I picked up a flower press from the op-shop last week and Sadie has been enjoying pressing garden and wild flowers.
She's a little impatient and can't wait long enough before she uses them, but her and Oscar have been making little flower fairies from the pressed flowers. They are super cute.
My lovely friends have been helping me out with some potted succulents and herbs for the cafe tables.
Some cleaned out their kitchen cupboards and donated unused teapots, others kept and eye out at the thrift shops, my mother-in-law gave me succulents from her garden, and another friend potted them up for me.
Don't they look wonderful! I'm feeling very loved.
Pretty powder blue vintage petticoat
~ it's now a collection on Sadie's bedroom wall ~
Retro drinking glasses
Plastic arrow cocktail sticks
~ I remember these as a child ~
Can never pass a pair of porcelain deers
Retro plastic hobby horse ~ LOVE!
Photo shoot planned using this beauty
Large framed hand coloured photograph
Not sure where the location is, but I love how they over colorized things back then.
Vintage plastic and leather buttons
also the yellow Meakin plate
Retro knitting needles
Fisher Price retro cash register
~ missing it's coins, but Oscar is storing his pirate coins inside ~
Love the little squirrels too.
Free Range Baby hooded coat for Hugo ~ Score!
I haven't posted my thrift finds for months and months. It use to be a regular monthly feature, so I'm keen to start it up again.
I will be posting things that I found a few months back just to catch up, along with my monthly finds (but just the really good stuff)
Vintage wooden farm play set with plastic animals.
I found this at the Martinborough Fair on a stall selling a variety of vintage and retro items. I paid $25 for it, but I love it to bits and the children have had loads of fun with it. It's a neat piece to display too.
Retro plastic pull along horse
50c
Soft floral stuffed rabbit with pretty embroidered butterfly detail
A variety of vintage linens, the horse being my favourite.
Retro harlequin prints
I use to have this exact set on my wall as a child. I don't know what happened to them, I probably grew up and got rid of things I thought were too babyish. I was so excited to see them again and they look lovely in Sadie's room.
Ballet slippers
I've been looking for a pair for Sadie for such a long time and was excited to find a pair that fit her. Photo shoot coming soon.....
Vintage English wool coat and baby bonnet
When I took this up to the counter and lady told me that the person who donated it had had it dried cleaned before they bought it in. So I was a little bemused to pay $5 for it considering it probably cost them more than that to get it cleaned.
Hand smocked dress
It's getting harder to find smocked dresses that fit Sadie these days, so I was thrilled to find this one. Can't wait for the warmer weather so she can wear it.
Handmade pottery bowl with blue glaze
I love crudely made pottery. This piece is so rustic on the outside but has a beautiful blue glaze on the inside. It's taking pride of place in my kitchen.
Handmade quilt made from retro fabrics
This is nice and thick, great for Hugo when he's on the wooden floor boards. Love the doily on the bottom right hand corner.
Wooden hand carved baby rattle
Amazing.
Still here waiting. I'm really enjoying the time I have, especially now winter seems to have set in.
Today was a perfect day to settle in front of the fire with my recent purchase, Sweet & Simple Handmade by Melissa.
The book hasn't disappointed, pure Tiny Happy inspiration.
This baby is going to be most snuggly when he arrives.
This piece I have hand dyed in navy blue and added the little embroidery detail. Just hoping it doesn't look like a funny looking Xmas tree, but I love the colours.
This little yellow set I found at the thrift store for $1.50, super cute with a little embroidery.
The back is a bit messy, but it was fun to do.
This week I've taken a few steps back to why I started Heart Felt.
Sadie was a late winter baby and even though I was over the moon to have a little girl the thought of dressing her in baby pink wasn't quite my thing. I started picking up beautiful hand knits from the thrift stores in fabulous condition and tried to think what I could do with them to make them more my style ~ earthy, homely and natural.
That's when I started exploring dyeing and enhancing each piece with hand sewn felt motifs.
This is Sadie wearing the very first piece I upcycled in 2007.
What I love about it the unpredictable out come. Putting that first wool item into the dye and seeing it soak up the colour like a sponge and then adding another piece in to get a slightly different tone and then pushing the dyes limit by adding one more item to it and getting a totally different outcome. I find that exciting. The piece you were sure was wool turns out to be an acrylic mix and it doesn't work, it's all part of it. It does take a little bit of time so over the years I have being doing less of it, but this week I've rediscovered my love for it.
Thank-you to my friends who have passed on their wonderful knits to the next baby.....I hope you don't mind that I've hand dyed them.
I've got a deep stainless steel sink in my kitchen ~ but a stainless steel bucket or large stock pot are great too. Stainless steel jug and large metal mixing spoon is good too. I don't bother using gloves because I love having dyed stained hands for a couple of days.
I think the final outcomes are pretty great and I can't wait to dress the little man up in them.
Simple hand sewn felt motifs make each piece unique.
The beautiful wee hat on the right was white with blue stripes, I love how the blue wool has turned purple in the red dye.
This one I left just plain but changed the buttons to turquoise glass buttons.
Sometimes it's just nice to appreciate the knitting skills and time that have gone into some to these.
Just in case.....I've made one for you.
Available in my Felt shop.
The most amazing handmade bird whistle ~ purchased from a lovely gentleman at the Martinborough Fair
Dress ~ vintage from Sweet Shop Vintage on Etsy
Headband ~ Heart Felt
Boots ~ thrift
I adore this combination she's put together, although she looks very grown up.
I also love the fact that she has started to show interest in what's in my wardrobe, she fell in love with my red belt which inspired this outfit.
Cowgirl dress ~ 2nd hand off Trade Me
Belt ~ from mama's wardrobe (thrifted)
Retro pants ~ thrift
Diamante headband ~ local chemist
It doesn't seem right leaving 'Sadie style' unfinished (in case you didn't know Sadie got sick four days before she started school).....so I thought we had better complete the series.
Apple dress ~ handmade thrift
T-Shirt ~ Icebreaker
Headband ~ Heart Felt
Tights ~ JK thrift
Feather butterflies ~ birthday present from Abbie
~ Little mama ~
We are all about being a little mama at the moment and baby wearing.
You may of noticed that she carried 'Little Red' in the sling all the way up to the Pinnacles last weekend.
Handmade blue vintage dress ~ thrift
Handmade apron ~ thrift
Converse sneakers ~ Hand me downs from Poppy Isabella
This is our story of growing up in New Zealand
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