Simple Objects

I headed back up to Manchester on Sunday afternoon and to keep me entertained on the train I bought a new magazine, The Simple Things. There are articles about food, growing, interiors, craft - lots of the suff I like. One column was about a shop in Oxford called Objects of Use, who sell household items but with heritage. They're all about being ‘against throwawayism’ and keeping a hold of long lasting, well made items, and the objects themselves are full of old school charm. Something about these objects remind me of my Nanna's kitchen when I used to visit when I was little.

Images from Objects of Use

Now & Then

A few of these concepts have popped up in recent times but I love the idea of rediscovering the locations of days past. Using vintage photos, is it difficult to find the original locations I wonder?

Images by Guiseppe Savini via Miss Moss

Black Dress

The Uniform Project was carried out by a New Yorker who wore the same black dress every day for a year, accessorizing it with allsorts and not buying a single new item. This year 12 women are challenging themselves to wear the dress every day for a month. It's all sponsored to raise money for children in India. Maybe this could be a New Year's resolution for me? 

Images from The Uniform Project

Bargain Hunt

This weekend the East End Thrift Store is having a jumble sale - you grab a bag and fill it with as much as you can/want and pay £10 for a medium or £20 for a large bag. It sounds like such a good idea! Shame I won't be in London this weekend, but if I was I would definitely be there! Maybe I'll make a cheeky visit!

Aquisitions

Button Tin

In the spare room at home has always sat this tin containing hundred of mismatched buttons. I think they were collected and popped in there by my great-grandmother. The other evening I decided to pair and group them all up, and here is what I found!


The ones I have paired up I hope to make into earrings, whilst the lonely ones will most likely adorn the trinkets and what-not that I make!