TREATS

I felt a bit better today so I walked into town to post
some parcels and to get a few bits that I needed for
my sewing projects that I planned for the weekend.
I also managed to find a few "treats" for myself.


First I got these teal blue earrings from Primark, £3.
They will look absolutely darling with a red dress.


Then I found a bunch of old plastic poppy's in one of
the local charity shops for 75 pence.
They look perfect in my old head vase.

HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND!

TILL SALU!

Min rosa och vita gamla hårfön är nu till salu
på Tradera, klicka här!


Translation: I'm just promoting one of my auctions.

STAYING IN

I'm staying in today!
It's a pretty bad storm outside and it's also pissing down.
I'm on my third day of feeling absolutely nauseous, like
I'm gonna be sick any second now.
There's still loads of things to do indoors, like...


Looking through my new book that just arrived.


Freshen up my 40's shoes with some dye.


Make a hair band out of an old belt.


Make more 40's tops out of fabric that just collects dust.

A BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR MYSELF

I bought a birthday present for myself today.
You all know by now that I'm nuts about the
quite unusual (vintage) handbags and today I
found yet another one.
This handbag is absolutely adorable, it looks
like it's made out of peppermint sticks!
Let's hope it gets here quick and safely.

For more detailed photos, click here.


Picture is borrowed from TheRubyKitten's Etsy shop.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Seems like many of my fellow bloggers don't have any
inspiration right now, I on the other hand have tons!
Winter time is the perfect time to make clothes for the
upcoming summer and you can escape to sunny beaches
in your mind while you're sewing.
If you need some inspiration for making cute summery
outfits I strongly recommend one of my favorite books,
Sunkissed by Joshua James Curtis.
You'll find tons of pictures of pretty girls in beautiful
summer wear and you might also get inspired to copy
their amazing hair styles too.


I'm currently working on this tie top a la 1944.
I use a yellow gingham fabric, I'm almost done, I just
need some white satin bias which I will get later this
week when my favorite haberdashery is open again.

EXPENSIVE TOYS

Not so long ago I found three hand turned wooden vikings at
a car boot sale, I'm not at all into vikings but I sure am into
Teak and Danish Modern so I couldn't just walk away without
a closer inspection, they could be Scandinavian.
So they were. Marked Made in Denmark on the underside.
I thought they were newish since they were in mint condition
but I got them anyway because they were partly made of Teak.
I payed £1.50 for the lot.

Today I did some research.
They were made in Denmark in the 1950's by the Copenhagen
Design Ltd and designed by Jakob Jensen.
Turns out that my vikings are worth at least $85 each(!) and
they are actually meant to be children's toys.
They are interchangeable so you can change their heads, feet
and weapons around in a lot of different combinations.


My vikings.

I also found out that there's a box, I so wish mine came in one.


Original box.


Original box inside.

YOURS TRULY

I know I don't post a lot of pictures of myself in this
blog but here I am and this is how I looked last night,
faux bangs and all.
My man couldn't keep his hands off me. :))