Charity Shop Finds

Hello all, has a nice last holiday day charity shopping and baking! Black forest cupcakes and new jumpers make me very happy!






Are the stars amazing or what!

Thrifty Things

Happy Tuesday! I FINALLY made it to my local market today and bought lots of veg! My car is also better after it's MoT surgery so I am road tripping home tomorrow to get my driving head back on before I have to start the dreaded commute again next week at 'too early to be awake' o'clock :D

I said I would share my yesterday thrifty finds with you all, first up I found some amazing patterns, one for a basic dress and one for.... wait for it.... cullottes!!!! I am tres excited but need to buy suitable fabric first! I also found an amazing teapot, thinking of using it just for hot chocolate, and also a really pretty red throw. I also grabbed some curtain header tape and an old blouse and finally got round to making my sewing room some new curtains (from some lovely fabric my Grandma gave me) as well as another elastic waist skirt :)

My glass jar candle holders should be popping up on oneprettything soon, keep an eye out! K xxx

How to Make a Skirt from an Old Tee

Evening all, just thought I would share my projects for the day, I made this jersey skirt from an old mens tee, and now you can do the same! Hope you like, send me a pic if you make it!

Ebay Love

Have been having a lot of fun on ebay recently both buying and selling, here's a little summary of some of my favourite purchases from the last few weeks! I have been really bummed out this holiday as a recurring problem with my vision has returned but some lovely visits from my brother and seeing friends as well as my nice man being sweet, as well as my ebay fun, has made it much less frustrating! Am really loving my giant headphones and blue leather sack bag at the moment... more to share very soon

K xx

A Few Things

Hello all, here are a few little makes for this week. I bought some really thick nice woolen style red fabric from a really nice antiques and crafts place near my parent's house a few weeks ago, as it's so lovely I want to make lots of smaller things from it, so I started with this tiny purse as a gift for a family friend!

I had to iron it a ridiculous amount to get it this flat, I think it's just one of those puffy type things but hey-ho! I also made a coffee cake yesterday and grabbed a couple of charity shop bargins, I have wanted a tiny cross stitch hoop for ages and love the odd shape of this one!

I still only have a tape player in my car, so to keep me sane on the way to work I try anbd listen to stories, I wasn't quite up for this on when driving in the dark, but now it is sunny in the mornings I thought I would give it a try!

Mini Truck Pincushion

I had a go at using the truck I bought yesterday to make a tiny pincushion, it turned out quite cool I think! For instructions on a larger one have a look at this post on 'Just Something I Made'.



I have linked the little truck up to Sew Dang Cute's Link-Party, check out the other entrants below

UPDATE: I have sold the truck! This is my first sale so very exciting, hopefully there will be a few more when I finally sort out Etsy and the local craft fairs!

Car Boot Haul (yet again)

It's the last day of my holiday (sob) but I thought I should spend it well and went to the carboot armed with £12, of which I still came back with £1! The fancy wrapping paper was a find in Crawley with a friend but all the rest of the fab stuff is from the boot of Farnborough folks cars. I also found some cool freecycle goodies but the current owners are yet to get back to me (keeping my fingers crossed).


I want to use the truck to make a fun pincushion, a little like those seen on 'Just Something I Made' which I have totally fallen in love with. I had to resist the urge to buy a whole bag of trucks, I also got lots of cool fabric, a new beautiful mixing bowl and some snazzy china teacups!

Chair Makeover

I really wanted a couple more chairs for my kitchen table and I found the perfect 2 just round the corner for £10 on Ebay. I was not so keen on the colour so today I painted them red to make them a little more exciting!

I also found this old pinny that really reminded me of some fab fabric I had seen in a Cath Kidston book (see below) which has some amazing ideas for different prints.

Here is the paint:

And here are the finished chairs! The coveres are reversible, so on side is retro and one side is 'cockaleeky' print!

For more ideas check out the link below:

Play Oven Gloves and Placemat

Yet more Good Friday makes (has been a busy day, am finding it tough to do nothing after a hectic week at work)! This is a little request and surprise for my lovely niece (and her creative Mummy) who I keep forgetting to send freezer paper to (I am sorry, will remember this time!). The lucky little girl is getting an amazing homemade play kitchen for her birthday, check out The Crazo Gecko for updates, and I was tasked with making oven gloves! To go with the gloves I had some fun with Amy Butler fabric and made a placemat complete with felt instructions for how to lay the table! I kind of want to keep it but I doubt my dinner will fit on it!

