For the love of craft: Jazzing up a lampshade
Following my terrible first attempt at screen printing, I’m so proud to share with you my very successful stencilled lampshade! Here’s what you’ll need: Plain white lampshade (mine was cotton, but I recommend canvas) Oil based spray paint in a colour of…
Bake: Jubilee bunting cupcakes (and a matching outfit)!
I don’t know anyone who’s having a street party, or even any kind of festivity to celebrate queenie’s big day. So I decided to take matters into my own hands and create my own royal fun! This is both a…
Vintage style: cute capris
Audrey Hepburn liked a pair, so did Brigitte Bardot… and now the incessant rain has miraculously transformed into bright sunshine, I might even like some too if it’ll only stay away a bit longer! From the Berg Dictionary of Fashion History,…
For the love of craft: Screen Printing
I’ve loved the idea of screen printing for a while now, ever since I worked for The Papered Parlour in London. The girls at the Parlour run workshops from jewellery making, dress making, and domestic sewing goddess, to photography and…
Vintage style: a very glamourous graduation
It’s been four years (!) since I graduated and although I wasn’t clever or dedicated enough to do any more studying than I absolutely had to, I had the opportunity to live vicariously through my housemate recently at her MA…
Vintage style: blousing around
It’s by now quite clear that as much as I’d like it to be, writing this blog isn’t my day job. I’m a 5 days a week in an office kind of girl where my love for all things a…
