Recent Posts Tagged With 'vintage'

• Flowers for my wall

  Posted on Saturday September 12th, 2009 at 07:23 in home, shopping, house, flowers, vintage

  It's been lovely and sunny all this week, perfect for a leisurely afternoon stroll round the local charity shops. Yesterday's find: this lovely vintage print, for a bargainous £1.25.No idea where I'm going to put it, but I just couldn't resist!...

• Washing Buttons

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 13:07 in vintage, supplies

  It is a running joke in our house how often I plan to do things like laundry or tidying and end up sewing or getting distracted by ribbons instead.Yesterday was a case in point. Instead of doing the washing up, I washed some buttons...Many of these w...

• Stripe Love

  Posted on Sunday July 12th, 2009 at 09:08 in patterns, vintage

  Mmm... lovely vintage stripey goodness...This little bud vase lives in my kitchen/office. It's only about 3 inches high and cost about a quid, but for a small thing it makes me very happy!...

• Vintage Button Shopping

  Posted on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 at 08:32 in shopping, vintage, buttons, supplies

  As every good crafter knows, supplies shopping is the BEST kind of shopping.I stumbled across a charity shop with an overflowing button box yesterday and after a good rummage bought myself these lovelies:With more eco flowers in my wip pile I've got ...

• Tiny Treasures

  Posted on Tuesday April 28th, 2009 at 14:58 in shopping, vintage, supplies

  Buttons bought today from the Salvation Army:...

• Embroidery Love

  Posted on Tuesday February 17th, 2009 at 09:13 in home, inspiration, vintage, colour

  .decorate(_ge('photo_notes'), F._photo_notes).notes_go_go_go(3287939632, 'http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3227/3287939632_0fd4c5638f_t.jpg', '3.1444'); We're having a bit of a re-shuffle at the moment - moving a few things ...

• Retro Goodness

  Posted on Wednesday January 21st, 2009 at 08:35 in home, vintage

  Another day, more admin that needs doing (where does all this paperwork come from??) , so just time for another quick snapshot:That little beauty is the heater in our bathroom. I couldn't resist taking its picture when I was photographing all the pic...

• On the Home Front: Doorstops

  Posted on Saturday January 17th, 2009 at 06:42 in home, shopping, vintage, lovely things

  I have been a bit obsessed with doorstops lately... Since we moved in the door into the kitchen has been propped open with large tins of beans! Not classy. I just couldn't find any that I liked, or which were large and hefty enough to cope with the d...

• Everyday Pattern

  Posted on Sunday January 11th, 2009 at 06:09 in home, inspiration, vintage, lovely things

  I've been clearing out a few kitchen cupboards recently in a general spring-cleaning sort of a way: getting rid of a few of our more random student-y bits and pieces and several of those gadgets, glasses & dishes with terribly specific jobs that ...