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Cute sandals
Lisa modelling one of her creations from the recent Eco Crafting workshop. There's another couple coming up
Such cute wrapping paper!

Fire hose cupboard becomes home cupboard!

New upcycled Christmas ornaments

Only $5 each!

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too cute!
Love these tea scoops

This looks great, I think the desire for bunting will never die....pity my skills with bias binding are so crap....

I love this picture


Such stunning wall tiles, one thing you definitely can't do when you rent alas!

Polka Dot Rabbit sale!

Two comic wallets of your choice for $16!



I still have 30% of vintage stock too! You can have a look here

New hankies

New hankies available at my shop for the bargain price of $4 each

Tutorial: Tea Towel Curtains

I have been collecting cute tea towels for a while but I often find them too cute to cut up. I thought about making a tea towel quilt but I'm a bit too time poor for such an enterprise. So, I decided to make curtains!
What you need:

• A pile of teatowels
• An Iron
• Sewing Machine (you could sew by hand if you are really keen)
• Scissors
• Pins
• Tape Measure
• Curtain Rod
• Hooks to hang the rod

Instructions.

1. Measure your window to determine how many tea towels you will need to make two curtains. It's best to make them a bit wider than the window to ensure the sides of the glass are covered properly.
2. Lay out tea towels on the floor to work out the pattern and colour combination you like most.
3. Have a look at your tea towels. Are they all the same length and width? If not you might need to trim them on the inside bits before sewing them together. This will mean that you won't have to hem the bottom on outside sides of the curtains which should have a teatowel hem or bias anyway.
4. Sew teatowels together to make two curtains.
5. Double check the height of your window and hem the top by folding the top over and stitching, leaving at least a 5cm tube so you can slip the curtain rod through it.
6. Snip of any stray threads
7. Slip the curtains through the rod and hang! (If you only have a small window and don' t want to go to the expense of buying a rod, you might find a sturdy bamboo stake does the trick, like I did.
8. You're done!

The curtains are light enough to still let in a little light when closed, and you can keep them open by tying them back. If it's a main room, it would be a good idea to line the curtains with some thermal fabric to ensure they are insulated against the heat and cold.

My Creative Space

My creative space at the moment is overtaken with vintage goods and camera bits and pieces as I am working on putting together my vintage shop corner for the new Polka Dot Rabbit site. We have an excellent camera but my skills aren't brilliant. I hope they will improve! Here's a quick sneak peak...I'll be investing in some white canvas to use as backdrops over the weekend, I've tried a light box and anything flimsy just doesn't seem to cut it, especially as it's winter.






I find it particularly hard photographing anodised metal which is a pain as I have a lot of it! any tips would be appreciated dear readers. I've tried different angles and such and either get dull pics or mirrored images as you can see above!


I'm also putting up some of my Figgjo crockery on ebay, hopefully it will go well, I've never actually used it! You can see other creative spaces over here

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I can't crochet, otherwiseI would love to make one of these!

I've been working back on my old job for a few weeks and this sums up my feelings nicely



I've been loving this Anthropologie print for a while...



One for all us left handed!






Loving these Jacob Whibly collages made from recycled office paper. Very Inspiring

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New Polka Dot Rabbit Squirrel gloves!

Using vintage sheets to decorate filing folders is a lovely idea! Tutorial here

Great way to display flowers to a stunning effect!


Such beautiful furniture!


Loving this cardigan

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Perfect stencil tutorial for winter!


Gorgeous pic from here



Amazing detail in this doll



Gorgeous skirt by Polly Pratt! What beautiful colours!


Loving this clock made from recycled kitchen goods

Do you like to win things?

The lovely Frankie Magazine is giving away some of myvintage cross-stitched linen badges. We’ve got a whole bunch up for grabs. Email them your postal address for the chance to win.

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Lovely upcycled teaspoons


Loving this book alphabet found via Swiss Miss, perfect for the next book sale!



lavender lemonade is on my recipes wish list

Out with the old...

I'm selling some of my clothes in the spirit of decluttering. You can buy them here

Selling my petticoat

I never actually wore it to my wedding as I ended up with a different dress. Perhaps you've always wanted one? You can bid on it here

Saturday gardening

I've been far too busy the last few weeks to spend nearly enough time in the garden. Chris and I had a wee stall at CERES this morning to sell of some of our decluttering efforts so it was a great opportunity to visit their nursery and pick up some plants.

Here's some eggplants and beetroots just waiting to be planted once I dig in some compost and worm wee tomorrow:



Basil (the mixed punnet was called 'spice boys' hehe) and lobelias:


I got these polka dot pots in Guernsey and yes, that's an elephant teapot with mint growing from it. The brown legs are the bottom of our old bbq, it's drum is filled with succulents:


We re-use our old pots as plant pots:


Basil and strawberries in a styrofoam box:


These are all deliberately in pots so they can be easily moved to the shade out the front when it gets ridiculously hot. I also bought some more oregano as the last died in the heatwave we had recently...

And here's a quick peak at one of our tomato plants! We have loads of them with tomatoes which we are anxiously awaiting to ripen...

If you'd like to see more of our garden, pop on over to our other blog GreenRenters...