Guest editor Caley Walsh has written a really interesting article about eco yarns on my other blog Green Girls Global.
She describes the different types of yarns and gives links on where to buy. Most of the links are to US based shops but for those of us outside the US the info is still very useful and we should be able to find alternatives closer to home.
Check out the article ‘Eco-Friendly Yarns by Caley Walsh‘.
“Our true intent is for all your delight”
This intriguing statement hangs on the tea room wall of the beautiful La Rosa Hotel in Whitby. Go and stay there and you will see that it speaks the truth.
I’ve written a little review of the hotel over at Green Girls Global but I just wanted to show some pictures here too.
If there ever was inspiration to find second hand and pre-loved items and bring them back to life then this place is it. On top of the antique and restored furniture the walls are painted in low odour paint and covered in vintage wallpaper.
More inspiration for me lately has been the beautiful blog Design Sponge and their ‘Before and After‘ feature. So many things pointing me back in the direction of furniture restoration I can’t ignore it.
A short but sweet one today because I just wanted to show my old / new cardi.
I bought this cardigan in a local charity shop and the picture here is much more flattering than it looked first hand. I liked the shape more than anything else. It was a pale blue but very tired looking, from lots of washing I guess, and beginning to become more grey-blue.
After wearing it a few times I realised that the colour did nothing for me at all, plus I have far too many pale blue things in my wardrobe. Continue Reading »
Playing with the Bottle Chopper wasn’t the only crafting I did this weekend, although I’ve been concentrating on things for our home rather than clothes or accessories.
The downstairs hallway has been one of the last places to be decorated in our house. I guess it’s because you don’t really spend any time in there like you do the other rooms. Continue Reading »
Every time I look at this booklet my heart leaps. This is so unashamedly 70s it makes me smile imagining how people (perhaps even the author Yvonne Dockree) may have made a glass peanut bowl from an old wine bottle to serve at parties alongside prawn cocktails and black forest gateau. Brilliant!
My mother-in-law gave me this Bottle Chopper last year when she cleared out lots of craft stuff to move house. I fell in love with the idea of it instantly but didn’t get around to having a go with it until yesterday. Continue Reading »