings relaxing. Unfortunately I have not inherited her skills, I just can’t get my head or hands around the needles. But someone else who can is Stephanie Dosen of Tiny Owl Knits, […]
SIX THINGS ETSY – OCTOBER 2013
I have found six lovely things from Etsy to share with you this morning, hand made and delivered from all over the globe straight to your nest. 1. Stay Wild – limited edition giclee print – Helen Dardik, 2. Bay armchair – winter – Name Design Studio, 3. Blackbird singing - Vintage tin artwork – Hens Teeth, 4. Bohemian […]
YELLOW OCTOBER – BEDSIDE MAKEOVER
October is rolling in with a heavy and dark sky, so I set out to create a sunny indoor spot to last throughout the Winter months. An old chest of drawers, some Farrow and Ball and Little Greene tester pots, a tray of white trade emulsion, a hammer, some patience, new drawer handles, a lot […]
WEEKEND READING – MAKE IT YOUR OWN
This chilly September weekend read is the book Make It Your Own by Anna Alicia, the designer-maker behind eco-ethical home-ware and jewellery label A Alicia. Arriving just in time to inspire idle hands to get busy when trapped indoors with all that Autumn rain rolling down the windows. My favourite projects include a Plaited Floor […]
THE ROSE KEEPER
My roses second flush of blooms are better than the first, which I have to admit, makes me feel very proud, I have kept them alive! When I discovered them in the garden I was so afraid that they would be hard to look after. The first aphid attack nearly sent me over the edge. […]
SOMEWHERE TO KEEP SEEDS
Hello! Today I wanted to share with you this seed packaging I made a few weeks ago, I put together a collection of these decorated vintage matchboxes (you can see some of my other matchbox creations here) all containing different types of seeds, this is the last one left now. I do hope to make […]
THINGS TO TRY AND DIY’S – AUGUST EDITION
Yesterday I was on kitty lockdown in the lounge, while the builders tore out our old front door and replaced it with a new one that a mouse can’t just crawl under with all it’s worldly possessions, while the north wind whistles through without apology. So I spent the afternoon in my sofa camp, looking […]
LIBERTY FABRIC SCRAP SALVAGING
Happy Monday beautiful people, how was your weekend? Mine was quite inspired. I had a great time at the Summertime Curiosity Bazaar, met some lovely people, got shy, ate many cakes and sold nearly all my Liberty Lavender bags and hand made cards. I have also been colouring my world with vintage french postcards and […]
