Refashioning ethnic dress – Yao jacket
As you might have realised by now, I’m a big fan of ethnic textiles, embroidery and handicrafts – especially crafts that you can actually wear. The problem is, even if a garment is… Continue reading
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Bloggers on the Mornington Peninsula: Part 3
After all the feasting over the first two days of our bloggers’ trip to Mornington (which was, of course, all selflessly carried out in the name of research) I was in the mood… Continue reading
Bloggers on the Peninsula: Part 2
Take a good, hard look at this picture. It’s probably the first and last time you are ever likely to see any of us bloggers captured in exercise gear, minus make-up and shod… Continue reading
Bloggers on the Peninsula: Part 1
What kind of mood are you in today? This mood hat I found in an op shop in Dandenong didn’t have “excited” and “lucky”, but that’s how I was feeling last Friday as… Continue reading
DIY – stick with it!
This would have to be the easiest and cheapest (ie free) DIY ever. But for those of you who like instructions, here’s the how-to.1. Go into your backyard, or somewhere where there are… Continue reading
Bloggers’ break
Due to the sudden onset of winter, this is one thing I probably won’t be doing much of this weekend. However, I will be heading down the coast along the Mornington Peninsula with… Continue reading
Staycation on French Island
When you can’t get away for a proper holiday, a staycation is the perfect solution. At the end of the Easter break, I jumped in the car and tootled on down to French… Continue reading
Things have changed around here
Have you noticed I’ve had a makeover? Or more accurately, I’ve given this blog a makeover. Every so often I like to change the template, because I’m yet to find one I am… Continue reading
Our haul from the Nuffnang op shop crawl
It’s taken me a little while, but finally, here are some snaps from the op shop crawl I did with a group of bloggers at the end of March. The gathering was organised… Continue reading
Scottish Samurai style
In my last post, I showed you a few of my outfits from LMFF and promised I’d give you a closer look at this neckpiece. It’s a bit hard to tell what exactly… Continue reading