By Alice | Published:
August 18, 2010
I think it looks like I’m walking on the ceiling. That’s a week of daily posts, I’m going to go back to posting when I feel like it, it might be daily or it might not :)
By Alice | Published:
August 12, 2010
I feel I’m in some sort of waiting phase with all sorts of trips and adventures just around the corner. I think it’s partly because there ARE trips and adventures around the corner hopefully. I’ve been planning for a big trip next year and some things before this year is out (fingers crossed). Also I have some projects that I’m getting on with that are at their beginnings. This weather at the moment is also very waiting-ish neither very summer nor autumn.
So I thought I would shake things up for a week or so by taking and posting daily pictures if I can. These are today’s.
1. I was sitting on the back door step looking at Twitter on my phone with my feet in the rain while the rest of me was in the dry. Beep came to see what I was doing.
2. Weeds
3. Weeds
4. The kitties like to take running jumps onto the new carpet so its usual state is all bunched up like this.
5. Brief bit of sunshine.
6. Making pizza dough. I use this recipe.
7. The garden is a bit overgrown at the moment.
By Alice | Published:
August 2, 2010
Much better IMHO :) I bought the fabric in Japan. These are more pictures from the archives that I never shared.
By Alice | Published:
July 9, 2010
We got this new-to-us kilim wool rug from Ebay. Our last rug had got pretty destroyed by the kitties, they just loved to dig their little kitty claws into it (much more than their scratching post) and give it a good scratch leaving large tumbleweeds of fluff blowing about the place. I think I have conveyed the message that they shouldn’t claw at the carpet upstairs as they aren’t allowed up there by themselves when I’m out but the unsupervised downstairs rug didn’t have a chance. So now we have a new rug, I got this flat woven type of rug as it wouldn’t be so satisfying for the kitties to scratch at and I also got them a new scratching mat. So far it’s working! I like this rug a lot too, probably better than the last one. It’s still got creases in from being posted but I hope that will flatten out soon. It’s pretty huge, about 10 feet by 8 feet.
I was just going to write about the carpet but I realised as I was taking the picture that I am wearing my shoes that I got for this summer, they are Swedish Hasbeens. I know some people are still on the fence about this clog style shoe but I love it :) Quite expensive but I’d saved up and they are handmade and great quality. They are the ‘high’ ones as even though I think the ‘super high’ look really great I wouldn’t have got as much wear from them as I have quite a hither and thither lifestyle that requires some practicality. Oh yes and I wish the box hadn’t said ‘I got nailed in Sweden’ as my neighbours took the parcel in for me and goodness knows what they thought was in there ;D
Also posted in Pretty things |
By Alice | Published:
January 25, 2010
I used the fabric from Liberty to make two cushions. I also made something with the leftover fabric which I’ll show later. A bright addition to our sofa (seen before here – the cats still hate me hoovering).
I made them in the envelope style and held together the opening at the back with two small cream bows on each. If the cats get into attacking these too much I will replace them with poppers but I like the bow look with this fabric. The fabric felt a bit too light for zips (also this is quicker and cheaper than having to find two zips of the right size!).
Btw I keep the longer lengths of ribbon that I have wrapped around a cardboard roll, I like to think I’m channeling ‘Martha‘ on a tiny scrappy scale :)
Also posted in I made things, Sewing |
