tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51856804273805278592024-03-13T16:31:08.084+11:00Vintageandartvintageandarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675311203154161920noreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185680427380527859.post-31235269123374546612016-09-29T11:17:00.000+10:002016-09-29T11:17:17.214+10:00Celebration and Some Changes.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Things are changing again.....no matter how much l might like them not too.<br />
Mum's house is now under contract so it looks as though that chapter of our lives will be over soon....Something that makes me both glad and sad. There's still a bit to do before it's all finalised, like holding a giant garage sale, and nicking a few cuttings from the garden:-)<br />
Recently l've also been back to visit Bree (daughter) to celebrate her Birthday a couple of weeks ago. She wanted to spend the day in the Hunter Valley wine region which is really beautiful and very popular with wedding parties. As we pulled up outside one of the wineries a bus driver asked (begged) us to swap (vehicles) with him, his mini van full of <strike>loud </strike>tipsy women must've been doing his head in:-) Anyway we had a lovely time visiting and taste testing the wines and (over) indulging ourselves at a dessert bar high up in the hills, from which were magnificent views.<br />
It was also great to see how the reno's are progressing in their home, another bedroom had been painted and one of the loo's was almost finished, and also the garden's looking a lot less wild and weedy.<br />
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Found this fabulous brocade bedspread at the opshop and just HAD to use it for some photo's.<br />
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Bree's best friend Nikkita, Bree and l. <br />
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The chair Bree bought for $5.00 and wrapped in fabric.</div>
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The fantastic 70's quilt we found while opshopping one morning. Looks great on their couch.<br />
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Hope you're all having a wonderful and happy week, thanks so much for stopping by.<br />
If you get a chance you can also see what l'm up to over on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vintageandart_bron/">Instagram</a><br />
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vintageandarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675311203154161920noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185680427380527859.post-16549225210030919532016-09-07T16:52:00.000+10:002016-09-07T16:54:56.627+10:00Lovely Spring Has Arrived.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">I've already posted a couple of these photos on </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/vintageandart_bron/"><span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">Instagram</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">, but thought you might like to see a few more from this Spring blossom session....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">A couple of recent finds... 1960's lolly tin and Florentine folding frame.</span> <br />
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vintageandarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675311203154161920noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185680427380527859.post-2178791625420560312016-08-23T09:04:00.001+10:002016-08-23T09:07:39.396+10:00Times They Are A Changing.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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YES....it's true...l've started posting on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vintageandart_bron/"><span style="font-size: large;"> INSTAGRAM</span></a>.....that said, there's no way l'll be abandoning my blog or my blog buddies, though l might not blog as often....l'm hoping to spend a little more time creating and listing some things in my etsy shop.....l've had an Instagram and etsy site for some time now, but l've been totally resistant to getting either of them up and running....but it's time for CHANGE. Hope you can pop over sometime and see what l'm up to...<br />
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Frankly, its a relief to know Spring is just a few days away and we're banking on a bountiful one since we've had soo much rain over Winter....around town l see early ornamental blossoms and camellias blooming and have been now for a few weeks. The magnolias are set to burst, as are the lilacs, and Spring bulbs are in full swing..... so yes our worlds changing and l feel blessed just to see it in all it's loveliness once again.<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />
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Found the crown pens when l went to visit Bree....The shop was HUGE and sold only Japanese stuff, all the signage was in Japanese and all the packaging had Japanese writing on it, there were no prices on anything which was a little confusing until l got to the register where the girl told me that everything in the store was $2.80....l also bought the hot pink/aqua chocolate box (next above), though you can't see the gold writing it's advertising French chocolates.<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">l think as a parent most of us enjoy watching our children grow and develop their own unique personalities....each child being different from ourselves in many ways, and expressing their style and taste as only THEY can ....so it was a lot of fun to fly up and be with our daughter Bree and her partner Rhys, to stay with them and see the house they recently purchased and join in all their enthusiastic plans for future renovations.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Their house is close to the beach and in a much warmer climate than ours....not quite sub tropical but ALMOST, so the garden has many plants l recognised by sight but had no clue as to their names....a few l DID were palms, frangipani's and philodendrons. </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Being an older home (1940's), there's LOTS to be done, hubby managed to sort out a few of the more pressing drainage problems and we all attacked the garden with gusto...