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The Belle (Monde) of the Ball..

April 23, 2013

Ya know what’s even more awesome than a fantastic swap? The groovilicious (international) friendship that grows out of it!

Once again I’ve been incredibly lucky to have had the opportunity to trade some of my quirky creations for a load of completely freaking fabulous handmade gear…and just who was my spectacular swap-buddy this time?

The beautiously brilliant Bekka of Belle Monde Handmade. This hilarious chick is an absolute crochet queen…& as I am completely crochet challenged (but love all things crochet!) I am all a’tingle with the contents of my package:

…seriously…beautiful! – & fab’ with just about any outfit…but the best part of this glorious boho poncho?

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Posted in Amusing things..., Your Awesomesauce! | Tagged belle monde handmade, crochet, swap | 2 Comments »

itty bitty hipster hands

November 17, 2012

My little scamp hates wearing mittens…they greatly hamper stick collecting & make it impossible to hold that on-the-go raisin snack… So, what do you do when the weather’s too chilly for little hands to be bare but your kidlet draws the line at bulky mitts?

Create a pair of pint-sized, comfy, cozy fingerless hand warmers, of course!

Resourcefully lovely Lisa of Cucicucicoo has the super quick how-to!

Posted in Tutorials, Your Awesomesauce! | Tagged baby handwarmers, Cucicucicoo, fingerless gloves diy, sock refashion | 3 Comments »

Sommer in der Stadt

July 10, 2012

It’s (hot, muggy, stormy & humid) summer in the big city and thus my interweb-rummaging has turned up a of couple oh-so-cool-beat-the-heat projects:

The always stunning Katja from of Dreams & Seams shares her absolutely brilliant (& very appropriately titled) Summer in the City dress – complete with pattern & detailed how-to! Gorgeous! I spy a flowy vintage table cloth in my stash that will soon be transformed!

What does a delightful new dress need? A pair of splendid new-to-you shoes! Alluring Lana of the stylish blog Lana Red has an easy peasy method to spice up a pair of thrifted shoes. Love it!

Posted in Your Awesomesauce! | Tagged dress tutorial, lana red, of dreams and seams, shoe refashion | 1 Comment »

Resourceful Recyclers…

June 30, 2012

Once again my internet skulking has been rewarded with two more stupendous upcycled creations:

First up a gorgeously ingenious use of Oma’s doilies from Johanna of the beautifully photographed, bilingual blog intecoolochoberord. I have boxes full of crocheted lovelies just waiting to be transformed into some funky storage bowls!

After 6 years spent living in Japan this next work of genius is right up my alley: Gourmet Play Sushi – the brilliant brainchild of PC from MeiJo’s Joy! Headsmackingly easy to create from items lurking in your grocery rubbish. As soon our munchkin is big enough we’ll be rolling up some of our own! Kawaii! Oishii! Sugoi desu ne?

Posted in Your Awesomesauce! | Tagged doily bowl tutorial, intecoolochoberord, meijo's joy, play sushi tutorial | 1 Comment »

Delightful Denim (re-)Do’s

June 3, 2012

Today’s clever refashioning discoveries were conveniently delivered straight to my blogstep by joint bloggers Simona & Anita of Sewing Adventures in the Attick:

The lovely legged Simona shows how to resize (& funk-up!) a huge denim skirt…

…and artful Anita goes completely punkadelic with a pair of old jeans!

Posted in Your Awesomesauce! | Tagged jeans refashion, Sewing Adventures in the Attick, skirt resize | 1 Comment »

Books…not just for reading…

June 2, 2012

I’m a book geek. If given the choice between tv or a good read I’d pick those perfect pages every time. However, as my book collection is slowly taking over any bits of extra space we have & I already made a few secret book safes, I’ve been scouring the ‘net for ingenious re-uses for some of my probablywon’teverreadagain treasures…

It’s a book bag…literally! The always creative Chris from Curbly, a DIY Design Community for people who love where they live, has a super simple video tutorial showing how to make your own kitchy clutch from a funky vintage book.

How freaking clever is that? Lurvly Lauren Elise has an easy to follow tute featured on the grooviness that is the Papersnitch blog. Methinks our bedroom wall collage will have some new additions this weekend.

Posted in Your Awesomesauce! | Tagged book handbag tutorial, book photo frame how to, curbly, lauren elise | 1 Comment »

Get your upcycling on!

May 26, 2012

Here’s a couple fabulicious trash to treasure tutes I discovered while out foraging the interwebs:

First up an adorkable neck-tie wristlet from Pillows-a-la-Mode – how awesomely hipstery cool is that?! Made from Grandpa’s funky vintage tie? Love it to bits!

Ultimate Upcycling Divas Stacy & Jacqui from Re-Creations Project created this wicked lantern using…well…garbage actually. Why not rummage through your bin & make your own?

Posted in Your Awesomesauce! | Tagged diy, jar lantern tutorial, neck tie refashion, neck tie wristlet tutorial, upcycling, weekend crafts | 3 Comments »

Krazy Kewl Kid Kitchens!

February 9, 2012

We’ve been on the look-out for a play kitchen for our pots & pans banging girlie – a fabulous first birthday present, right? Unfortunately all that seem to be available are craptastic plastic cheapos or exorbitantly priced (but totally groovy) wooden creations that are nicer than our own kitchen! Argh!

Luckily Ikea Hackers (the most inspirational furniture hack site ever!) swooped in to save the day! We’ve narrowed our diy-idea-choice down to five, which do you like best?

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