November 18, 2013
My latest embroidered pattern for the autumn stitching club is this gourd! I'll be honest with you, I don't really know what a gourd is. Is it like a funny shaped courgette? Me and James once bought a bitter gourd from the exotic vegetable section in Morrisons and used it in a curry - it was pretty gross but we could have been cooking it wrong!
I can't believe I only have two more patterns to go
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Posted in Autumn Stitching Club, Sewing | Tagged autumn, autumn stitching club, craft, cute, DIY, embroidery, gourd, handmade, homemade, sewing, smiley, stitching, wild olive |
November 17, 2013
I have been in a lot of vintage shops in my time. A lot. If I'm ever in a new town or on a city break I find the vintage shops and have a good browse. My favourite ever vintage shop, coincidentally is the three storey vintage haven in Leicester made up of DollyMix Vintage and Pink Pidgeon. I don't think I've ever been in there and not seen several things that I want, and the prices are very reasonable.
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Posted in What I wore | Tagged autumn, burgandy, clothes, fashion, jumpsuit, leaves, outfit of the day, personal style, pigtails, pink pidgeon, pink pidgeon vintage, style, velvet, vintage, vintage style, what i wore |
November 14, 2013
The first time I ever tried a piece of pumpkin pie was this autumn! You can't be a real blogger unless you love pumpkin, right? I made a couple of pumpkin pies, and although I haven't got the recipe right yet, they were pretty tasty :) I just wish shops sold pumpkins in the UK for longer than two weeks in October. Anyway, here is my third pumpkin pie of the season, but this time it's embroidered. This
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Posted in Autumn Stitching Club, Sewing | Tagged autumn, autumn stitching club, craft, cushion, DIY, embroidery, fall, pattern, pumpkin, pumpkin pie, stitching, wild olive |
November 13, 2013
You guys, taking outfit photos in winter is so hard - it stops being light enough for photos at three o clock! So, apologies that these photos aren't the sunniest. I recently discovered the Sue Ryder Vintage shop in Leicester and it is one of my favourite vintage shops! There are lots of lovely things in there, at charity shop prices. When I saw this tunic in the shop I wasn't sure that it was every-day
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Posted in What I wore | Tagged 70's, clothes, fashion, groby pool, H&M, outift of the day, personal style, style, sue ryder vintage, swans, tunic, vintage, vintage style, what i wore |
November 12, 2013
Since I blog just-for-fun I don't really need to schedule posts. It would make little difference if I just posted when it took my fancy. However, I love planning and organising things! I like lists and diaries and notes and schedules, and I enjoy planning my posts in advance. I don't always stick to my plan but it's nice to have somewhere to pin-up my blog ideas. It's even more fun planning posts when
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Posted in DIY | Tagged blog planning, calender, corkboard, DIY, florals, handmade, homemade, noticeboard, organisation, pin board, scheduling, vintage, vintage fabric |