(ok a chainsaw:-).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">The oleander outside this window had to go, as they're highly poisonous. Bit of a shame though....it looks so pretty.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Two rooms have been completed so far, the study and the main bedroom, eventually the entire house will be painted white.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">This is the study completed.... After a week of sanding, scraping and painting and the replacement of locks and lifters, the windows are now fully functional. The room is divided by central shelving, and another desk sits to the other side of it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">The floor tiles in the sunroom will eventually be painted white but in the meantime Bree and l found this tropical bo-ho fabric at Spotlight and created the floor rug by fusing backing to it and then sewing it all together. Hopefully l have some fringing amongst my stash that l can send up to her which she'll sew onto each end.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">This is the master bedroom finished.... the walls and ceiling were painted white....l love her bold choice of doona cover, the skull cushion matches perfectly and was a pressie from her brother. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">She loves her skullies....and rosaries...... (and the odd bloom:-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">This is the dining room....the pottery bust is one Bree made at school, which even then shows signs of the tribal bo-ho look she's into...The head dress is a bit broken, which l guess is unsurprising after travelling with her the last ten years and living in at least ten different locations:-)</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">A glimpse of her small but functional kitchen...only JUST she says... since they installed a dishwasher:-)</span><br />
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Found this funky boho hangy thing made of coconut shells at a garage sale...l'm SO kicking myself though, because there were two and l left the other one there, as it was missing a couple of bits, however l realise NOW that l really needed the TWO and it's all just a bit TOO late. <br />
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vintageandarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675311203154161920noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185680427380527859.post-83349908807568311592016-07-11T14:33:00.000+10:002016-07-11T14:33:12.107+10:00Projects and Prayer Cards.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It must be SO lovely up there in the Northern Hemispere.... soaking up warm Summer days, long evenings, beaches and BBQ's.....Things are a little different HERE, but this morning wasn't quite as freezing as it HAS been, so l figured l'd get out for a mountain bike ride.(mountains definitely NOT included:-) l was exhausted before l even got going just layering up enough to keep warm, and l was wishing l'd just made a cuppa and had a lie down instead...haha..<br />
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There were only three paper angels in the packet so l photocopied another couple to make five....one for each candle. lt was easy as, to cut out and sticky tape an angel and a vintage flower bouquet to each one.</div>
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I've always loved the antique fabric boxes l see in mags and on some of the blogs l visit, so when l came across this plain box yesterday, l decided to have a go at covering it.The hardest part was choosing the right fabric for the look l was after..... this was the closest l had, and it was used inside out, as it looked more faded and vintagey. Spray adhesive was used to attach the fabric to the cardboard. </div>
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l was crushed to get a letter from Harris Publications (who publish The Romantic Country magazine) to say they've gone into liquidation....my favourite mag is NO more.....</div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">The shortest day of the year came and went this week and although there wasn't any sun dancing or chanting to mark the occasion, there was plenty of teeth chattering...yesterday we even had ACTUAL SNOW. It only happens a couple of times a year here, so it was a bit of a novelty watching it fall, out the window.....by the FIRE:-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Not sure if l was a bit "out there" asking if these gorgeous hydrangeas were for sale, but l spotted them on a bush in the driveway of a house where l was visiting a garage sale, and just HAD to ask. l was so happy when the lady cut them off and GAVE them to me. l especially loved the rusty spots of imperfection on the petals.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">This is my work room before....very cluttered as you can see and l'd even TIDIED up for the photo:-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">In celebration of the Queen's Birthday it's a long weekend here in Oz, never mind that the Queens ACTUAL Birthday is the 21st of April, who am l to argue about when (and WHY) we celebrate it:-)...l'm really looking forward to it though, as son is driving home from Adelaide (600ks) for a visit, he must have caught me in a weak moment 'cos somehow he got me to agree to cook him a roast tomorrow night....oh and his buddy as well...Eeekkk!! ...hubby said why we don't we just buy Kentucky fried (what's he trying to say:-)....anyway...sounds good to me:-)</span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;">A few weeks ago l ordered a new Rachel Ashwell SSC doona cover from ebay and one week later it arrived on my doorstep...I was so excited....It must be fantastic for those of you who live in the States and you can just rock up to any old Target store and buy her lovelies, but none of our Target's stock her lines...wah!!! lt even came in it's own lovely dust bag...l wanted it big and ordered a king but it's totally massive.... more ogre size really:-) ...at least there's plenty to keep us warm.