Monthly Archives: October 2012
Editing my daughter’s life chances (er, or her Fairy Tales at least)
I joked once about how we have changed the words to “This Little Piggy went to market” – creating a more liberal, less Capitalist version. We did that with vegetarian tongue firmly in hippy cheek but as Ramona grows older … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism
Tagged fairy tales, feminist, feminister motherhood, nursery rhymes, Parenting
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Thrifty Gifts: a jar of crayon shapes
I found a few manky crayons in a gutter the other day, on the way to the park. I picked them up (by no means the nastiest thing I have fished out of a gutter) to try that Melty Thing. … Continue reading
Ten new uses for old lace
I love old lace, I gather reams of it whenever I visit car boot sales. I simply can’t say no. Fortunately there are a million and one craft projects you can create with lace, so even when I am buried … Continue reading
Campervan thrifting and the inauguration of Betty
We always owned a VW camper when I was a kid, we’d scamp off from school a bit early and spend the whole summer trekking around Europe, hitting up spots as distant and exotic as Hungry, the Czech Republic and … Continue reading
Posted in Finding things, Thrifty
Tagged campervan, car boot, fair, magpie monday, sales, vanagon, vw, west sussex, westfalia
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Tiny Resin Collage Craft (using just an old ice tray)
You know that old ditty “when in doubt, get the resin out”? I adhere to that in a big way. I might have a little tiny trinket, a word from an old book, an image from a retro children’s book, … Continue reading
Homemade Rosehip Oil – a bit of thrifty foraging
*sings* Tis the season to pick rosehips, tralalalalaaaalalalala! When I was pregnant the last time I was sent a tiny, expensive vial of rosehip oil. Oof, it was LUSH. It is apparently amazing for stretch marks and scars and also adds … Continue reading
Posted in Craftiness, DIY, Thrifty
Tagged diy, foraged, foraging, homemade, rose hip, rosehip
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