KOSHER TIN

Look what I found for £1 in a charity shop
in Golders Green (north London) yesterday!
It's a tin from Barton's and it used to contain
chocolates that was kosher for Passover.
The illustrations around the tin shows the
story of Moses, the ten plagues, the escape from
enslavement in Egypt, Mount Sinai, the wander
in the desert, etc.
I didn't see it at the time I was in the shop but the
tin dates back to 1954.

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May you all have a restful and pleasant weekend.
Gut Shabes!

I'M GOING FOR A WALK...

I felt really low yesterday, not even my dear sewing
machine was enough escapism for me, so I decided
to go for a walk in beautiful Benington Village with
my camera to see if I could capture the pretty colors
of the English autumn.

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The duck pond.


Curious ducks.


Probably not a good idea to eat.


Ivy hugging a tree stump.


That's how I roll, baby!


A whole lot of horseshoes.


Pretty flower on a doorstep.

BEEN BUSY

I've been busy since Saturday morning.
I closed the door to my hobby room and hoped that some
craft would cure my homesickness that's pretty bad right
now for some reason. Enough about that, this is some of
the stuff I made.

I made five of these faux fur collars.
(I've been making them every winter for 3 years now.)


I finally made a backside for this vintage pillowcase I
bought back in January. Better late than never I guess.


Remember that I was working on a tie top from a pattern
dated 1944? I managed to finish two out of six.
Sorry for not posing myself, I'm not in the mood, maybe
next time.






I also made some earrings.






What else? I made 10 pair of cherry blossom hair combs,
a hair band out of an old belt, I made a black elastic belt,
and I stitched some bias onto the sleeves of one top.

MEET ONION

I want to present Onion.
Onion is a really cool English Bull Terrier that
I've been a fan of for a couple of years.
Who wouldn't be with that outfit on?


This is Onion! Don't miss her blog and YouTube channel!

Onion was the model for this particular lamp,
the Onion lamp.

You might recognize this lamp if you're into the
band Arctic Monkeys, it was on the album cover
for Matt Helders Late Night Tales.


Pictures are borrowed from Onion's website.

You can buy the lamp from Onions website.
The prices are extremely good and affordable.
To the UK: £55 (including p&p)
To the EU: £60 (including p&p)
To USA/Canada: £68 (including p&p)

Available in orange, pink, red and white.

Pictures are borrowed from Onion's website.

I WANT THIS BADLY!

$48 at fredflare.com

I'm thinking about getting this as an anniversary
present for me and my man, our third is coming
up in December and this would literary be a treat.

MAKE IT!

My heart is beating a bit faster as I'm writing this.
I'm excited because I just came across something totally
fab at Curbly.com.
Soon, very soon the DIY design community Curbly will be
releasing a DIY book with Mid Century Modern projects!
It will be available both as a book and as a PDF.
Check it out!








Pictures are borrowed from Curbly.com

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 that I got for £1
at a car boot sale two years ago.

HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND!