More Thriftiness

Since we have moved into our lovely little house we have seen the wonderful generosity of others.

My brother-in-law gave us these lovely bedside tables.




Not bad for a hand-me-down, eah?

The Vancouver Craft Scene

So when I arrived in Vancouver I never would of thought that is was a good place for crafts. Vancouver has a different district for everything, restaurants for yuppies, kitsch shops selling British products (for those with too much money, geek-chic glasses and a macbook pro), the streets where the bums hang out, china town and the areas that have gone tourist mad!

One of the many tourist areas is Granville Island. We took the warter taxi to get there and back, wich was lovely and for $5 return trip I would highly recomend it. They also do tours of the False Creek.

Little did I know that Granville Island would be a great place for crafts. Full of amazing fresh food market stalls, a wonderful bead shop and a place where I just couldn't resist buying yarn!

If your going to Vancouver, you like the cheesy tourist experience and love crafts this is the place for you. Also Barbara in Miawa Supply is great for a chat and has been crafting for years so if you need any tips she is the gal to ask!

Thriftiness

So in Vancouver charity shops are called thrift stores. (a much nicer name in my opinion). When I happened upon the Salvation Army thrift store I had to go in.

Walking around the isles, yes isles! I found myself falling in love with an incomplete tea set. It did occur to me that this was a silly thing to buy considering it has to make a long-hall flight home, but I fell in love.

Vancouver

As most of you know I work a day job. As well as blogging and making things I work as a PR executive for a technology company. This does involve travel and organising our attendance at tradeshows around the world.

A couple of moths ago I went to South Korea and I wrote a few blog posts about the places I went to and the things I saw, and you guys seemed to like it, so here we are again. (you can read previous posts here and here)

I am currently in Vancouver, Canada atending a trade show about games development.

So here are a few pictures from my latest trip!

Caught my eye....

I know it is a little sad but look at this amazing vintage bathroom in the wedgewood hotel vancouver!











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Glasses Are a Fashion Accessory!

I have four pairs of glasses that I wear for different occasions, things that I am doing (practicality) or the outfit that I am wearing.












The red specs are there when I need a boost. These make me feel strong and assertive!





Geek-chic. These are worn mainly on flights or on days when I feel lazy, of I just want something comfortable.





These are my "glam" specs. I tend to wear these on nights out or special occasions. The diamonte detail make me feel special.





And finally the glasses I mainly wear to work or trade-shows. They have that edgy professional look to them and they get commented on quite a bit.

People ask me why I stopped wearing contact lenses and my answer is, they are fiddley and when I'm working at a computer for 8 hours my eyes dry out. I love my specs and see them as an extension of me!

Moving House Part 2

How do you make a house a home?

We have finished moving house! We are now renting a lovely two bed terrace on a tiny road. We managed to get the house furnished as we have both move out of our parents houses (gosh that sounds odd...).

The problem that we encountered as soon
As we moved in is that there were still things in the cupboards and furniture in the same places as the previous tenant had had it.

So we moved furniture about and packed away what the previous tenant had left behind (lucky we have a big loft) and started to make it our own!

So here are a few pics of the new Running Rabbit HQ, I'm still trying to find a craft corner, but the sitting On the sofa with my man and a cuppa will be fine for now :-)

























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