Wordless Wednesday: Only Eight Who Do.
Posted in bags, culture, inspiration, shopping on Apr 18th, 2012
Category Archive for 'shopping'
Gold Rush
Posted in inspiration, photos, shoes, shopping on Apr 16th, 2012
It was a beautiful sunny morning, so I thought I’d go for a little walk and see what I could find. Flashes of gold were everywhere! This Darwin Barberry was covered with the most amazing flowers… …as was this Kerria Japonica. The primroses outside the church were beautiful… …and I found a peacock butterfly having [...]
Caca Rouge
Posted in shopping on Apr 5th, 2012
You remember the part where I made a resolution to stop messing with my hair? Well, I’ve stuck to it since December 2nd, which is possibly the longest I haven’t messed with my hair in about fifteen years. The exception to the resolution was to use something non-damaging like Henna. I had a block of [...]
Stationery Stash
Posted in crafty things, shopping on Mar 28th, 2012
Yesterday I needed a pen, but couldn’t find one that worked. This minor crisis precipitated the tipping out of all of the stationery drawers (yes, drawers, multiple), and a huge sorting out of all of our stationery. Before you decide I have an even bigger problem than you’d thought, not all of this is mine! [...]
Selling my Sole(s)…
Posted in shopping on Mar 27th, 2012
The Great Spring Cleaning of 2012 has begun. Actually, it began a few weeks ago when I wore one my my beloved pairs of Jeffery~West shoes and they gave me a blister. Again. At that point I finally had to concede that I’m not a size 40, no matter how thick my socks are, and [...]
I can’t claim that I made these, but they’re a good example of a simple modification. The only curtains we could find in the right colour for the kitchen had tab tops, and it wasn’t possible to get the curtain pole off the wall (without making a great deal of mess!) in order to slot [...]
How many is too many?
Posted in shopping on Jan 23rd, 2012
Oh dear, I might have had a little shopping accident, during which I broke my resolution to Stop Buying More Things. I went into TK Maxx to look for some foam mats for blocking my knitting, but they didn’t have them. (Curse of TK Maxx – if you leave something behind, you’ll never see it [...]
Dear Internet, I have a confession to make. My name’s Claire, and I have an uncontrollable addiction to diaries. At the end of 2010 I bought a small, slim 2011 diary from WHSmith. It had a week to view, with a page for notes facing each week. Small enough to go in my handbag, plenty [...]
I seem to be developing quite a collection of bow ties now. I’ve made a purple & green shot silk one, a skull & crossbones one, a sewing print one, and one with silver bees. I also have a readymade burgundy and black one with a matching cummerbund, that I used to wear for orchestra [...]
Oh, I have so many things that I’ve made and haven’t told you about yet… and I have a new job, and new ideas and new plans… but first of all I need to do a little bit of clearing out. It’s more than three years since my order of Bishopston Trading fabrics arrived, and [...]