1. baked strawberry bread
2. sewed bag to hold bread
3. knit bag to hold baby (pattern free on ravelry – search kicking bag).
Off to work and then I come home to my new porch couch I bought on kijiji friday.
Happy Sunday.
Archive for the ‘thrifting’ Category
sunday -bake, sew, knit
Posted in home, knitting, thrifting on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Spring firsts
Posted in home, knitting, thrifting, tagged first spring fire, knit baby sweaters, spring bedding on April 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
1 & 2. First spring fire
3. Favorite spring chair
4. Necklace’s first season with a view
5. First night with new thrifted Spring bedcover
6. First sweater knit for baby (from knitter’s book of yarn, I need to find and add buttons.)
7. First night of tea and knits on the veranda
more at the bay sale
Posted in home, thrifting on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Bay garage sale is crazy!
Today, I picked up a giant eraser (about 3 feet tall!) and 13 costumes. The costumes are really just display table covers, but they have elastics at both ends and will make excellent snake costumes. Julia got a sparkle scarf.
I think there is one day left…and just a bit left [...]
Thrift-a-rama!
Posted in home, thrifting, tagged MCC relief sale winnipeg, ten thousand villages sale, thrifting on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Between weekend reading, I have been thrifting pretty hard. It started yesterday at the MCC sale, where I snagged:
(sorry it is a list and not pictures, the camera needs charging)
- a lovely purple plant (i think it is a purple passion plant)
- Potato cookers (these handmade cloth packs for cooking potatoes)
- beautiful dolls handmade in [...]
Mother’s Day
Posted in home, thrifting, tagged miscarriage and knitting, patchwork blanket for babies, respect your mother eco-shirt on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I woke to snuggles and soft urgings to open my presents. (Julia did not believe me when I said sleep was a gift). She presented me with a hand-drawn portrait of me, in a hand glued frame consisting of twigs, flowers, twine and shells. Dave gave me a cool Respect your mother eco-shirt.
they took me [...]
rock mom
Posted in home, thrifting, tagged last day of work on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I got free suite tickets to see Avril Lavigne at the MTS Centre last night, so I made the decision to claim title of “cool mom of the month” and the title of “Mom who took me to 1st rock show ever” and brought Julia and her best friend Julianna, ages 5 & 6 to the [...]
new new new
Posted in home, thrifting, tagged kenmore sewing machine, thrifting on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I went on a thrift run yesterday and was delighted to find a sewing machine. Mine has been on the fritz lately. I am now the proud owner of a vintage Sears Kenmore machine. I sewed a bit last night and will be taking out a “getting to know your machine” book at the library.
I [...]
