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pefully for just 2 weeks hopefully all will go well as in no spikes of the virus today lots of people around the country had their first taste of take away food again that is not what i crave i would love to go on an op shop spree however those will not open for some time to come nor would i feel comfortable in there as yet i do hope everyone is having a good clean out hahaha add caption luckily i had kept my last pre lock down week of thrifted treasures in paper bags untouched as i had gotten squeamish about touching the second hand things at the time while i was alone today with my man being back at work in a covid 19 safe way i unpacked the bags at last and had the same thrill as when i bought them i had found quite a few vintage books some i bought some in the free box love this red book cover vintage keys carved bone rose earrings and a gentian flower i really liked the fabric off cut prints of insects botanicals and natural finds just enough material for a new art book cover or for the inside covers the plastic little horse is the third one i have found i wonder if those came with a bottle of liquor or something similar i also found books that i will pull apart for their contents such as this new victorian style photo album i could achieve a lovely antique patina with sandpaper inks and vintage papers the illustration of the birds nest is from a nature journal book with gorgeous nature drawings on every page a great find the bottom book has already been dismantled with many sturdy pages of beautifully shot photos other cheap book arts collage supplies came in the form of bird of prey illustrations an empty garden diary several empty notebooks so easy to dismantle for the use of the pages in a handbound book a stack of brown paper bags and old library lending cards will add a neat vibe in a hand made book i treated myself to a new pack yes from a retail shop as serviettes don t come secondhand of gorgeous botanical serviettes frankly those are ridiculously expensive but look so good melted into the background of a collage these had wild flowers and honey bees printed on them my eye is always drawn to old embroidered linens but i get picky about the quality of embroidery i don t care about holes and rips in the old fabric but the embroidery must be done nicely and finely i like filled satin stitched flowers in bright colours first they go in a bucket of fabric sanitiser to soak then washed gently and steam ironed from the back it is about the only ironing i do pah who wants to do housework when there are all these projects to make the silvery necklace isn t silver and not a single link has all its diamanté s but it just the right kind of worn vintage look i like same with the shabby faux pearl necklace but the triple bracelet at the top is made of real egg shaped irregular pearls which can all be used in different ways more books were found in that week before the lock down most for free outside a secondhand bookshop gorgeous florals and botanical illustrations an art book full of different paintings and delicious vintage covers with raised patterns the short hand manual also has loads of pages great for back grounds all those little scribbles there are still people that know how to use that secretary code actually when i arrived in nz you could still take typing and shorthand classes at school these books have already been relieved of their stories daisy was a particularly irksome tale and saccharine sweet the wonderful holiday is a great title for a travel journal don t you think a long sari veil and tatted lace just because the long gold tone brooch can be re used and would look great in a necklace but the hoop earrings are for myself just as they are in sterling silver tell you what the serviettes from before could have paid for 3 sets of those earrings hurrah for fossicking i feel i have satisfied a bit of op shop cravings for now posted by elmtree at tuesday april 28 2020 no comments apr 3 2020 a watercolour de stress kit so we are on the 9th day of lockdown and social distancing in new zealand due to the dreaded virus i am getting used to having my hubby home all day we ve been going for walks in our 2 people bubble everyday and doing bits and pieces around the house the drain in the bathroom is draining again the garden is starting to look like we have a gardener in the house and his pile of to read books has dwindled by 6 already today i took my courage and a mask and did the groceries which i found anxiety producing yesterday i wiped away those recurring feelings by making a watercolour de stress kit for our daughter i had recently been tidying and found a set of watercolour paint tubes that had belonged to my dear late friend n i had also been looking at travel art sets on pinterest and i put the 2 ideas together but what to put the paint into what with all other shops closed except supermarkets and pharmacies i found a vintage strepsil tin which much be pretty