Fabric flower brooch

September 27th, 2009

Part of the reason I want to learn how to sew is that I’m hoping I will save some money in the process. Constantly spending money on cute hair pins, brooches and earrings seems wasteful and I want to be as environmentally friendly as I can. But also, I want to have accessories that are somewhat unique and that I can feel proud wearing.

Looking around for tutorials on how to make your own accessories I found a nifty little guide on how to make your own fabric flower headband or brooch. It took me half an hour and a little scrap of fabric and then my flower was done.

flower brooch

My next flower brooch is going to be hot pink and have a white pearl centre. I’m also hoping to make one or two for my little sister as a gift before she moves north.

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Fig tree

September 25th, 2009

In a couple of years we’re probably moving to England. I’ve been wanting to for a while but we can’t yet. I want to work some more and maybe study. Alex wants to learn Swedish. So we don’t know when we’ll move. When we do move, however, I’ve decided I want to plant a fig tree in the garden. Fig trees are gorgeous and figs are one of the yummiest fruits.

Fig tree

I took this picture in Bradford-on-Avon. A quaint little town in Wiltshire with the river Avon running through it. We walked there along the Kennet and Avon canal and had a wonderful, sunny day.

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September 19th, 2009

money boxes

One of the things we collect are money boxes. These are two of my favourites.

These money boxes are small replicas of what the Danish and Swedish postboxes once looked like. I don’t have the keys so there’s not actually any money in them.

The red one is Danish and says “Herein you may not place false money, empty as you please’ and the yellow one is Swedish and says  ‘He who saves is not without” (or literally: he who saves, has).

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Makeup brush carrier

September 2nd, 2009

I decided that I wanted to learn how to sew. Sure, we got taught the basics in school, but I have basically forgotten everything I was once taught so now I’m working hard to re-teach myself, starting with easy little crafts that involve sewing, both by hand and using a machine.

I made  a make up brush carrier using a tutorial from here, but changing it around a bit because my brushes are not at very long. I also made a small pocket tissue holder that matches.

make up brush roll + tissue holder
make up brush roll + tissue holder

It turned out wonderful, and apparently I still remember how to do straight lines. If/when it gets dirty from getting makeup smudged all over I’ll just quickly hand wash and it should be back to looking good.

Any good advice for tutorials with easy to make projects?

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Strike a pose!

September 1st, 2009

Alex and I are off to London in just two days and I’m hoping to get some serious shopping on. We’ve mapped out the MUST GO TO stores, checked what stuff we need to get, read all the guides, packed our things and are ready to go.

Lately I’ve been so uninspired with my wardrobe. I’ve worn it all before, in all the different ways you can (probably wrong but that’s how it feels) and have no new and fun accessories to play it up with. My shoes are all boring (despite owning 30-ish pairs…ouch), my bags are all wrong… I’m just uninspired by it all. I need to renew my wardrobe, bring in some fun things that I can play with.

Here’s what yours truly wore to a birthday party about a week and a half ago. I wore some really pretty heels, but then we went outside to the garden and I ended up in a pair of coral crocs, very stylish.
At the party

  • Dress – New Look Inspire, size 22 UK
  • Shrug – Tesco, size 22 UK
  • Crocs – ???? What was I thinking?
  • Pose – all mine!

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The 80′s dress

August 31st, 2009

rad 80's dress

This dress. It was hanging on a rack in the corner of a thrift store. My mum had singled it out, and called me over to look at it. She thoguht it was ugly, but I decided to try it on, despite the size tag claiming it was 2 sizes too small. It fit like a dream. A slightly tight, body hugging dream, with a weird print, in a colour that screams of the garish 80s. And I fell in love. I think I need some nice plastic earrings and bracelets to go with it.

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Rose hip

August 29th, 2009

Rose hip

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Coffee cups

August 29th, 2009

We collect many things. I say we, but it’s mostly me. I don’t know how it all started or how some of these collections came to even start. One of the things we collect is tiny ornamental coffee cups. I only drink coffee at work, and Alex doesn’t at all, but if we were to start having coffee at home these would be the perfect size.

coffee cup

I’m always going to thrift stores and flea markets, so who knows what new collection will start to form.

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Almost all black edition

August 27th, 2009

I used to be an all blacks girl. My wardrobe was lacking colour of any kind. That’s ages ago now and whenever I look into my (tiny) walk in closet there’s an array of colours to almost blind me. This photo of me is a little bit of a back to the roots for me.

Almost all black!

new top

And nowadays I don’t wear black because it supposedly makes me look thinner. Being thin would make me look thinner, being fat makes me look fat, whatever the colour on my clothes.

  • Mini dress/top – Tippy, size XXL
  • Cardigan – Tesco, size 22
  • Leggings – Beth Ditto at Evans, size 22
  • Shoes – Skopunkten

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Yummy little aprons

August 27th, 2009

Mum and I picked these up at a flea market the other day. They are all much too small for me, but so cute and delicious looking. She will be selling them and I always take the photos for her auctions.

aprons

I want to wear a white dress, a pretty apron and a pair of clogs, bake some cookies and drink coffee from tiny ornamental cups.

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