Garage Sales......

Hi everyone,

how many of you went to a garage sale on the weekend?  Admittedly I have to say no, but remember I mentioned one a while back......well here are some pics of my purchases.......

......aren't these amazing  !!!!  :)     Sorry about the blurriness!!

The mixer as you can see, is complete with bowl, and juicer which actually comes off.  The teapot I bought to display with my tea cosies ,  and the inside of the Cook's  Measure,  are measured in pounds and ounces!!

I was really thrilled with my purchases.  It was actually the first time I had bought anything like this.  The garage sale was around the time I received the tins , which as you know I haven't finished showing all of them to you yet, but I wanted to use the mixer etc, as back drops for my crafts, and  knew you would want to know the history of them too......lol...

Well, hopefully you have enjoyed this post, and your own garage purchases as much as I enjoy mine.

Happy crafting,  Jenny

  

Town Bags

Hi everyone,

I hope you have all had a good weekend.

I have recently been making some more Town Bags .  These are handy for when you go visiting, your knitting, taking a book, etc.   The handles are suitable for handbag and shoulder bag.  They are approx. 13 inches wide by approx. 12 inches high.  The height of the bag is approx. 22 inches from the arch of handle to base of bag.

$20.00 each plus postage & handling

To view more Town Bags, click  here

Before I go, for anyone interested, I have updated my Nutrimetics page. 

 Enjoy the rest of your week, and Happy crafting,  Jenny

Monday.......

Monday, washday...........

Tuesday, ironing.........

......hard to imagine using these........

.....the picture above, is a rubbing I tried to do, to show you what was  on the iron.......


                                       No. 6
                              I & J SIDDONS
                          WEST BROMWICH


.......the iron was given to me by a lovely friend recently, and I couldn't wait to use it in my blog :)  Okay, continuing on from Tuesday.....

Wednesday, PEG  BAGS ....


......lol...I know that isn't how the rhyme goes, but I couldn't resist it for my post, as I finished making them on Wednesday.....lol... :)

Yes, here at last are my Peg Bags!  

These are weather friendly, as the rain can drain right through, and the windy weather can help dry the pegs.

I have been making them for a number of years now, and they sell for  $9.50 each (plus postage & handling) .


I hope you enjoyed this post.  Hard to imagine ironing back then.....and they call them 'the good old days' :)    It would have been good in Winter, but terrible in Summer!   (The washboard in the pics., is actually a magnetic notice board I sell in the shop).


Happy crafting,  Jenny

Leftovers.......

Hi everyone,

I hope you have had a lovely day.  How are you all going with your scraps ?  No doubt you will have some odd shaped and sized leftovers........what are you going to do with them......

........as you can see, I have quite a collection of leftovers.......and yes, I do keep a lot of them.......

.........I often do what is sometimes called  Chain Sewing .........

.....but don't you hate the odd bits of thread that are left from sewing........

                                    

.........this is where the leftovers come in handy....................

........now when you cut the threads close to your work, the 'tails' are on your leftover pieces of fabric..........

 

.......which you can use numerous times before you throw it out..................

................and be left with neat ends on your seams!!!    

 Admittedly this craft tip really  comes into its element on longer seams, but I mainly wanted to show you the end results for your seams, and those leftovers....lol....   as to the colour thread I have used, I wanted you to be able to see the seam........

........now you can throw out the oddments from the leftovers.......or should that be leftovers from the leftovers? :)

I hope someone finds this useful :)     Happy crafting,  Jenny

Thank you......

Hello, everyone.....

a very big thank you for all of the comments I received about my Scraps  post!  I couldn't believe it!  I think it is the highest number of comments I have received for one post :)

At first I thought you may have had me confused with someone else......I'm not that familiar with the word 'organized'...lol.....     Given that many of you thought it was a great idea, I will try to add other tips from time to time.  They may seem basic to some people, but sometimes I find it is the simple things that work best.

As to the comments I received, I'm off to send you my thanks :)

Happy crafting,  Jenny