free the elephants

on etsy….

barkingbirdart, terbearco, inretrospect
sarayard, neverenoughhours, leatherprince
on felt….

katieca, snuggleb, papillon

 
on a vintage cotsheet i rescued from an oppy…

and how cute is this guy??? he’s a beautiful FREE embroidery pattern thanks so much to corinne.  just click on the picture or here to get one for your very own

much better

thanks for all your help yesterday guys!! all your comments urging me towards coffee and choccy did the trick.  i met a friend for coffee, went for a run and ate chocolate.  i didn’t clean up my space but i was reinspired today.  i finished the banner i was working on for my table at [...]

my creative space

this week i’ve been thinking how i’m not the only one who buys a spanking new journal and then gets first page angst.  i thought i’d have a go at making some specifically-not-special-journals.  surely they’d cure journal doodlers block?  i used cereal boxes, flour, sugar, petfood and pharmacy bags and an old picture book, machine sewed [...]

serious upcycled style

thanks to Heather from RookieMoms for sending me this link when she heard of my repurposing disaster. 
this is exactly the inspiration i needed after googleschmoogle kept trying to correct me when i asked for help.  the ruffles on the tshirt pants are a cute touch, and the dress is made by sewing up part of the side seams of [...]

repurposing

nearlyMabel comes home from visiting grannyMin with a plastic bag of dirty washing.  she’s 8 months, so the laundry is fair enough, but i thought i could do something about the plastic bag bit.  i fossicked through the stash, snipped a few inches off a pillowcase and sewed it into a drawstring, then turned down [...]

inspiring ideas

rescuing tissue paper patterns to use as packaging? genius. 
they are one of the things i stare at and keep going back to in the oppies and thrift stores, now i know what to do with them.  thanks for the inspiration little eco footprints