here be monsters!

You may remember that some time ago I did a little vintage fabric swapsie with fellow blogger Georgina Giles. Well, it’s always great to see what other people make of the fabrics in your own stash. They are always so different … Continue reading

pennsylvania dutch

During yesterday’s lazy Sunday afternoon I spent a while, as is my wont, happily browsing Etsy. And I ran into the item above – isn’t it pretty?! It’s a midcentury tablecloth from Etsy store LastCentury. So lovely! It reminded me … Continue reading

winter woes

This is me at the moment. I have lots to be getting on with… A notebook full of ideas to refer to.  A calendar of stalls to make for. Commissions to get started on. Leads to follow up. But my … Continue reading

candy for the eye

I love ‘eye candy’. Such a great phrase. It’s what I read blogs for. So it’s a brilliant name for a blog. In it’s native Norwegian language it translates as Sukkertøy for øyet – which I like possibly even better! … Continue reading

out of africa

Sometimes you just stumble across something on the interweb that makes you take a sharp intake of breath. Like the above image. That chair! That fabric! I just went “wow!” This classic Eames club chair has been daringly reupholstered by … Continue reading

scavenged

I have to admit it, I’m a bit of a scavenger. In the past I have been spotted lugging choice items out of skips, back in the days when people were a bit less savvy about what they threw away. … Continue reading