I love the story of my gifted item for this round of bought/gift/made. At our local farmers markets they have a few old gents selling tools. I've been wanting a spokeshave for a really long time for my stools but I've also had a little break from stand making to focus on other areas and so when I finally spotted this spokeshave below, I ummed and ahhed and eventually walked away, knowing I didn't have a use for it right away. I was with Ben and by the end of the market I decided I was super silly for not getting it because I'd been wanting one for so long and they are really hard to find (second hand!) so we walked back to the stall only to find it was gone. I walked away trying to convince myself it was only a thing but cursing myself in the same breath for not grabbing it earlier. Ben hearing my rambling chatter pulled it out of his pocket. He had ducked away earlier whilst I was immersed in vegetables, to surprise me :)
In the made category, a cat stand I made for our cats. I saw this incredible cat stand whilst trawling instagram here and it stood out to me because cat stand designs are usually super awful. I tracked it down to this company but they had stopped selling their stands and now it looks like they have pulled down their website too :( Anyway full credit goes to them for their amazing design, I just did some reverse engineering and came up with this guy below. After making it, I was super proud of myself and every time I see Peach on it, I squeal with delight!
And finally, in the bought category some pretty crystals. I don't buy a lot that isn't food or second hand to be honest (and the 2nd hand things go into my thrifty sunday posts). I'm no consumerist saint, I definitely buy things just items that fall into the uncool bucket, like an antennae for my car or a peg basket or underwear.
