Sweet Fabric [Search results for the week that was

  • Fancy a trip?...

    Fancy a trip?...
    Plane trip

    The Date's playing a golf tournament & he asked if the kids & I wanted to come along.

    At first I had a minor breakdown about the kids missing school. The Date raised his eyebrows at me & I gave myself a stern talking to & now we're all on a plane heading for a bit of warmth.

    I'm planning to share some of the recent op shop purchases that have made my little op shopping heart skip a beat.

    I figured that might get a bit biege for you guys. So...

    I thought you might like to take a little trip of your own...around my home town. I'll have a clue accompanying each post this week. You'll need to follow the clues & at the end of the week you'll unscramble to find something that is also close to my heart.

    You'll need a notepad & pen beside your mouse (or something more techy if you're opposed to the pen). All the answers are contained within recent posts on each blog. That is I found the answers on the first page of each blog on Friday 11th September. Don't panic if you can't find the answers straight away...it's OK to cheat a little & email/twitter a buddy.

    There'll be further instructions with the final clue!

    Sound like fun? If you play to the end you'll go into the draw to win a prize (yet to be determined but I promise it will be good).

    CLUE #1
    Skip on over to Claire's.
    What it was that was warped in Claire's creative space?
    Use the 3rd letter of this word.

  • The week that was...

    The week that was...

    EXCITING
    Snippets from my week.

    I really enjoyed my delightful week last week & so I'm backing it up with exciting. Saturday is a bit of a slow day in the blog world & it seems like a good day to weekEND.

    The date & are in the preliminary stages of a very big project...exciting.

    Yesterday I ran in the pitch dark at 6am. I normally love running in the street-lit-Melbourne dark but running along the Promenade at Lonsdale is quite another thing. I scared myself silly...& then repeated the experience this morning...exciting.

    Today, the kids & I played Mini Golf. The date always wins & the small & I take turns in coming last. But, today I won...exciting.

    Out of town Op Shops turned up gold (again). I bought 40 Ladybirds for $5.00...exciting

    Hard working, talented, local & particularly lovely girls are being rewarded for their efforts & embarking on new crafty adventures...exciting.

    Care to suggest an adjective for next week? I'm game if you are.

  • Crochet & timber...

    Crochet & timber...
    TV Unit

    We all know I'm a huge fan of just about anything "on wood" but I had no idea just how much I was going to love the crochet table cloth hacked & tacked to a couple of pieces of thrifted furniture.

    Things are coming together quite nicely in the new house. If you've had a peek inside my place you'd notice that there was only a tiny patch of our bedroom photographed. We've been looking for something nice & skinny for the TV to sit on. It's in an awkward place because it's very close to the ensuite door.

    I'd picked up this glass fronted cabinet at the Op Shop (for $5) intending for it to be hidden in The Date's office & reserved for his "straight to the pool room" golf trophies & such. It looked ridiculous & he pitched it out into the hallway earlier in the week. I seconded it for this maybe temporary maybe permanent fixture in the bedroom.

    I'm not a huge wrap for the basket shelves (which came out of this unit) I've fashioned below & prefer a more open look. I've got another idea for that (which will hopefully still hide the power cords). I'll keep you updated.

    While I had the glue gun out I worked a bit of crochet magic on this sweet chair (also Opped for the princely sum of $5).

    Crochet Chair

    Beautiful floaty images by Bricolagelife.

    So I think I've managed a pretty nice bedroom makeover for under $20! Unbeatable value & my very favourite ... reused, repurposed, recrafted, upcycled.

    If you fancy having a go at this yourself it's just super-easy-thrown-together fun.

    You'll need...
    double sided tape, spray adhesive, hot glue gun, a thrifted crochet table cloth ($2-$8).

    For the cabinet...
    Using double sided tape create a frame on the inside of the door (as close to the glass as possible).

    Then...
    Rough cut the table cloth to size. Keep all the motifs intact at this stage.

    Now...
    Expose the double sided tape & position your crochet piece.

    And...
    Use your hot glue gun to more permanently adhere the crochet piece.

    Finally...
    Trim away excess fabric so that everything looks nice & neat.

    Repeat for the other door.

    For the chair...
    Rough cut the table cloth to size. Keep all the motifs intact at this stage.

