Steamy Wristcuff

Last night, after looking at an old zipper, I decided to make one of those steamy wrist cuffs I have seen around the ethernet.
So I dug up some vintage cotton lace I had in the fabric closet and tea dyed it with a strong batch of black tea and ended up with a great antique looking lace.

Combining the two thing resulted in a cute, simple up-cycled wrist cuff.
I have seen these in many version and most of the time I think they end up looking to heavy and crowded with embellishments, but they are dead easy to make, so making my own was the best solution.

I think I will be wearing this cuff a lot.

Steamy legwarmers

What steam loving woman wouldn't adore a nice pair of spats?
I know I would!

But the thing is I rarely wear high heels, so wearing spats would not make much sense, as the straps would die after very short time of use.
So I have made myself a pair of steamy legwarmers instead, as these can be used with both high heels and no heels.

I based the pattern on this tutorial and made them in thick black wool and mix match vintage brass buttons from my button stash (I love buttons)

I have gotten quite a few compliments on these and they are warm and cosy and looks great even without boots.