INSTRUCTIONS (more detailed now hopefully)

Both are very easy to make, for the oven mits draw a pattern to match the size of the hand of the child (I had to guess a bit) then cut a front and back (long sausage shapes) the same and 2 ends (U shapes to match the sausage ends). Hem the straight edge of the ends (the flat bit of the U) and place face up on the side that matches/where you would like them, then place the other side face down on top and sew around the whole thing leaving a small (3") gap to turn inside out. Remember to include a ribbon if you want to hang it, turn inside out, sew up the hole and your done!

The placemat has a back (a very old retro teatowel from a carboot sale), sew 2 squares faces together, leave a small gap and turn inside out (then sew up the hole), then use bondaweb/glue to stick down your felt shapes and sew around (I am not very neat but managed to machine stitch this fine). It may be a plan to trace a plate and the cutlery first to get the sizing spot on!

UPDATE: I have entered Sew Dang Cute's Link Party, check out the other submissions below!

UPDATE: I have also entered 'The Idea Room's link-me-up event, check out the other entrants here:

Mod Podge Jar Lids

Another Mod Podge make to go with my frames froma couple of days ago. The hardest thing about covering these lids was getting the glass pots label free, the stickers are impossible to remove, it took a lot of windolene to achieve this! I have also made some frames out of maps, they looked aace but I forgot to photograph before I wrapped for a friend but I think I have a photo on my phone so I will rescue it when I can!

More Carboot Fun & * BURLAP *

I forgot to photograph some other bits and pieces I got from the local carboot sale last week, so here they are now! I also have jumped on the bandwagon a little as everyone seems to have it and bought some burlap (jute??? hessian??? no idea what to call it really)! It was not such a random desicion as on carboot day me and my Mum also saw a burlap/jute/hessian pillow with beads in Debenhams for £50!!! It was about 8" by 8", and I feel I must remake said pillow to see how much cheap I can get it, so far I have bought material worth £2, I am aiming for £6 but we shall see, alot of beads were involved!

I also got some very 70s teatowels, random lacey fabric and red ribbony stuff for £2 at the carboot, might be cool for kiddy presents if nothing else, it was nice and bright and I was cold so it felt a good idea to buy at the time !

Fish Tank, Seedlings and a new Basket

This post has been a long time in the making, but finally our new fish tank looks presentable enough to be displayed - so here it is! It's hard to tell the size from the photo but it's 180 litres, (2.5 foot across) and is bowed at the front! My partner is the fishkeeper and he really wanted a well planted tank, it will take a while to look amazing but it will be great when it does!

Conveniantly the top of the fishtank is a balmy 21 degrees 100% of the time, a perfect underheater for our windowsill greenhouses. My Dad advised us on how best to plant out the seeds today and now they are getting nice and toasty, hopefully this will help them germinate nice and slow and strong, or that's the idea anyway! As the fishtank, is, well, wet, we had to devise a washproof labelling system!

Oh forgot to mention I also got this ace basket from the car boot earlier, £4! My Mum was very persausive and made me buy it, not sure I like it at first, but now I am very taken with it, so sorry Mum it will not be turning up filled with Mother's day goodies as suggested this year!

Pillowcase Bag and More Cakes

Today my Parents came to visit and to take my brother home, we went to the local car boot sale, great fun and amazingly it starts at the civilised hour of 11am! I got lots of things (will share in next post) but for now here is a bag I made out of a 20p pillowcase! I went for the Monsoon style slight use of sequins as it looked a little too old 70s bedspread for my liking! Not sure I like it still, but nevermind!

Did you spot the ribbon tag? It looks better in real life I think! My brother also helped me make yet more cakes, these are 'Queen Cakes' which are basically very egg heavy cupcakes with raisins and nutmeg, they have stayed so sticky they are great! My bro is a little more handy with a camera than I, I love the arty kettle shot!

Charity Shop Bargins

Had a bit of a browse of the local charity shops today, almosts got undercharged in 1 but I spoke up, must have been good karma as I found some very fun stuff! I found some pillowcase fronts (I have only done 1 so far) for 45p, handmade by some lovely person, so I backed this one with a teatowel from ASDA, that makes a total of 95p per pillow, not bad huh!

They also had some really cool individual pie dishes, there may be lots of pie photos to come over the next few weeks!

Hooray for Pies!