Yah, OK, so I went to the vintage fair. And it was pretty cool. What can I say, the last post I wrote I was still feeling grumpy and unsociable, heat waves have that effect on me. Sunday brought a…
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Thoughts on the “vintage” trend
A friend passed on to me tickets to a Vintage Market on this weekend, promising “Vintage and Retro Men’s and Women’s Clothing and Accessories”, and sorry, but I can’t help but feel a bit yawn-y about the whole thing. And…
Russet socks
So, new sockies. How warm and cosy they look here in this photo. This wool colour is called Russet, an evocative name, prompting an immediate image association thing in my head involving apples and open fires and toast and autumn leaves and blankets and…
In which Sienna has a bad hair day…
We are having a mini heat-wave. 35C yesterday, 36C today and forecast 37C tomorrow… (roughly 95F, 97F and 99F respectively) I’m nervous about summer. Yup, not even summer yet, and already we’re cookin’. Not to mention the dog… all that…
Inspirational Rowan
Now this is kinda exciting. A friend was “having a bit of a cleanout” (don’t you just love it when friends get ruthless with their cupboards) and found these Rowan knitting magazines that she actually didn’t want any more (gasp, I…
Half a house
A house in our neighbourhood is being renovated, providing me with a wonderfully devastated landscape to borrow for my backdrop today. From this door I should be stepping into to the laundry and bathroom… both of these now residing in…
Navy blue blazer; 6 different ways
Oh this was so easy it felt like cheating; after all, it’s not so much a matter of hunting about to find what will go with a classic navy blue blazer, because of course everything goes with this thing! So rather…
Dress with, er, lace
OK, so my lace addiction is so well documented by now, no need to make any lame excuses… I saw a dress kind of similar to this in a boutique window and I wanted to make something like… as well,…
