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 …
Calendar pages to envelopes
Tag: reuse
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 …
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 …
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 …
A Year of Thrift
Happy New Year! I thought I would give an update on my slow fashion journey throughout 2020. As mentioned in this post, I pledged not …
One cushion, two projects
I had some cushions on the couch that used to be in my sewing room which I transferred to the new day bed that we …
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 – …
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 …
Pesky plastic bag
Today I was thwarted in my attempt to not use or be given any single use plastic bags during Plastic Free July. I brought my …