In between school holidays, work and getting on with my upcycle project, I've managed to forget to give the blog plate a spin of late. So here is a quick sneaky peak update on my Spring outfit. (I'll do a Winter one asap) They have to be ready for 9/10 September so this will probably …
This is a quick update on how I'm progressing with my plans for the Festival of Thrift's Oxglam Fashion Show. I am planning a Spring and Winter outfit based on the items I was able to grab during my first visit. First, I do apologise for my sketches - not my forte! But hopefully giving …
Continue reading Oxglam – progress update – refining my plans
It's Gumtrees' National Up-Cycle Week this week and they are running a competition to win a holiday for two to Vienna (love a competition!) So I have used this as an opportunity to push myself to get a couple of my project list items out of the way. I had seen up-cycled jewellery frames while …
Continue reading #National Upcycle Week! – Jewellery Display Frame Up-cycle
Have you got a top or jumper that's just a bit blah? Something you bought thinking "it'll do" but it doesn't really? This sweatshirt is one of those purchases. A sale purchase that I reasoned would be useful to wear on days with the boys because, lets face it, we don't wear our best stuff …
We are very lucky to live on the edge of the North Yorkshire moors. Throughout the year the view is pretty good but come August, the moors really come alive in a riot of purple as the heather flowers. This has a strong influence on my husbands idea of home decorating - with a running joke he'll have something in …
Finished upcycle project!
A quick update on where I am with the upcycle of my stained Joules Harbour top. On a closer inspection of said top, I realised that there were more stains!! (I can't remember what happened to it but I am blaming the boys. Clearly I never marked clothing pre-children. Ahem) So the plan to re-purpose a red pique …
Any spare time for "me-time" over the past couple of weeks has been sucked into the vortex of school holidays. Juggling trips out, staying in, visiting family, getting homework done, tantrums (theirs & mine) all very blah. And to top it off my eldest kindly shared his eye infection with me (I have been "Stink-Eye" all week) …
Continue reading Crack On! – getting back to it after the Easter holidays
Our house is a work in progress. Built as a bungalow in 1970, it's been knocked about and added to by every owner since then. We were given several sets of architects plans when we moved in which show the changing layouts that have been used over the years. We've also done our fair share …
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