Home again :-)

I'm back! Thailand was a heap of fun!! I will do a post soon with a few photos :-) For now I will leave you with a scan of a sweet postcard from my grandma's house.

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♥ Happy Valentines Day ♥

(image: some buttons from my collection)

Valentine cut outs

Yet another Valentines post. I do love my holidays :-) These are just simple cardboard cut out notes. Not a particularly original idea but I like them and think they are very effective so I thought I would share. 

These three are personal jokes so don't make much sense, sorry. If anyone is a Buffy fan they will understand the middle one ;-)

valentines snail mail

Sending some love through the post for Valentines ♡

Made the heart stamps from a pencil eraser, stitched the hearts with embroidery floss, cut out little 'do not open' banners and added vintage seals for a finishing touch :-)

Bon Voyage

Tomorrow I'm going to Thailand with my family for three weeks :-) I'm awfully excited! We are going to ride on elephants, amongst many other exciting adventures!! I have some posts scheduled for while I'm away, so aurevoir for now y'all. 

* Image: semidomesticated.com *

p.s. don't you just wish airlines were like this today!

DIY: valentines pins

Everyone is getting prepared for Valentines so I thought I would share what I made for my friends last valentines;

The little packages included a sweet award pin;

and some homemade heart shaped fudge.

The bags were made out of baking paper, but had I owned any, pre-made glassine bags would have been much easier. The award pins are very simple to make, and you could fill the little packages with any sweet treats. 

Snail Mail

Few things make me happier than sending snail mail. Below are some hand painted watercolour envelopes I sent out :-)

DIY: Floral Lampshade

Inspired by Aunt Peaches Flower Lampshade, I spent hours attempting to make my own. This is the final result :-) 

I made all the flowers using various tutorials and improvisation out of tissue paper, then used a hot glue gun to attach them to a lampshade that I already owned.

Although I prefer Aunt Peaches lamp, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. It looks especially nice at  night when the light shines through the tissue paper. 

DIY: 21st timeline booklet

For My sisters 21st birthday I collected 21 photos, one from each year of her life and created a little timeline booklet.

It's quite easy to do, although very time consuming (I hand stitched because sewing machines are my arch nemesis, and I also like the uneven look of hand stitching). I sewed each picture onto some vintage fabric, and placed cardboard between the material to keep it stiff.