Don't you just love...

... when you stumble over an absolute bargain?

Spent a glorious day in York today, mainly house hunting but most of all strolling around in the sunshine. Kate had a job interview in the morning so Hayley and I had a little browse in a nearby charity shop.

Most of the stuff was pretty weak; lots of trash that could be no man's treasure. But then I spotted these little bad boys for £2... and brand new:




So feeling lucky, we scanned the shirts rail and I found myself a keeper for a pound. Yes just one pound. Un, uno, ein. Beautiful.




All in all, I'd say it has been a very successful day. We found an amazing house that we're hoping to move into, I have new garms and Kate (fingers crossed) has bagged herself a new J.O.B. Wish her luck!

Tie dye Fun

Still marching to the drum of DIY crafts, I wanted to share my latest crafty creations.

With a sunny April and the excitement of our recently booked holiday to Crete, Ben and I got in the mood for a little bit of tie dye fun! Wilkos have a wide range of fabric dyes that are pretty cheap (£2.99 per sachet) and I managed to get hold of a 3 pack of white cotton t-shirts for just a fiver at Primark - bargain!

And this is what we came up with...

The 'marbled' effect - simply screw up your tee into a tight ball and whack a load of elastic bands round it to keep it in place.

Stripes - if you want horizontal stripes, roll your tee up from sleeve to sleeve and then wrap elastic bands across to create the stripe its self (spacing however you desire!) For verticle stripes, roll from neck to bottom hem line.

Circles - pull tee from the centre (or wherever you want your circles to start from) into a cone-like shape. Wrap elastic bands round the cone.

OK so at the moment we are clearly amateurs at the tie dying game but I reckon with a bit of time and practice, we could become masters!

For illustrated tie dye tips and techniques, just have a look on youtube or google; there's an abundance of sites to help you get started.