Posted in Home life, Thrifting, tagged Depression, Thrifting on April 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I guess we all have moments of self doubt, we wonder - what the hell am I doing with my life?; Have I made the right choices?; Am I turning into my mother?; and so on…
On days like those it seems too hard to even put a load of washing on, then you beat yourself [...]
Posted in Sustainability, Thrifting, vintage, tagged Thrifting on April 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have spent a long time searching for the perfect “salt pig” with no sucess, so when I stumbled across this English stoneware shaker I knew this was my salt solution. Yay for Trash Palace!
It is about 12cm high, so holds a big whack of salt. Not for the table but great for by the [...]
Posted in Craft, Knitting, Thrifting, vintage, tagged Craft, Reading, Thrifting on March 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A small sample of thrifted goodies. The books were in the “for free” bin so I liberated them.
Posted in Craft Markets, Thrifting, tagged camping, craft market, Holidays, Thrifting on February 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Well I hope my lack of posts has left you hungry for more! Finally I’m back from our fantastic holiday in Totaranui, Golden Bay, otherwise know as heaven-on-earth. I am very Zen now, which is lucky as I almost had a total meltdown before Christmas. Driving through the Mt Vic tunnel with my kids the [...]
Posted in Thrifting, tagged bags, Sewing, Thrifting on November 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Joy! $2 toy sewing machine, 50cent per metre trim and $2 a pair bag handles! Xposted to Thrifted Tuesday flickr group.
We had a great Little Gem Session today I mostly mucked around eating chocolate tee hee
Posted in Craft, Craft Markets, Sewing, Thrifting, tagged bags, Craft, dolls, market, Sewing, Thrifting on November 11, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Thanks to the luberly Nikki for posting about the bag I sent her as I forgot to take pix! It’s a refashioned seat back from the 1970’s. I imagine it lived in a breakfast nook in its’ past life!
This makes me think about how I need to get ready for the next craft market, which [...]
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