Frankentrolly gets retired
Every Saturday morning I get up early and head down to our local vegetable market. My trusty trolley makes the journey with me each week but sadly it recently had to be retired. I brought […]
Category: Sustainability
January project round-up
I thought I would do a round up of my January projects as they were a varied bunch. I took advantage of the Boxing Day sales to get some yarn at 40% off to knit […]
Christmas gifts / Handmade / No Waste / recycling / Sewing / Sustainability
Christmas Decoration Making
Every year, as part of their Christmas gift, I give Christmas decorations to my brother and his family. Most years I hand make them but I have occasionally been pressed for time and purchased decorations. […]
Upcycled Christmas bags
I started to wrap my Christmas presents on the weekend as I have mostly finished my shopping. I have a good stash of gift bags to reuse and I had three of these Farmers ones […]
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 […]
Spicy Jalapeno Hummus
I have been a bit slack lately and have been buying hummus from the grocery store rather than making my own. I was cleaning up all of the bits of the paper stuck to the […]
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 […]
I brought a new thing
Full disclosure, I brought a new item of clothing from a shop. That means I went 2 years and 4 months without buying a new piece of clothing. If you have been following along, everything […]
Me made wardrobe
As well as adding to my wardrobe with thrifted items last year, I also did some sewing and knitting to give it a boost as well. I had a bit of time under our first […]