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Coles Little Shop Miniatures Hack – Barbie Supermarket

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If you aren’t already aware Coles in Australia are offering Little Shop miniatures with every $30 you spend. But you are probably like me and wondering what on earth you are going to do with yet another little collectable thingy-ma-jig that your child insists on collecting.

This has to be the best, the most creative, the most imaginative way I have seen collectable miniatures used.

“Little Shop features 30 iconic household brands – including Vegemite, Nutella and Weet-Bix – shrunk down into a miniature replica for customers to collect and swap.”

Tammy from DIY Kmart Mums has created a Mattel Mini mart just for Barbie, well actually it is actually for her (very lucky) daughter. I can’t believe the detail in the furniture and shop fittings, Tam admits it has taken her months of work.  I know what you are thinking does she get to play with it? Yes, her daughter uses gentle hands to pretend play with Barbie.

Check out the rest of the handmade store below.

 

 

 

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How to Store Embroidery Needles

I have a complicated relationship with my embroidery needles. Which is a fancy way of saying I don’t really take care of my needles at all. Even though I know I have embroidery needles to use for cross stitch and sewing, needles that are certainly still in their packages, I can rarely find them when I need them.

So when I saw this post from Crewel Ghoul about how to store your embroidery needles, it hit close to home for me.

It doesn’t really say anything I didn’t already know, but it is good advice that might also serve as a reminder for you to take better care of your needles when you cross stitch or do other hand-sewing projects so that you’ll be able to find your needles again when you need them.

It would help me a lot if I had a dedicated place to keep needles I’m not using, including the needles that are still in their packages from when I bought them. You’d think I would keep them with my embroidery floss but apparently you would be mistaken about that.

Another good idea for me is to have a place to put needles I’ve been using when I am done with them. Because goodness knows I’m not going to put them back in the package. (Which may actually be a good thing because then I know which one I’ve been using and which ones are fresh. Not that I replace my needles regularly, but still.) I own pincushions but I don’t really use them for anything, which is silly.

Check out the post at Crewel Ghoul to see all the options available for storing your embroidery needles properly. I’d love to hear what you do, especially if you have a better system than I do (which, honestly, would be any system at all).

[Photo: Crewel Ghoul]