Lacey, shabby Notebook and Needlecase

Lacey, shabby Notebook and Needlecase

It has taken me a long time to collect enough to lace to consider layering it up like this! So I've made a notebook cover and an almost-identical-but-will-never-be-the-same-because-it's-handmade needlecase. I could have gone on making various other items because the colours and lacey-ness lend themselves to so many different things.…
Tea-dyed paper

Tea-dyed paper

I may be wrong but, so far, I haven't found much that isn't improved by tea. I've been tea-dying, stamping and inking these tags. And making these forest-themed mini envelopes. Then dying them. And folding these cute little paper dresses. And dying the middle one. I've used some on Mother's…
Shabby Chic summerhouse – my she shed, woman cave, garden hideaway…

Shabby Chic summerhouse – my she shed, woman cave, garden hideaway…

Summerhouse project – part 1 It started as a second-hand summer house needing several repairs. Was it destined to be my she shed? My woman cave? My garden hideaway? You know how it goes – ideas are plentiful so why is it that getting started is sometimes the most difficult…
Vintage china Teacup Exchange – It’s Tea Party Time Again!

Vintage china Teacup Exchange – It’s Tea Party Time Again!

Surprise parcels in the post – aren’t they just great? And when it includes vintage china - what can I say? Well... Before delving inside the plain brown box I received as part of the Vintage china Teacup Exchange, I looked for a postal mark or return address… Brady, Texas…