vintage as i can not remember strepsel lozenges in a tin i emptied it of pins and buttons it was still pretty clean then found another idea on pinterest a solution metal self cover buttons well as it happens i have a shoebox full of those every time i see them in an opshop i buy them for making brooches with vintage embroideries vintage tin and vintage self cover buttons most of them were white plastic but there were a few cards in the right size made of metal i undid the shanks with some pliers 12 little button covers fitted into the tin perfect using e6000 glue i used e6000 glue to attach the little cups into the tin i always have that in the house handy glue extracting the watercolour paint from the old tubes extracting the paint was a bit more bothersome as some had gone quite gluggy lids needed soaking in order to loosen them and other tubes had dried up i took the cutter to those opened the tube and cut off a little slice to fit into a cup stuck down with a little glue stick once the paint gets used the paint will stick by it self with watercolours it doesn t matter if the paint has dried it still works the same room was left for 3 extra colours that were not there yellow green dark blue and white in the meantime you could mix those or use extra water to lighten the hue adding the rest of requirements to the kit then i scoured my work room for the rest of the kit first a box to put it all in this 1 had a magnetic side closure and pretty flowers on it a bunch of different brushes to play with black and white ink pens for doodling a water misting pen to wet the paper with some thick serviettes for cleaning excess paint a stack of watercolour paper cut to a non daunting size from my stash of preserving jars 2 tiny glass jars that actually fitted into the box a youtube address of watercolour for beginners tutorials and the colour s sample card which i waterproofed with sellotape and in case you are worried everything had been wiped down and i kept washing my hands during making this kit the kit fits into an old envelopeand notepaper box after i had done the groceries were i picked up a roll of medical paper tape to make nice white edges around the painting and to stop the wet paper from buckling my de stress watercolour kit was complete and popped it into daughter s letterbox i hope she ll play with mark making and colours posted by elmtree at friday april 03 2020 no comments jan 8 2020 sustainable opshop fashions the first week of 2020 and the local opportunity shops have opened again most volunteers like to spend the festive season at home but now they have restocked their shelves and i like to visit those nearby on my list i scored very well on nice clothes and as i usually go on about vintage books and jewellery i thought i d give you a little fashion show i have a lot of clothes mostly recycled like this and lately i look for natural long lasting materials like linen garments i can wear for years to come i am loving the layered or lagen look very easy to create too a mustard coloured tunic 100 linen two fold opshop columba church taradale 8 this was my most expensive item for the day and i will probably take out the sleeves as they pull a little teamed here with a brown cotton skirt covered with white embroidered leaves st vincent de paul napier 1 a pink 100 silk fringed scarf with some yellow and brown print st augustine church 0 50 bracelet with faux pearls and green handblown glass beads salvation army store greenmeadows 1 and from the same shop a vintage pin with pink ceramic forget me nots 3 a pleasing rusty red dress just past the knees length with side splits adjustable straps and oh joy pockets made from a viscose linen blend red cross shop onekawa 5 a long cotton scarf in my favourite sky blue printed with silver dragonflies twofold opshop taradale 3 saw it grabbed it immediately gorgeous accessories to go with this outfit are vintage clip on earrings with real slices of natural geodes greenmeadows sallies 2 and a silver tone necklace with a carved bone pendant taradale sallies 5 a pair of wide 3 quarter pants in red linen and viscose blend twofold opshop taradale 5 with a white v neck t shirt savemart ahuriri 3 99 and the blue scarf the earrings as before but now with a vintage brooch goldtone with teal austrian crystals sallies greenmeadows 3 here is the mustard tunic again this time teamed with oatmeal coloured linen drawstring pants twofold opshop taradale 4 50 brown raw silk scarf st augustine church 1 my faces skin colour does not like to be teamed by too much yellow so if i wear a different colour scarf this seems to stop people asking me if i m alright hahaha the same combination but now accessorised with light blue lightweight blue and white sandals with a slight heel red cross napier 7 and the mustard tunic again but now with the red pants and pink scarf and a pair of red rieker shoes red cross napier 7 so there you go comfortable and inexpensive clothes easy on the wallet eye and landfill i hope