It is snowing, and I am shuffling around the house in carpet slippers, breathless with a cold and chesty cough and determined to somehow bless this last bit of Winter with a few puttery treats just for the use of…
* Find a pretty padded hanger and leave it in the bathroom for the kind of domestic emergencies that require gentle steaming. * Seek out a vintage umbrella stand and start a collection of fabulous, fluted brollies… * Knit a square and transform it into a darling little bunny… * Have a Richard Yates season. Start with The Easter Parade. * Use vintage teaspoons past their best as pretty plant-markers. * Start the search for a vintage prayer postcard and keep it propped against your bedside lamp. * Stitch crochet doillies over the back pockets of your jeans. * Wrap micro-fibre clothes around kitchen sponges and stitch down one side. They make the most fabulous dusters and can be chucked into the washing machine to clean. * Start a collection of kaftans: the perfect Spring into Summer house dress because they can be glammed up in seconds with a swipe of lipgloss and a string of beads. Boho-beautiful. * Squeeze two oranges into a small saucepan and add one teaspoon of good coconut oil. Warm gently until the oil melts and combines with the juice. Pour into a glass and sip slowly to fully experience the soothing benefits of this restorative potion. * Stitch a body-length bolster cushion in a pretty fabric and delight in how well it supports your knees and back when you wrap yourself around it at bedtime. * Decorate eggs scrumptiously fast with Washi tape. * Fold and stitch crocheted doillies into tiny tissue covers for your handbag. * Line bedroom drawers with black, red or moss green velvet and lay jewellery out flat. It won’t move and looks so luxurious. * Cover a pin-board with pages torn from old books to instantly transform an essential bit of modern kit… * Create a curiosity wall. Pin postcards and junk shop portraits alongside vintage objet d’art, shadow boxes, teeny scarps of fabric framed, hooks on which to hang a little loveliness and whatever else a treasure hunt around your house turns up. Perfect in the kitchen or in the bedroom. * Hang a wreath strung with yellow gingham ribbon on your front door to tempt this most reluctant Spring into your life. * Use drawers discarded from old chests or bureaus as pull out storage spaces for under your bed. * Wrap a micro-fibre cloth around a long handled broom and use to sweep away cobwebs and dust from hard to reach place. Try not faint in fright when you find yourself chocking… * Fill a mason jar with cotton wool puffs and sprinkle liberally with essential oils. Replace the lid, shake and leave to infuse for a few days before using wherever you could use a little un-obtrusive fragrance. Perfect for the corners of drawers, inside loo rolls and at the base of wastepaper baskets. * Write thank-you notes to the universe, seal them in small envelopes and stash them in a child size suitcase at your bedside. Make it a Easter ritual to re-read all that you have to be grateful for. * Add a cupful of bicarb to a bowl of boiling water and soak kitchen sink cleaning cloths overnight. * Turn the prettiest of discarded baby socks into scented sachets by filling them with dried lavender and securing the top with a ribbon covered elastic band. * Turn hanging vintage ladles into tea-light votives in the kitchen… * Add an exuberant bow to last years ballet flats and wear them as indoor/outdoor shoes around the house. Smile at your feet on a regular basis. * Seek out and spend money on the perfect heirloom quality Easter bunny and make it a tradition to offer it pride of place on your mantle-piece annually. * Tie die crocheted doillies with beetroot juice for a gorgeous pop of exuberant colour on your scrubbed pine kitchen table. * Start a collection of vintage cafe-au-lait bowls . Just add a flaky, still warm from the oven croissant doused in lemon curd for a Spring twist and you are good to go… * Keep vegetables in a basket lined with hay. Deliciously rustic and helpful in keeping produce cool and dry. * Banish tickly, irritating coughs during the night by spritzing your bed pillows with apple cider vinegar. Sounds weird, worked a treat for me. Enjoy my Darlings! Find more of my puttery treats in my Kindle book “Scrumptious Treats for Vintage Housekeepers”…
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Thank you, Alison. I just love your Puttery Treats posts.
I just want you to know how much I enjoy “puttery treats”. I love to “romance” the everyday of house keeping into “home keeping” and you give me inspiration just when I need it! Love from across the pond, Amanda
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Thank you, Alison. I just love your Puttery Treats posts.
These sound like just the thing for my upcoming Easter vacation! Enjoy!
So fun, Alison!
I esp. like the yellow gingham bow and the crochet jean pocket…and that croissant with lemon curd…thanks, girl!
I just want you to know how much I enjoy “puttery treats”. I love to “romance” the everyday of house keeping into “home keeping” and you give me inspiration just when I need it! Love from across the pond, Amanda