Calendar pages to envelopes
While I was visiting my friend in Christchurch, she gave me some old calendars to recycle. She had given me some a couple of years ago and I made envelopes out of them as we […]
Category: recycling
Handmade / recycling / Sewing / Sustainability / Vintage
T-shirt to cushion transformation
I popped down to Christchurch the weekend before Christmas to visit my oldest friend who had a significant birthday on Christmas Day. We have been friends since we were 11 when we became penpals, she […]
Me made wardrobe update
It’s been a while since I did a sewing update and there have been a few things added to my wardrobe over the past couple of months. First up, another long bright coloured skirt. No […]
Vinyl revival
We recently brought a 1974 Akai turntable in mint condition from the amazing and highly recommended WT Audio in Lower Hutt. It belonged to a doctor who had gone into a retirement home and he […]
Vintage and Thrift
Here in Wellington we have a number of great thrift shops to choose from and I visit quite regularly. Recently we made a trek out to Upper Hutt as we hadn’t visited the shops out […]
Christmas gifts / Crochet / Handmade / Knitting / Lockdown Covid 19 / recycling / Sewing
Christmas Crafting
Now that Christmas is done and dusted for another year, I thought I would share with you some of the gifts I made. Most of these were made while we were under lockdown in April/May […]
Slow fashion
I am doing really well with my pledge to not buy any new clothes this year. I did buy some yarn for my mother – in – law to knit me a jersey but i’m […]
The fashion revolution
At the start of the year, I decided that I wasn’t going to buy any new clothes this year. Full disclosure, I did buy 5 pairs of undies last month. I was skimming through Instagram […]
Oh Christmas Tree
Christmas is my favourite holiday and on the 1st December, without fail, I put up the Christmas Tree. I have a wee ritual of eating mince pies and watching a Christmas Movie, normally Love Actually […]
DIY Beeswax wraps
We are proud to be a gladwrap free household and have been for over a year. I have been making and using beeswax wraps for a few years now and they are a great alternative […]