Loose ends

I'm guessing
most people have some loose ends in life.

More often than not unsatisfying.

However!

Since I am

Some kind of a crafter
There are some loose ends
I really like.
:-)

Granny chic hanger

Inspired by Dottie Angel's Happy Hangers
I decided that my old wooden clothes hanger too
could do with a wee granny chic makeover.

So here the poor bare hanger is, unaware of what's ahead of him.
(BTW Is it weird/wrong/slightly psychic to refer to ones clothes hanger as 'he'?)

Work in progress. (Mmm, that floor really needs a new layer of paint.)

Tadah!
And he does his delicate job really well.

Thrifted #2

A couple of weeks ago, at a market,
this tin smiled at me from a pile of rubbish.

For one euro it was mine.
The doily - barely visible against the white background -
is a thrift treasure too.

Just like these birds.
They seem to enjoy their endless twittering together.

I don't eat my shoes

Nope, I really don't eat my shoes.
Still... I only wear vegetarian shoes.























There's a lot of animal suffering involved in the leather industry.
Unnecessary.

So I wear vintage-style shoes -
Without the cruelty.
(Well... the high heels are definitely somewhat cruel to me.)

A confession

When I started to learn crochet
I swore to myself

I would
Never
Ever
Crochet a Potholder.

And there you have it...
I utterly failed to keep my promise to myself.

Ah well - I can live with that.

Turkish crochet

I purchased this Turkish crochet thread

at the weekly market in Haarlem.

And a very fine crochet hook

(1 mm)...
I haven't tried it yet,
but I love the colours.

I'm guessing it would take me ages

to learn to crochet lovely flowers like these
- which I bought at a market in Tire, Turkey...

Rain keeps falling... Down, down, down....

Okay, so it's probably not the most wise or interesting thing to do

– especially for somebody new to blogging -

To do a post about the weather...

But really - really,

could we please get a little less rain and a little more sun in these parts of the world?

My plants are heaving a rough time. And so am I.

Last time we had some serious sunshine was weeks (feels like months) ago.

Which was when there pics were taken.
A memento during this rainy season,

that it wasn't just a dream.

Thrifted #1

Crochet