My heart's in the post

Because I have no money and I enjoy doing it I mainly make presents for friends and family at the moment. I made this little pink heart for my friend Olivia's birthday and sent it to her in the post. Then there are a couple of shots of my room at the moment, I lovelovelove that silver embroidered bag that's hanging off of my mirror, it's been such a big source of inspiration for me with its delicate little acorns dangling at the bottom of it. The last photo is of the most adorable babydoll dress I'm going to be selling in my etsy shop, it's non-identical-colour twin is here. I took some fun/silly photos of me posing like a sleepy baby inspired by the film 'Marie Poupee' in this dress which I'll be putting up very soon...

Pinky

I took some really nice photos of this above arrangement, but unfortunately try as I might I can't upload the photos here :( I was just playing around with some things I found at a bootfair yesterday, but they looked great, will upload to tumblr instead if you want to have a peek!

What's the best thing you've found at a bootfair? It's very exciting finding things for 20p and grabbing them quick when you see them! I think I'm going to try to do a bootfair in a week or so, have a lot to get rid of and I want it all gone! Ahh freedom and space shall be mine at last!

I'm selling things on ebay at the moment as well as my etsy if anyone's interested! Lots of bargains, the ebay stuff is from my own wardrobe!

Scan of the week

Beautiful chain-stitch embroidery on a flared wool skirt. I'm going to be wearing this lots this winter, it's been in storage since last year but I've just got it out in anticipation! It has a moth-hole/burn-hole on the front of it which is a shame, but I think I'll sew something pretty over it instead of just mending it.

Jewellery scan

One of my most treasured pieces given to me by my mum when I was a young teenager. It's a 1920s Egyptian Revival costume piece, and golly gosh is the metal fringing fun to play with! I always loved this piece of jewellery and in fact never saw her wear it, but it was in an old faded green card jewellery box which was covered in green flowers and plants and had a goose/duck on the front of it?! This piece was given to my mum when she was a child along with many other beautiful treasures by a neighbour of my mum's huge family (she's 1 of 9 children!). My mum and maybe one other of her siblings used to go round and visit this neighbour, an old gentleman, and he would very kindly give them some of his beautiful things for coming to visit him.
This piece of jewellery is so special and loved by me, that it's something I need to use to remember when tempted to buy other pieces - I just don't need anything more than this beautiful object! All that happens is I buy things that get stored in increasing jewellery boxes and these things don't get worn hardly as much. But I'll always come back to this necklace and will continue to wear it and love it for the rest of my life so I need to keep it in mind when seeing other things!