you liked shopping with me posted by elmtree at wednesday january 08 2020 no comments jul 3 2019 experimental eco dyeing on paper at the moment i am enamoured with paper and am slowly tidying several piles of vintage books papers and card another re purposed book is in the making with a woodland theme and i am making a lot of my own resources instead of buying new purpose printed and generic which makes it very boring for me craft paper from the shop i had a lovely bouquet from my daughter which was definitely past its beauty and the technique of eco dyeing was studied on line resulting eco dyed pages after drying and pressing natural dyeing is something i have done before with wool yarn to get an overall colour so i know a little about mordanting and different plants i was expecting subtle colours and hoped for stronger imprints i was also doubtful about the papers holding together ingredients plant materials papers alum as mordant and a large pan which will only be used for this i bought an electric frying pan with lid secondhand for 15 as it can contain the papers lying flat and it has a thermostat which can be set to 80 c as keeping it all simmering is more dye productive than boiling boiling can destroy the dye molecules dried larkspur blue hyacinth daisies gerbera bay leaves ferns adding red onion leaves lichens etc fresh winter pick of ferns climbing ivy leaves and berries eucalyptus oak and old autumn leaves i went around our property and gathered some more plant material hopefully those ivy berries would give some colour now to prepare the mordant and papers 2 tablespoons of alum in a throw away container although alum is fairly harmless dissolve the alum in warm water i decided to use filtered water as we have chlorine in our water these days chlorine has a bleaching effect of course and i did not need a chemical reaction like that at all wetting the papers in the alum water to prepare the stack of paper both thick transparent new and vintage i simply submerged them in the alum water and stacked them on the plastic covered table all the leaves sandwiched in the wet papers i took off a lot of hard woody stems and arranged the leaves flowers and berries in the wet papers some paper had already given up the ghost mainly lined school writing paper it just fell apart i tied up the stack with a large wide ribbon at first i wanted to tie up the big sandwich with wire but was afraid it would just rip the paper a friend had just given me meters of wide satin ribbon that held it together gentler and still tight enough for the plant material not to shift place eucalyptus leaf and gumnut avocado skin and copper tube offcuts added to the dye bath to provide overall colour i added gum leaves and nut goldens avocado skin soft pinks and copper tube offcuts which can bring out greens and blues from the dye plants you can instead add rusty iron but that can bring out more yellow and browns and darken colours for that reason i don t use an aluminium pan as that will only produce 1 result this pan has a teflon coating elliminating any reactions stainless steel is also neutral an enamelled pan should not have cracks or chips in the enamel this exposes the iron underneath unless you want that submerging the paper sandwich with a heat proof weight time to cook the papers were weighted down under the pans lid and i brought the allumed and added filtered water nearly to the boil then set the thermostat to 85 90 celcius and left it to simmer with the kitchen windows open for an hour please be aware that some plants can produce poisonous fumes such as oleander don t use it please check simmer gently for an hour take out the hot package with care drain and cool i let the bundle drain and cool down i contemplated letting the papers dry overnight flat with the plant material on it but plants were already falling off and i was going away for a few days things would have gone moldy instead so i unpacked everything and was pleasantly surprised all the papers drying in the kitchen crinkles and folds beautiful green leaf imprints some of the colours are subtle and there are lovely organic plant imprints a number of cheap printing papers were ripped or got holes in it the thick vintage kids book pages worked very well so did photo album pages with the in between tissue papers old music sheets and thicker printing papers did well too after they all dried i pressed the pages with an iron for a smoother finish another successful experiment for the girl that failed chemistry blues from the climbing ivy berries and pink from bougainvillaea posted by elmtree at wednesday july 03 2019 no comments labels homelife made by elmtree tutorial apr 2 2019 how to alter an old book into a new journal altered book journal if you feel the need to journal your days or are trying to keep track of things why not make it really personal and create your own notebook if you have a problem with hurting books please remember there isn t actually a book police so here is my ...