Panda!

Last month my hamster sadly passed away, she lived at my mums house and since she's been gone my mum has missed having a pet (even though shes allergic to all animals) so we decided to get a new hamster which i would be responsible for but would live at my mums house again.

Introducing Panda

I know what you're thinking a hamster called Panda??

Its because she has small beige rings around her eyes like pandas and it could be shortened to Pan as i like Peter Pan and Pan's Labyrinth :)

She has never seen a wheel before yet shes been running on it for nearly an hour, i guess she's more fond of exercise than i am.

Causing a riot.

A post about music this time.
I like alternative music often created by not very well known artists, that contain all different instruments not just the standard guitar, bass and keys, i particularly like pianos and strings.
I was reading Sarah Vons blog http://www.yesandyes.com/ and she'd posted about a band called Ra Ra Riot.
I am now in love with this band! they suit my exact taste in music, the catchy bass, the sounds of the cello and violin, they're pretty good at singing too :) as she pointed out they do sound like Vampire Weekend but i prefer Ra Ra Riot.
Heres a few of my favorite songs by them, enjoy :)

Jennifer x







P.S Theres also a free download of 'Boy' on the bands official website http://www.rarariot.com/
its on the first page near the right hand corner just right click on it and save target as to your chosen location!

The First Post!

Hello!

First time ever blogging, been thinking about starting up a blog for a while now and have finally done it.
Firstly my name is Jennifer and i'm 21 years old. I'll be using this blog to post about thrifting, crafting, fashion and music as well as life in general.

So, for the past week i've been in wales, and while i was there i went in a few charity shops, and i found some wonderful vintage patterns.

These two patterns were only 25p each and i couldnt resist the lovely silver and green button.

I found these in another charity shop they had no price on and so i asked and the lady said 10p each and she'd give me the sewing and finishing booklet free.

I was very pleased with my finds totalling 80p for 5 complete patterns!

I have only made two items from patterns before and that was back in high school but wanted to give a proper go of it as i have seen some beautiful items made by other bloggers.

I have recently been looking online at the Simplicity patterns inspired by Project Runway, they seem hard to come by online in the UK, prices ranged from £9 to about £12 on the websites that i did find them on and thought that they were a little on the expensive side.

 I went to YLP Haberdashery in Caernarfon where they stocked them and to my luck they were all 50% off only £4.70 per pattern, i had been looking for four of the patterns but she said that 1 was out of stock, she then found it on a shelf but it didnt have the packaging so she couldnt sell it to me but she could give it to me for free, so i was extremely happy.

I'm thinking of buying a vintage style fabric so they dont look so modern, but i dont want them to look to grannyish, any suggestions for what kind of print i should go for?

Jennifer x