Check your Pinfluence!

For all you Pinterest-junkies out there, i found this fun little thing today: PinPuff
(trough the pinterest reddit. Yes, there is a social network about a social network. Very meta)

It lets you calculate your "pinfluence", which is a relative measure of your popularity, activity and reach.

I got 37.76, which is above the average of 32, yay for me! (And below 45 which is considered a good score, let's not dwell on that). My pinterest profile.

Some days turn out better than expected

Family health crisis seems to be averted. The best state any family member can be in is alive, that's for sure. I'm spening the week at my childhood home, with limited tinkering opportunities, but the internetz is as good for providing inspiration here as anywhere else.

Found this scarf on the blog Popetotrora, and my tinkering fingers are twitching.

Her blog post reveals that the construction wasn't a smooth ride, but I'm still willing to give it a try.

Some days turn out different than expected

source

This place might be quiet for a couple of days (or more). Family first.

No 3. Kitchen Clock

No 3. Kitchen Clock

This beauty I bough for next to nothing at a flee market. It was completely unused: the man selling it had some clocks left from his grandfathers old watchmaker's shop. Mint condition, and with key. Oh the joy.

I came home, pulled it up and proudly hung it on the wall.

TICKTTOKTICKTOKTICKTOK

I tried to ignore it but there wasn't a chance in hell. I had to bury the damn thing in my wardrobe until it ran out again.  Now it hangs on the wall like a piece of art, and our kitchen it's always just after ten.

No 2. Kind of Practical Cookie Jar

No 2. The kind of practical cookie jar

This three tired cookie jar is from my mothers childhood home. All though storage is always practical, cookies never survive long enough in my home for it to really become useful. I love the looks of it though, and it's in top condition, unlike some others I've seen at flee markets (for absurd prices). 

 When i received it from my mother I got instructions of which kinds of cookies it was supposed to hold. I remember Coconut cookies and shortcrust cookies with jam. I do not, however, remember the third one.

Shortcrust cookies with jam, from Fru Fantastisk

Coconut cookies, unkown source
 

No 1 in a series of three, The very Practical Kitchen Organizer

I love filling my kitchen with thrift finds instead of new things. Some are more practical than others.

In a short series i will show 3 of my favourite things, ranging from "practical" to "not at all very practical but oh so pretty".

 First up, something very practical:

No 1. Glass Organizer.

This glass organizer is a thrift find i got from my step mother. It stood all alone and unused at her house, and after some careful hinting, it was allowed to move in to my kitchen.
It holds sugar, flour, seeds and oat meal among other things, and is not just pretty but very practical. I love the green hue of the glass.

Table organizer

I made a table organizer, with inspiration from this wall organizer. 

I used:

 

A frame, that i bought at the thrift store for 1 dollar.

 

Fabric, that i had lying around (which frays insanely). 

Glue. My faithful all around glue.

... and my sewing machine, of course.