• Blog

    Christmas tea??

    November 8, 2011 - By 
    Once again my Christmas cactus is confused
    about the time of year.
    It seems to be more of a Thanksgiving and Easter cactus.
    Sure is pretty regardless of the time of year.
    Won’t you stop over at Kimmies to see what my friends are doing today…I’m heading there next.
    And thank you for not noticing the dust on my end table.
  • Blog

    Tea dye

    November 6, 2011 - By 

     

    The other day I came across this cool tea tin. Now I’m not a big fan of Jasmine or any floral tea for that matter but I did like the tin. Who knew it would be full of tea. Not wanting to actually drink it I decided to do a little experiment. I had some scraps of muslin so I heated some water and threw the muslin and tea in with it and let it sit all day while I was out and about.

     

    It didn’t get as dark as I believe black tea would have but the fabric strips are a nice aged color.

     

    So what did I do with them you ask…
    a little layered fabric hair accessory for my girl.
  • Blog - Photography

    Light box

    November 4, 2011 - By 
    I finally made myself a light box for photography!!
    I’ve seen many tutorials on the web but put it to the back of my to-do list. Well, now it’s to-done.  It may not be the prettiest light box but I didn’t have to buy a thing.
    I have to show you the huge difference that it makes even without adding any additional light from a lamp.

     

    This was a picture I took yesterday on my sofa table.
    I thought the dark wood of the table would really make the vintage ornaments pop.
    And they do…but not in the way I was really looking for.

    Now look at this picture taken inside the light box!
    What a difference!
    I’m definitely going to have much better photos from now on…at least for the small stuff.
    Now I just need to figure out where to store it so it doesn’t get damaged or dirty but is still very accessible.