At flea markets I often come across nice scraps of fabric but I’m not really sure what to do with them. We needed something to hang on the walls so I decided to make a few pictures.

I bought three cheap canvases, cut the fabric to fit them, and nailed them on to the wooden frame. Since the fabric had a repeating pattern I wanted it to go through all the three pictures. Pictures like this can be an idea for old clothes you love the fabric of that don’t fit you, old curtains or anything that you have lying around. I payed about $20 for all three canvases, but in cheaper stores you can get away for way less.

Cheap Monday have been around for a while, but it was only after I got my first pair of Cheap Monday jeans that I realized how great they are. Not only that, but they are some of the cheapest jeans you can find. The jeans have a little stretch in them that makes them fit well on most people.

Rumors say, but I can’t confirm this, that the success of Cheap Monday lays in that they buy popular and expensive brands, use them as patterns and copy them. That way you get the look of $200 jeans while paying a lot less.

Unfortunately they aren’t that easy to find outside of Sweden, not even in Norway, and they often cost a bit more when you buy them elsewhere. You can get them on Caliroots that ship internationally and on eBay where you probably find cheaper shipping. Here they are $74 which is way more expensive than in the stores in Sweden, although still worth it in my opinion. None of these have got the full line though. What to keep in mind is that the sizing may be different; I went down two sizes in the waist from Levi’s to Cheap Monday. Also be aware that they sell affordable shoes, t-shirts and other stuff.