    Then...
    Spray the wrong side of the tablecloth piece with spray adhesive.

    Now...
    Position on the chair.

    And...
    Use your hot glue gun to more permanently adhere the crochet piece.

    Finally...
    Trim away excess fabric so that everything looks nice & neat.

  • The week that was...

    The week that was...

    DELIGHTFUL.
    Snippets from my week.

    I purchased a few pairs of jeans from the Op Shop to finish of this project. When I got them home I examined them more closely & found one of the pairs to be fits-like-a-glove & tracky-dack-comfy...delightful.

    I met a friend for coffee. She was running late - yay just enough time to duck into the Op Shop next door. I purchased a taped closed supermarket bag full of what I knew to be handwork of some kind. What I discovered was the handwork pictured above...delightful.

    On my daily mouse-mobile travels I read this post on a blog well loved by many and written by lovely local Claire. The post was simple and utterly...delightful.

    A souvlaki pizza enjoyed with beautiful tier one friends & pretty drinks & made by the date...delightful.

  • My creative space...

    My creative space...
    Creative Space Polaroid

    Sadly still in the old ranch. I've managed to clear myself about half the kitchen table to work away on some photo album covers.

    I purchased a pile of photo albums still in plastic wrap from the Op Shop/Thrift Store a few weeks ago & I've got a little embellishment plan for the covers.

    In the space are...
    the albums
    my washout marker *
    a polaroid I've hacked up to make a template
    twine
    a beautiful tin full of old floss (which was gifted to me during the week by a lovely friend)
    my pincushion (one of) **

    *Same brand as the fadeout marker from last week. Both are Clover - not from any brand loyalty but just because that was what was available. I will say that the fadeout fades VERY fast.

    **You can make a pincushion like this one in about 15 minutes. See my how to here.

    Visit last weeks favourite space here.

    Don't forget to pop in and add your link if you're playing along this week.

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    The week that was...

    FRUSTRATING
    Snippets from my week

    I had a grand plan for some polaroid shots. I dug out the Barbie camera & then spent too much time tracking down film. I loaded the film & the blasted camera just took shot after shot after shot. It seems the smallest performed her own renegade style of maintenance on the camera & now it's fritzed!

    My week has been dominated by the need for a polaroid camera. When I haven't been at work I've been trawling Op Shop after Op Shop.

    I've got several crafty projects that I want to finish off but my obsessive nature won't allow me to focus on anything else.

    I'll just have to be patient.

  • The week that was...

    The week that was...

    VARIED
    Snippets from my week

    It's been an eventful week.

    * Warm, cold, healthy, sick, tired, energised - you get the picture.

    * I'm having a crack at some different stuff, some organic stuff, some old stuff & some boy meets girl stuff.

    * I've been totally motivated by Anna Laura, Loobylu & Hop Skip Jump.

    * I've been out & about with the Polaroid.

    * I've covered myself in gold paint (by accident).

    * I've been looked after by the universe which landed me in exactly the right Op Shop at exactly the right time. Tune in Tuesday to see the results.

    * I've had some crazy mad giggling type of fun running in the rain with this girl. I'm not sure she enjoyed the experience as much as I did.

  • This is...my most favourite outfit that expresses my individual style

    This is...my most favourite outfit that expresses my individual style

    This is... hosted by Angela theme from Kitty

    It's a mouthful that's for sure.

    This is... was a group effort & we've got a fair bit of banter this week...

    This morning I asked the big girl to take a pic of me in my current uniform (trackies). I told her what it was for & she looked at me in the way only she can (picture eye rolling & raised eyebrows).

    "That's not your style mum. It's your jeans, green jumper & snowgum jacket!"

    So I logged the big & the small into Polyvore & they created the above sets.

    1. Style Small, 2. Style Mum, 3. Style Mum Work, 4. Style Big

    Then we did a bit of "polyvore at home" and came up with this. I think that the girls have pretty much hit the nail on the head. I'm all about comfort at home & for work I mainly wear vintage dresses. This one is my absolute favourite & selected by my personal shopper.

    I'd been thinking that This is... was going to be really tough & it turned out to be lots of fun & the big girl LOVED Polyvore.

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    Where it all began...
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    Cute Stuff @ Meet Me at Mikes - 5...
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