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Category: Arts and Crafts

Pin up art, and a new purchase

10th February 201911th February 2019 Hay LlamasArts and Crafts, Diary, Home furnishing, Shopping1 Comment on Pin up art, and a new purchase

In this post, I buy a reproduction of a painting by Gil Elvgren, and trace some of the history behind it. I also have to modify the painting in order to be able to hang it.

Lost and found

4th December 2017 Hay LlamasArts and Crafts, Diary, Out & About, Photos, Shopping3 Comments on Lost and found

It was the Monthly Market at Farnham Maltings on Saturday, and as regular readers will know it’s something I like to go to regularly. I started to put together a skirt & leggings type outfit, but it just wasn’t working,…

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Art Nouveau Bed

3rd March 2017 Hay LlamasArts and Crafts, Home furnishingLeave a Comment on Art Nouveau Bed

Oh my goodness, I think I have just found the most beautiful bed ever created! I was looking for something on google and stumbled upon this amazing bed by William Doub Custom Furniture in New Hampshire in the USA. This…

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Picture frame rejuvenation

26th February 2017 Hay LlamasArts and Crafts, DIY and Home Improvement, Home furnishingLeave a Comment on Picture frame rejuvenation

Recently I bought a picture frame containing three advertising postcards for OXO, Bovril, and Bisto, mainly because my best friend and I have a running gag about Bisto but also because I like retro advertisement art. The frame was in…

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Royal Worcester – Moments For You

15th January 2017 Hay LlamasArts and Crafts, Photos, ShoppingLeave a Comment on Royal Worcester – Moments For You

Today’s Antiques Fair purchase – this lovely Royal Worcester figurine of a lady The seller had £35 on it and said he would let it go for £30, but I pointed out a long and almost invisible hairline crack in…

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Dear diary

17th August 2016 Hay LlamasArts and Crafts, Clothes, Clothes, Shoes, and Jewellery, Diary, Out & About, Photos, Shopping, Social, Transgender2 Comments on Dear diary

Somewhat surprisingly, people actually read my blog (I know – it came as a surprise to me too) and people have been asking me what I’ve been up to, and how the job is going. As I mentioned in my…

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Project Reorganise: Jewellery Rack

18th April 2016 Hay LlamasArts and Crafts, Diary, Home furnishing, Photos3 Comments on Project Reorganise: Jewellery Rack

Recently I found a jewellery rack for sale on Amazon. It’s the first one I have ever seen for purchase that doesn’t require you to remove the back from a post earring, push it through a hole, and then reattach…

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Project Reorganise: Shelves and chair

28th August 2015 Hay LlamasArts and Crafts, Diary, DIY and Home Improvement, Home furnishing, PhotosLeave a Comment on Project Reorganise: Shelves and chair

I have been on the lookout for some shelves to go above my dressing table, and finally found something suitable on Amazon from a seller on the Marketplace. They do two versions; both the same height and the same number…

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Project Reorganise: Parental house rummage

9th August 2015 Hay LlamasArts and Crafts, Diary, DIY and Home Improvement, Home furnishingLeave a Comment on Project Reorganise: Parental house rummage

As you’ll know from previous posts about Project Reorganise, I have been on the look-out (amongst other things) for a chair for the Dressing Table. I visited my parents one weekend a few months back, and they let me have…

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Jewellery update

28th April 2015 Hay LlamasArts and Crafts, Clothes, Shoes, and Jewellery, Diary, Photos, Shopping4 Comments on Jewellery update

I was at one of the bi-monthly (as in, once every 2 months) Antiques and Collectables Fairs at Sandown Park Racecourse on Sunday, and was looking forward to catching up with Amita Vetta of Love That Jewellery. Amita and I…

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