made in the shade feature

well made in the shade was all fun and games, was great browsing, shopping, chatting to fellow crafters and of course doing some selling. check out lady luck rules ok's blog on the event

made in the shade september craft fair

now that i am back, its back into crafting full speed ahead, next event is made in the shade at the Lighthouse in Glasgow, please come along

summer isn't the same without ice cream

i was one of the luckiest kids of the seventies, my dad owned an ice cream van, it was amazing! we had a whole room dedicated to the storage of sweets in our house, and once a week when my dad headed off to go round the local neighbourhood i would set of after him with 10p in hand, i could of course just have bought my panda pop before he left but apparently i would rather run after the ice cream van and be like all the other kids. it was an exciting time in my life as you can imagine. so in honour of pinkie our ice cream van i have gathered together some stuff that reminds me of those happy happy days


"pinkie" our beloved ice cream van, i really wish my dad still had him, he's so retro!



1. ceramic ice cream cones >>> passionately curious
2. Plastic Ice Cream Bowls >>> hearts and stars
3. Waxed Ice Cream Cups >>> silver crow
4. ice cream coaster >>> robot candy
5. Vintage Ice Cream Scoopers >>> story book charms
6. Ice Cream Lollies tea towel >>> Mr.PS

and as i said..............summer isnt the same without ice cream

5 years of awsomeness

it was me and debbies 5 year anniversary on tuesday, we had an amazing day, starting with debbie making pancakes with syrup, fakon (fake bacon) and whipped cream, yum! she bought me some adorable balloons and i made her some bunting. in the afternoon we headed to the park and had a picnic, it was sooo nice, finished the day of with a movie and some ciders, good times

our breakfast table decoration


our amazing picnic

cheery pie

so with debbie working most nights and our new thrifty, do not throw any food away attitude, i decided to make some cherry pies with all the cherries we bought earlier in the week. iv never made any pies before so it was a bit of a challenge, they turned out pretty good, looked super cute and went really well with ice cream. i've become quite the housewife these days, lol

1st canadian products

so i have been here for about a month and i have finally got round to making some new products and getting them up on my etsy shop, i'v been making some badges from vintage game pieces/tokens and some cards from some cute vintage childrens book images. here's a look at the badges

wake up call

i forgot to post this picture of a vintage alarm clock i picked up at the car boot sale before i left edinburgh, i have been looking for one of these for a while and i got it for £2! bargain. Im missing car boot sales here but have been feeding my bargain hunting addiction with yard sales in vancouver (why cant they all just go to opne spot and have a sale instead of me having to hunt round all the streets for lamp post signs!) i also went to a flea market and picked up a few things that i'm going to make into badges (pics to follow)