Tag Archives: retro
A butterdish, a bin, books and a brooch
Home from the holidays, and what a cracking time. Ramona and I spent the first week with a friend and her tiddlywinks camping on a farm in Weymouth. The combination of roaming animals, mountains of haybales to climb, eco credentials, … Continue reading
Posted in Finding things, Thrifty
Tagged bin, books, brooch, car boots, charity shops, retro, vintage
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Our recycled kitchen – a makeover from new to old
Around this time last year I posted that my dearly beloved had ripped out the kitchen due to us finding a retro cooker that we wanted to install. It just felt rude to bung such a nice nostalgic beast in … Continue reading
Posted in Finding things, Our recycled home
Tagged kitchen, kitchen makeover, old, recycled, retro, thrifty, vintage
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Sew old skool
I have been sewing since I got my first second hand machine for my eleventh birthday. I got into it immediately, once my aunty passed on her know-how. I felt such achievement whipping up easy pencil cases and cushion covers. I never … Continue reading
Posted in Finding things, Our recycled home, Thrifty
Tagged antique, machines, old, retro, second hand, sewing, singer, vintage
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Shake your yoghurt maker
So how good for you is yoghurt? Like, WELL good. Amazing protein, jam packed with gut protecting bacteria and also, umm, I dunno, other good stuff I suspect. Calcium and things. And it is incredibly delicious – my little lass … Continue reading
Posted in Finding things, Thrifty
Tagged bel, homemade yoghurt, how to, machine, maker, retro, yoghurt
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Vintage Toys and a mother’s second hand strategy
As soon as Ramona and I enter a charity shop or a jumble sale I zoom straight to the kids section and pick out the nicest (by nicest I mean oldest/ most wooden/ cheapest) toy or coolest kids book and … Continue reading
Posted in Finding things, Our recycled home, Thrifty
Tagged charity shops, childrens, kids, retro, secondhand, thifty, toys, vintage
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Vintage handmade cards – cowboys, swallows and deers
When I was nine I sent an anonymous card to a girl in my class that I didn’t like much. It said “You and your family smell like egg.” Obviously I failed at the disguise-your-handwriting bit and they totally busted … Continue reading
Posted in Craftiness, Thrifty
Tagged books, childrens, graphics, home made cards, kids, retro, vintage
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It’s been framed: thrifty home decor
My tea towel. I love it. I bought it in a Faversham charity shop for 50p and knew instantly that it’s destiny had changed. It was not going to end up drying soapy water off Nutella jars disguised as cups. … Continue reading
