I saw the sweetest little ducks in a Charity Shop recently and brought them home. I was sure that they were egg cups but, as my Girls have yet to be convinced that eggs are not the work of the Devil, there is little point in keeping them for that purpose. I had the idea to use them on the dining table as salt and pepper servers, at least once the build has finished and I am in a position to have grown-up dinner parties. I know they would look … [Read more...]
Washi tape Pinboard
I found a roll of corkboard with sticky back in a charity shop a few weeks ago and it's been sitting on the mountain of crap on my desk awaiting a purpose. So recently, when I was having fun with Washi tape, I had a brain wave. On the side of The Girls' wardrobe, above their new bookcase, I fixed the cork in place (NB: that back is VERY sticky. Like stick-to-your-hands-whilst-you-are-trying-to-attach-it-sticky. No wonder it was in a Charity … [Read more...]
Pinspired by: drip painting
A while ago, I saw a brilliant post on Dilly Dali Art about painting pots by pouring paint onto them. As it was it came at about the time that the Girls and I made the Grannies painted flower pots for Easter so we weren't ready to do it again so soon. And then recently I had a sad looking watering can, given to me by Febreze to help grow my Mini-Haven for the 'Great British Sporting Event'. It had been faded by the sun down one side and … [Read more...]
Magpie Monday: where the magic happens
A long time ago, I mentioned that I had a desk. a desk of which I was incredibly proud, because it gave me a bonafide work space. You will not be shocked to learn that it quickly became a 'storage' space, and is stacked with all those things that "I'll just put on my desk to file/throw/deal with later". So this is where the 'magic happens': … [Read more...]
India: Around the World in 12 dishes
I'm using quite a liberal interpretation of the visited country with this month's Around The World in 12 Dishes, since Kedgeree did originate in India. It's just been significantly adapted from it's beginnings as a rice-and-lentil dish and is known in the UK as being a breakfast. … [Read more...]
A makeover makeover. And the next Tots 100 Home Challenge
So, you remember that I have been working on Storage- specifically The Girls' Bedroom Storage- as part of the Tots 100 Home project? Well, after a few days of living with the finished makeover I decided something was missing, and I wasn't sure what until the post arrived and some pink lace Washi tape that I ordered for another project landed on my doormat. … [Read more...]
No sew ribbon-trimmed cafe curtain
When we moved in to our house, we inherited the 'choice' colour schemes of the previous owners. Not for them the House-Doctor-Style-neutral-throughout-to-appeal-to-the-buyers, they kept their bold colour choices and sale be damned. Obviously this worked in our favour, since there were a few months between us having to withdraw our initial offer (our sale fell through) and us being back in a position to buy, and no-one else thought to snap it up … [Read more...]
