DIY: snip snip

I have these ludicrous knee high gladiator sandals. I imported them from the USA, they were the only ones I could find in PU at the time and they came from a fancy dress supplier! They're rad, but I've had them for over a year, and have only worn them under trousers in that time. Despite my preconceived ideas of how I could rock the epic knee high sandals, I haven't. I don't think I can, they're bonkers.

I like 'em with trousers though.

Thing is, they have this tendancy to rotate around my leg, and they're a bit hot & not exactly easy to wear under (skinny leg) trousers.

Today I was thinking 'I could do with some non-knee high versions of these'.

So I think I'm going to cut the tops off.
Save money, save time, save resources. Win win win.

Living on the edge

Home made scone with jam and a cup of earl grey. After work treat.
Accompanied by slightly blurry photos.

I come bearing biscuits

"scoff, scoff, scoff" - oops, they're all gone.

To do list

Ikea Hacks is a great little site about reworking Ikea products for different uses.

A recent hack was to turn a Not lamp into a globe lamp, which I love and want to do for my house. We were bought a Not lamp as a gift, and it resides on our landing covered in dust. The lampshade on the ceiling lamp on the landing is a globe, so it would be the best accompaniment - especailly if I can find one with terrain/geological rather than political boundaries.

Drawings

My note book - somewhere to keep interesting and motivating ideas. A couple of weeks ago i was really psyched to sort out the tip of a house that I live in so I printed off a load of pictures of rooms that I liked from flickr and stuck them in alongside a quote from William Morris

" have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful "

it applies double to our house since we are total hoarders,

Above: The top one of these I drew when my boyfriend cleaned the fridge and stuck it on the front because i would be out when he got home - the clean fridge was a nice surprise for me so I thought I'd make one for him. Domestic bliss :o)

The bottom one I drew for a friend who's gone to live in the US for a bit. I meant to send it to her before she went as a postcard, but I forgot, so I kept it...

Above: Another postcard I drew for a friend and forgot to send!

Home made

Here's some photos of my final show for college - I made those!

Here's a shot showing some of the other garments people on the course made.

The beige/brown stripey dress on the right is amazing. It's made from an original 50s pattern - with original 50s sizing. I tried it on but the waist is about 26".