Been doing some work this week with this lovely old wildflower/weed print linen and made some bags plus a cushion cover from it. There's just something dreamy about those pale botanicals, but I'm not sure what it is exactly. Wild flowers are probably the only non-vegetable thing we have growing in our garden right now,…

This deep red velveteen dress arrived in the mail today- I bought it from a vintage store on etsy and love it quite a lot. The shop is this one and I can recommend it highly. Tom and I have been obsessively watching Mad Men on dvd and we both admire Joan Holloway and her…

Thank you all for entering the Shabby Apple giveaway this week. I used the random number generator and picked Susan (comment #182) as the winner. The only thing I don't like about giveaways would be that there's usually just one winner. But congratulations, Susan! The tickets for HANDMADE 2012 have just gone on sale and…

Inspired by the end-of-summer weeds and wildflowers in our garden, I embroidered these tiny little bouquets of plants in colouful threads on a dark grey linen. They were made into small, detailed brooches for my shop update today- appliqued onto wool felt for a sturdy backing. Speaking of flowers, I loved this post about visiting…

It seems a bit too cloudy and dark to take photos of finished craft work today- so I thought instead that I would post these pictures of gorgeous wallpapers I've been finding inspiring lately. These are pages from a wallpaper book- The Papered Wall– which I found at the library and have been poring over.…

Thank you for entering the dress giveaway over the weekend. If you haven't yet, you have until this Friday so there's plenty of time. I'll draw a random winner then. Here are some rabbits that I made over the weekend. Two are for new babies on the block and one will go into the little…

The kind folks at Shabby Apple asked whether I'd like to host a giveaway here for one of their beautiful vintage-inspired dresses, and while I don't usually go in for product endorsement (unless I genuinely find it myself) I couldn't resist this one. The winner of the giveaway will be sent the dress of her…

I saw this recipe on pinterest and have enjoyed making it a couple of times when we've had guests for dinner. We have a lemon tree with fruit that needs using, but it would probably only take 4-5 juicy lemons if you were buying them.  It was our first chance to use some delicate little…