East End, Clobber and a Ruby...

Project wardrobe rejuvenation is going pretty well. No vintage this week, but plenty of second hand schmutter. Despite the fact that I am currently cold, pasty and hungover you'll notice that they're all rather optimistic of warm weather and a tan. Luckily, I'm off to Malta in a couple of weeks.

Silk and sequinned Ted Baker top £5.00

Crochet look crossback top - brand new with tags on £4.00

More sequins on this Topshop vest - £3.00

Heidi Klein beach kaftan with dancing figures print - sample £5.00

I might Ebay this one. I made a tenner on the Boden dress I found a couple of weeks ago

Brand new soft leather hobo style handbag £6.00

I love this, it fits everything you can imagine

I'd love to do more outfit posts, but the camera is rarely my friend, and concurrent project 'eat healthily and look slimmer' was slightly derailed by ending up in an eating establishment here last night:

Oh well, at least I got some exercise before the curry, we were on a treasure hunt for a friend's birthday which took us all round Jack the Ripper's old stomping ground. The East End might not be the prettiest area of London, but it has some great photo opportunities. If you go on Sunday, there's also the Petticoat Lane and Columbia Road markets.

Wall at the corner of Fashion St, East End.

Intriguing doorway...

Stencilled graffiti - Banksy style but without his subversive humour

 This was my favourite. The chair and hooded monks are paper cut outs just a couple of inches high glued to the bottom of the wall down a random street. The shadows are painted on the pavement. Cool huh?

(nb. For international readers not acquainted with Cockney rhyming slang, a Ruby is short for Ruby Murray and means a curry)

Lakota x

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Mother's Day delights

Hello and Happy Mother's Day to all with children, or who are just thinking of their own Mum today. My own delightful urchins made me some gorgeous flower cards, and treated me to a 'floating origami kit' (chosen by my 6 year old) and a subscription to Vintage Life magazine (suggested by their dad). I picked up a bag of vintage sheet music (dating from 1911 to 1927) this afternoon which was offered on Freegle - so maybe I can combine that with the origami instructions and make a swan out of the score to Swanee River.

I've been fluey this last week and in no state to trawl my usual thrifty haunts, but luckily I did manage to photograph a few buys which I haven't yet shared. Firstly is this adorable little vintage beaded bag, found in a charity shop in Streatham. I love the Deco style chevrons and the beautiful metallic beads.

The bag will match really well with this 1960s snake bracelet which I bought from Alfie's Antique Market in London. It cost me £8.00 (pretty good for a permanent antiques market - we're not talking boot sale prices here!) and I'd been looking for some snakey jewellery for a while.

Cleopatra...comin' atcha!

This little blackbird pie funnel is a boot sale buy however. I haven't made a pie recently, so he's posing outside in the garden! It's marked Midwinter England, and there's one for sale on Ebay at the moment with a buy it now price of £14.99. He cost me £2.00 and is very cute indeed.

Finally, here's what I made my mum for Mother's Day. Spring does appear to have sprung, so she may have to wait a while to wear it, but she had admired a similar one in blues and purples I'd made my mother in law for Christmas. I can really recommend this yarn - it's by Rico and is called Pom-Pon - and even an less than skilled  knitter like me can get great results. This scarf was made by casting on only 10 stitches, and it's all done in garter stitch - easy. I didn't make it too long, as my mother in law has found it's easiest to wear just folded over and pinned, as the pom-poms make it quite bulky.

I'm off to play boardgames with my boys now, hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend.

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