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What Katie Found
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a collection of my own makes and a celebration of all things handmade and vintage. join me on my adventures around car boot sales, fairs and charity shops and see what I have found :)
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since youve been gone

 Hello! Just another fleeting visit from me to let you know that the teacher training course has not entirely stolen my life!I am still living back home with the rents, which means I have little...

21 dec 11

I just called to say I love you

I thought I had better drop by, seeing as my last blog post was well over a month ago!  So my life has temporarily been stolen by teacher training, and not only do I not have time to blog much a...

15 oct 11

he can call me a flower if he wants to

Dr Martens ASOS (present from wonderful Steve) H&M (via Oxfam) I have been a big fan of florals for quite some time, but there does come a moment when you wonder if a healthy admiration of someth...

04 sep 11

chocolate peanut butter torte

Yesterday I thought I would bake for the first time in a while.  While we were in Norfolk, we ate this AMAZING cake in a little cafe.  It was this sort of layered brownie, caramel, peanut b...

01 sep 11

cake stands

I made tonnes of these cake stands about a year ago, sold a few to friends and at craft and vintage fairs, but today I unearthed these beauts while attempting to tidy up the house in preparation for ...

31 aug 11 1 person likes this

pierrot clown

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30 aug 11

Norfolk

We decided to take an impromptu trip to Norfolk for a couple of days last week.  I called up a campsite and booked us in then off we went, car loaded with tent, food and cameras.  We stayed...

28 aug 11

hello, have we met?

So I made another dress - all by myself and with no big mistakes!  I even followed the pattern instructions for a change!  This dress was made using the same pattern as my red floral one.&n...

22 aug 11

little orange fille

 headband Little Filledress Cow Vintage (Nottingham)flip flops AccessorizeHere I am, proudly wearing the wonderful Little Fille bow headband that I won in the Wallpaper Rose blog giveaway about ...

19 aug 11

all the leaves are brown...

Autumn by whatkatiefound...or they may as well be, judging by the terrible August weather were having here in the UK.  Today is so cold and its been raining for a few hours.  I even woke up...

18 aug 11

what I wore

top Threadlesscardigan H&Mskirt Cow vintage (Nottingham)sandals PrimarkThis skirt is one of my recent thrifty finds - it was on one of the many sale rails at Cow in Nottingham a few weeks ago, an...

17 aug 11

1993

Yesterday, my Mum found a bag full of my old school reports, cards I had made for them, letters I had written and newspaper cuttings etc.  I loved riffling through it all, and there were some la...

17 aug 11

what katies dad found

We have just returned home - weve been visiting my family in Bedfordshire for the past few days.  On Sunday, I was eager to get myself to a car boot sale, and my parents decided to come along to...

16 aug 11

Peter Pan collars

There are now some brand new Peter Pan collars in my etsy shop! £8.00 each.

12 aug 11

fabric pin badges

So I spent my Thursday morning watching This Morning and making all of these new vintage fabric pin badges :)  Im not sure yet whether I will be making these into packs as usual, or if I will be...

12 aug 11 1 person likes this

sorbetto top

A couple of months ago,  I was wowed by lovely Maries version of the Sorbetto top, which is a free download from Colette patterns.  She has since made two more tops using this pattern - as ...

11 aug 11

making a house a home

Source: leberpr.com via Katie on PinterestSource: style-files.com via Katie on PinterestSource: etsy.com via Katie on PinterestSource: follyandglee.blogspot.com via Katie on PinterestSource: apartmen...

08 aug 11 1 person likes this

a new make

hair bow - What Katie Foundink pot necklace - What Katie Founddress - H&Mbelt - New Look floral pumps - Dorothy PerkinsAs you can see from the above photographs, there is a new crafty addition to...

06 aug 11

alternative bar crawl (august)

I was so exited to hear that ABC (the alternative bar crawl) was returning to Leicester after a few months off.  As you may already be aware from previous posts about the event, I always have an...

06 aug 11

vegan pancakes

vegan pancakes with yogurt, banana, strawberries and linseed.I have become totally obsessed by these over the past week or so.  They are so quick and easy to make and really delicious.  I h...

04 aug 11

a stitch in time saves nine

Im not sure if I have been working too hard, or not hard enough, in terms of preparation for my teacher training course which starts in September.  Above are two of the samples that I have made ...

04 aug 11 1 person likes this

July

I feel like I have been really out of touch with my blog for the past few weeks, the pending teacher training course has had me focusing much of my time on reading, making notes, making textile sampl...

31 jul 11

next stop, paperclip castle

Sorry, couldnt resist yet another Boosh quote, and this one is a particular favourite of mine and my friend Tates!You may remember me telling you how I will be starting a teaching training course in ...

25 jul 11

a wonderful wedding

Yesterday we went to the most wonderful wedding!  It was such a beautiful day and I had so much fun - lots of talking, drinking, eating and dancing :)  And I finally wore my handmade dress....

23 jul 11

deer little fawn giveaway winner

Congratulations Sophie!Thank you so much to all of you that entered the giveaway, keep your eyes peeled for another once I reach 400 followers :)

21 jul 11

a mess of a dress

So I started to make a second dress, this time entirely by myself.  I began the bodice section a couple of weeks ago, and yesterday afternoon I sat and managed to get through quite a bit of the ...

20 jul 11

a little rag doll for a little girl

I made this rag doll for the little girl that I supported for the whole of last year, I think it was well received :)  I am getting the hang of this pattern after making two for my nieces last C...

19 jul 11

 I discovered free hand machine embroidery.Im still here, although it feels like I havent blogged for ages. I have so much to show you, thrifty finds, an amazing giveaway that I won, photographs...

19 jul 11

Katies final adventures in dress making land

So I have finally finished my dress making course, the past nine weeks have flown by!  Tonight I started sewing together dress number two, which I will continue to blog the progress of over the ...

13 jul 11

deer little fawn giveaway

 I am really excited to be able to present you with this utterly amazing and cute giveaway!As my blog has incredibly recently reached over 300 followers and almost 600 of you follow me on twitte...

06 jul 11 3 people like this

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