Dahlia in the home.....

A dreary Melbourne morning but this Dahlia is just perfect and see great tassel inspiration too!
Sharing over at Lou's space.........

Pippa.

Time well spent

New plant friend, Devils Ivy

Tapio Wirkkala Ultima Thule desert bowls and a large bowl in the Kekkerit pattern

Time rich...so thrift mad! 

Arabia Sunflower mug

The latest Guttering Planter in yellow

Goliath

Remember Goliath? He's doing better and is spouting some friends! 

Couldn't resist this sweet little West German!

More glass lovelies but not sure of the maker?

Bought a small loom

Made a weaving with the Tassels that didn't make the grade!

 Now need a larger loom, I'm on the look out because I can see table mats and runners as a new ouch line!

New Tassel idea with the copper pipe!

New macramé jewellery idea brewing!

Sneak Peek...........Paravent/Ouch Collab!

What Kinder Kid does after Kinder!

Shabby and broken but I had to bring this dish home.

 If it was in great nick, I probably wouldn't be able to afford it, Whatever this little danish piece is?

West Germans

'Man Friday' Wedgwood 1950

 I'm totally in love this pattern, it speaks to me!

Thrift-retro brass cuff with gemstones and wood inlay.

Me in Real Living :)

That's me updated!

Looking forward to more!

Pippa.

Think of a cascading green wall....

 That's what I said to Mr Ouch!

I had this idea , I googgled it apparently this is an idea pretty popular for growing seedlings and low rooting veg.
I thought that it would translate well for a succulent planter, to create a waterfall of green.

Lucky for thrifty us, we had already procured the guttering from a skip :)
We bought the rest we needed from a hardware place and the rest was left in Mr Ouch's capable hands!
If you give this a try, make sure you drill holes for drainage and use good succulent potting mix!

This is a cheap alternative for an instant vertical garden.
We chose the teal together and the second guttering will be yellow! 
Nice pops of colour for the garden.
 

 I will keep you posted on it's cascadingness...fingers crossed!

 ...btw they are donkey tail succulent cuttings....I'm nothing if thrifty!!

 Meet Soonex..........kids chosse weird names?  ...and a new garland for a baby boy on his christening!
These Tassels are secured directly to the twine and are smaller, 10 all up.
Considering it as another tassel alternative?
Might call it the 'Wee' Garland?

Got something better????

A bit of thrifting! Murano glass, Ellis pottery (Australian) and Flora iittala.
Imagine my surprise after I got it home and did some googgling! 
I love iittala!

Pippa

My other LOVE's

I don't think I have too many plants, just not enough WG plant pots to put them in?
Whilst I have been on leave from work, this has been one of my noble pursuits, matching plants with their planters!

Those of you who watched 'Perfect Match' in the 80's....would Dexter be proud? LOL

 I have a massive crush on Orla Kiely, I saw her planters online and had to have!

 Purple WG! I know, I know!...a very lucky find!

 Vintage macramé for the garden!
They were $5 each, I could not buy the twine materials for that!

Master Ouch, now decorates on his own accord, we may need to have a decorating standoff!
I sometimes wonder if a four year old should not know so much about macramé and cacti!
Will this help him in the future?
 

 Happy Valentines!

Pippa.

Knots & Hairpins

 Thought I needed a challenge!
I have had the desire to create a wall hanging for ages but to find the thick twine at a reasonable cost is difficult....but I found some :)

$1 for 5m is very reasonable! ...anymore and it would not be achievable!
I have bought up big!

 This is where I have got too......I have run out of wooden beads
and I need them to continue the pattern I have started.
I'm knotting 'by eye' so to speak because I don't know what 225m of twine will give me?

I will keep you posted!

I thinks she'll be a bit special when finished?

       Oh and meet The Ladies!
I saw these beauties on eBay and pounced....lets just say I needed both and we'll be eating beans and rice for a while :)

Pippa

Flamingo's, Tonka Trucks, Martini's and Violet!

Meet Joanie and Chauchi, the new residents of the ouch flower garden bed! (named by Brismod on instagram)

 And here is my resident landscape designer and river pebble curator, most of all the large river pebbles have been expertly placed by this clever little soul!

This has been a lovely joint project to do together.

This was once a forgotten part of the garden, featuring a sad lavender and a location of a cat toilet but now we have placed all the succulents from their pots into the bed and re-purposed the volcanic rock and river pebbles found from around the garden.

Low cost and maximum impact!

 This is the box that the Flamingo's came in! 

I had to show you, how cool?

..... and a nice summer cocktail recipe for you all to make and enjoy!

It wouldn't be a post without some new crafty business!

Here's a new tassel colour, Violet! 

What do you think?

Should I pop it in the shop?

:Pippa