Spice and all things nice

I bought these delicious Poppadums from Spice and all things nice yesterday. I love the packaging.

I baked them in the oven. It only takes a few seconds to cook, so you have to watch them. It was really fun to see the little bubbles appear. I think I'll be making these a lot in the future, they have great packaging, they're made in South Africa, they are fun to cook and they taste great.

Busy week

This was a good mail week for me, I got two more postcards with Postcrossing

From Denmark

From Norway. This was a direct swap with someone I sent a postcard too as well. Usually you'll only get a postcard from another random user.

I made this necklace a while back, but I only took photos of it today. I got the little Wade ceramic bird from an antiques store for only R5 because there's a small chip on the wing. I glued a little metal tube on the back to attach it to the necklace.

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My boyfriend participated in the Baardskeerdersbos Art Route with some other illustrators last weekend. It was a fun two days. I didn't take many photos, but here's a few of the ones I did take.

Niel Jonker's cats.

It was difficult to take good photos inside with the framing, but you can see more photos on his blog if you want.

The cats again.

A beautiful view at the after party.

Package project

I got my package from my partner, Alex from Adventures In TV Land this week. I love it, it's the perfect little package with lots of interesting beautiful things. 

It was all packaged in a vintage tin.

Book and tin.

A sweet note

Close-up of tin.

Australian magnets.

Black swan salt and pepper set. The other salt and pepper set I have is white with black birds, so it even matches!

I love these brass buttons. I started sewing originally because of brass buttons I'd bought at an antique store.

Retro earrings on a Monopoly card.

I love this wooden duck brooch.

Cool vintage photos.

A vintage matchbox.

The other side of the matchbox.

Inside the matchbox. I think I'm going to make a necklace and brooch using these.

Notes with red ribbon.

A zine by Alex.

Fortune teller fish.

I put the fish in my hand and it starting lifting at the head and tail.

Then it curled up entirely...

...flipped over...

...and curled up again.

Thank you for an amazing package Alex. I hope yours will arrive soon.

First postcard

I received my first postcard through Postcrossing last week. It's all the way from Ukraine.

Jewellery roll

Welcome to the first post of 2012. I hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year's. It was so busy here with all the house guests and holidays.

This is a jewellery roll I made for my boyfriend's cousin for her birthday. It's something I've wanted to make for a long time. I used a pretty floral flannel for the inside and some purple linen for the outside. I looked at other jewellery rolls on the internet and then came up with my own design to suit what I had.

   

A ring holder made from grosgrain ribbon and a zipped compartment with lace edging. I also made this necklace with the shell pendant. The shell is from a bracelet I bought years back that was too tight and full of shells. I think it looks much better like this so the shell really stands out. 

I made these earrings to match a necklace she'd gotten for Christmas. Earrings can be hooked onto the pink lace strip and tucked into the pockets beneath if they're long.

Rolled up and tied with a ribbon. 

Keyboard stickers

These fun keyboard stickers were one of the advent calendar presents for me.

Before

After