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rosy

moanymoany wrote: »

After looking at 'Homespun Living' I thought - yes, I can make a stab at that. After looking at lilinath I think I'll be away and slit my wrists!

You'd better not look at her table settings then!:rotfl: http://lilinath.canalblog.com/archives/petits_diners___/index.html

I'm generalising but it's really interesting to see the cultural differences in the decorating styles though - I found a Dutch one, very minimalist. It's a great time-waster but at least it's cheaper ( and better! ) than buying a load of magazines for inspiration!

Tuttifruitty_Theresa

Tiff and Rosy you are both very naughty lol, tomorrow is another day that the housework won't get done :rotfl: :rotfl:


xx

nodwah

GOOD GRIEF that French person!
Is that all in one house?
How many different sets of crockery has she got?
Does she have a themed dinner every day??

I'm an absolute non starter in this game!

moanymoany

Doddsy, now here's the thing! Having half a pack of soapflakes I decided to make the soap - only half the quantity. I decided to make oatmeal soap because it is good for dry skin. I thought of a splendid idea, I would blend the oats with the milk so they would not be big flakes.

Are you ahead of me? Yes, soap porridge.

With the remaining flakes I started again and made a rather stiff, quick drying mix. Put it in an old tetra pack to harden.

Feeling unfulfilled I searched through the soapy stuff I had. I made hand wash and I had some left over sitting in a bowl. I heated it in the microwave (I used it for all the soap making) it went really runny. Having another scavange round I found an old half bar of honey soap. I grated it up and melted it. I added the dried milk and I kept heating and whipping the mix until it was creamy. As it was honey to start with I added a teaspoon of honey and some lavender seeds to the mix.

I used a loaf tin lined with baking parchment to put it in. The scrapings in the bowl I melted again and put it into a couple of ice cube moulds. I'll be able to try it tomorrow.

Just a bye the bye, does anyone watch the Martha Stewart wedding programme on the Wedding channel? it's on at 10am tomorrow morning. I know it's weddingy stuff, but a lot of her ideas are very crafty and would transfer over to other things.

Here's the link to her website - lots of lovely halloween things to make.

http://www.marthastewart.com/

Steel_2

....it's shocking how much time I spend writing my blog and surfing all my other favourites during the day. Now I have another 5 or 6 to do. Do you have idea how early I sometimes get up just to surf blogs :rotfl:

I love anything to do with crafts, vintage, thrifting, frugality, self sufficiency and old fashioned housekeeping. So here's another couple to add to the mix:

Posie Gets Cozy
My absolute fave....such a talented, talented women. With a very cute new corgi puppy and lovely hubbie. Gorgoeus pictures on flickr of her amazing craft studio....

http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/posie_gets_cozy/

Brocante Home Chronicles
Very funny lady. Vintage housekeeping at its best. I'm a sucker for the housekeeping planner pages she designs.

http://brocantehome.typepad.com/brocante_home/


Enjoy.

moanymoany

Is it me? I can't get into the brocantehome site.

Tuttifruitty_Theresa

i can get into the site but the green writing makes it a bit hard to read and the page is a bit fuzzy
xx

Steel_2

Tuttifruitty_Theresa wrote: »

i can get into the site but the green writing makes it a bit hard to read and the page is a bit fuzzy
xx

I'd agree with you there. I come off there cross eyed sometimes....

bellsbells

please - no more! :rotfl: that is another evening I have just spent reading your links, then links on those sites to yet more sites and yet more links.....aghhhhh:rotfl: I now have about 20 projects I want to do :eek: Seriously though many thanks for the links guys - there are some extremly talented people out there and it is a real pleasure to gaze at such pretty things.

needmoney

http://cherryhillcottage.typepad.com/cherryhill_cottage/2007/01/i_love_vintage_.html