Charity shop trail video. Plus random things I've found

 

Charity shopping video

I've been toying with the idea of making some videos for fun, kind of vlog style. So this is my first (very) rough attempt. I just wanted to complete the idea even if I didn’t think the video was very good. I am notoriously bad for having millions of ideas I never complete. I stupidly filmed myself in portrait when showing what I got and couldn't be bothered to re-do it so I just made it work for this experiment.  I didn't want to upload it to YouTube but it wouldn't upload here because the file was too big boooo. Here you go ⇣↴↓

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Other random stuff from the past few months, most of which I didn't buy...

Thanks:)

OH MY DOG: Eastenders, eBay and other things

 

OH OH OH OH OH MY: GOD, DOG, EBAY,

❥ SKIP this first part IF YOU DO NOT WANT DOG PICS

These are some of my FAVE PICS SO FAR: Archie Marshall (he's adopted and was called Archie, I did not name him after King Krule) ENJOI

Eastenders set or my Ebay watch list?

I have the same taste as Bianca from Eastenders xx

YES, I watched an episode of Eastenders on TikTok at 3 a.m. the other night. It's not a common occurrence, but I’ve been going through lots of stress at the moment.

While watching these clips I started to realise….oh…..I love that clock I have many saved like that on eBay…..oh….I have been looking for a lamp like that for ages….and recently just preached the final boss version of it….. Not sure what this means for me and my taste level but I am not ashamed.

Ebay watch List:

Other items on my watch list....

Random XD

Dress by @77shhu8

BEST dark chocolate sorbet at Pho

Apple in Uber

I'm going to be uploading another blog post asap :) 

xox

Thoughts and feelings. Experiencing illness. Pics

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I'm eating junk food and writing down my stupid thoughts like it's my notes app.

Vegan Magnum, lightly salted tortilla chips, those drumstick squishy sweets.

(Found this from ages ago in my drafts on here, still rings tru.) ⤵

Nothing seems important but real-life connection. Connecting and healing and living and feeling life. I love life and right now all I can do is experience it, I struggle to translate this life into art forms currently. ❦

*Why do I need to translate it? Because that's what I've always done, I've always used creativity to show how I experience life.

 ↑Wed 5th June 2024↓  Getting things out. Random think. 

I'm an ill homemaker, gardener and aspiring florist apparently atm. I want to learn how to flower arrange, upholster, mend my own clothes, make curtains for my living room.

I don't really talk about being ill much at the moment, I still dislike the way lots of people react; when they ask, I usually receive their own fears towards illness back, telling me how awful it must be to be me, thinking I share these same views (I don't.) 

I know people are petrified of their own mortality. I understand it's to be expected.

I have been through a lot of things

Most people's morals and political views are in theory not based on experience. Thats fine of course but something still feels off and uncomfortable about this sometimes. (Strictly thinking about middle-class lefties)

I think we should all be uncomfortable more and try to understand why we feel uncomfortable. In general but also (When we're having convos about illness, disability, death, life)

This is all pre-period ramblings time to stfu. 🝮

Crafts, baking + extras

 What have I been up to? Slow life stuff

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Fabric Dying process. 

So this was my first time natural dying fabric, using turmeric and spinach leaves. I didn’t follow any particular video or method this time around but here’s what I did.

 

Turmeric:

✦Prepped the fabric in water with salt and vinegar.

✦Boiled water added turmeric powder & root (the root will give more of an intense colour), boiled this for around 1.5 hours.

✦I transfered this water into a container where I could soak my fabric. 

✦The brighter yellow I soaked for around half an hour, and the lighter was around 5 minutes, turmeric seemed to dye very quickly however you lose some colour when rinsing.

Spinach experiment:

I was very impatient with the spinach dye, this was just a fun extra I was trying but I'll note what I did anyway.

✦Chopped spinach, boiled for about 2 hours. 

✦I dropped the fabric into the boiled spinach for a while but this did virtually nothing SO, I started rubbing the spinach into the fabric instead, the spinach was almost a paste-like consistency by this point anyway. This actually seemed to really work! 

✦I think next time I'll maybe grind the spinach into a paste after boiling and then work it into the fabric. I know there are easier and better ways to dye but this was a fun experimental process with cute outcomes!

Magpie cross-stitch

Still in progress, I want to find a small frame for this and thinking of doing a border as well.

I found this great website where you can create your own cross-stitch patterns! It creates a key for you and everything- I also used this for my Miffy cross-stitch you'll see further down.

https://flosscross.com/designer

Date treat 

This was a super tasty & sweet treat:

Squished dates

Peanut Butter

Chocolate 

Chopped pistachios 

& into the fridge!

Dark chocolate would also work really nicely.

Gingerbread - Gluten and Dairy free

Recipe:

I made quite a few batches of this and altered each time but I think this is the one I landed on. I based my recipe and method on this one. I was surprised by how easy this was- I popped them in little boxes with bows and gave them as Christmas presents to my family.

1&1/4 cup Gluten free plain Flour 

1/2 tsp Xanthan Gum

1/4 Bicarb

1&1/2 - 2 Tbsp of Ginger powder

1 Tsp Heaped Cinnamon powder

1/2 Tsp Allspice

50g Dairy-free Butter (I used Stork)

1/4 cup & 2 Tps Sugar

2 Tbsp Honey

1 Egg

 

Flower arranging workshop

Miffy

Finished Miffy for my Friend Parv- 

she always wears navy blue. This took ages but I'm getting quicker as I do more cross-stitch.

I'll be focusing on my garden more over the next few months, but hopefully I'll still have some energy for crafts<333

xoxo