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">This is it....covered in lilacs...don't know if you can see l've had to tuck it up at the side so it doesn't fall all the way to the floor.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">A couple of changes to the dress form as well, off came the jewellery and l sewed a Frenchy pierrot collar to replace it, cream lace at first, but l dyed it teabag pink....(that's pink with a few teabags thrown in as well:-) l also found another corset which has the patent date of 1937 on the label.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">So then l got to thinking about all the different looks l've had in the bedroom since l began my blog (5-ish) years ago....this is one of the first ever pictures of my bedroom that l posted...we then had an old brass bed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Found this bedhead on ebay and gave it a makeover...redoing the button upholstery myself with a little help from utube.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">From last Spring, with all the lovely blossoms.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">A damask cover which was dyed a teal blue, l sewed and dyed pillowcases to (kind off) match.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Our bedroom is my favourite room in the house....l still love the wall colour...Dulux Clay Pipe (1/2), it's been that colour for about 15 years, which has to be some kind of record around here:-) and faces North so it's also the sunniest room. It has a bay window which makes for great views of the front garden....l've planted all my favourites like roses, hydrangeas and camellias right outside for summer and winter blooms.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">A</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">t the risk of sounding like an episode of Game Of Thrones:-).....Winter officially begins here tomorrow and the days are now short and brisk, the fallen leaves have finished driving us crazy in the garden for another year and though we're not quite into it's full chilly grip yet....it's COMING, so l've been happy doing most things INSIDE lately, in the WARM, over the phone.....and l've been on the phone a LOT, especially to my daughter who lives interstate as she and her partner have just signed on their first home.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">They're THAT excited and we're hugely happy for them, though we're wishing we lived closer so we could help them shift all their gear and also with a few projects they have planned for the house. We'll fly up and visit some time after they move in and TRY and make ourselves useful in the time we have there:-)</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Then our son has decided to SELL his house now he's also moved interstate, and l've been organising a few things so l can make that happen, since he's just not able too. Of course Mum's house is also on the market so l'm starting to feel a bit like a fledgling property developer:-)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;">l LOVE finding the time to make a big MESS so l can take some pretty photos, hubby came home early the other day to find me shifting cupboards and side tables and all the stuff IN them and ON them so l could take these pics....He's used to it by now and just shakes his head and tells me l've LOST it....hmmm maybe:-) anyway, this post l wanted to share the coat rack l found recently....BROWN originally, but of course it got the white paint treatment:-) It was a PAIN taking out and putting back the millions (felt like it:-) of screws (manual screwdriver) holding the hooks on, but l knew it'd be easier and make for a better finish in the long run.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">l haven't actually ATTACHED the rack to the brick wall....l put picture hooks in the back and used wire to hang it, exactly like you would a painting, so it can be moved around the house at whim, and it's still solid and stable enough to hang most things from.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">This is (half) a close up of the bottle that was once Mum's.....she found it at our local Sunday market, it was one of her most PRIZED finds.... Thanks to Sis and my brother for allowing it to come home and do it's dazzling here....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Sometimes you arrive at a garage sale and you're thinking....why even bother getting out of the car, there's not one interesting thing, there'll be nothing amongst that </span><strike><span style="color: #0b5394;">shit </span></strike><span style="color: #0b5394;">stuff....but OUT you get anyway, cos maybe.... just MAYBE, there'll be hidden treasure....so it was amongst dusty office furniture, air conditioning pipes and other such dross that l spotted a half opened suitcase, and poking out of that suitcase were plastic bags, and inside those plastic bags l found a wee bit of TREASURE....including the sequinned lace above, (so fragile l don't even know if it can be used) Victorian lace gloves and collar, beaded crochet work, gloves from the 50's and trims of gold, silver and lace....so GLAD l got out!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Hope you all have the best week ever whatever you're up to, and that the sun is shining wherever you are and topping up the old vitamin D stores after your long Winter....haha...thanks so much for stopping by and for your lovely comments.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">l know it was almost a week ago but l hope you all had a fabulous Mother's Day last Sunday....l woke up yesterday and realised it was Thursday.....could someone PLEASE explain to me where Monday Tuesday and Wednesday went.....since l'm also having a Birthday this week, p'raps my time warp is just an age thing setting in...haha!!.. Mother's Day l'd planned to visit a pretty tourist town and market, not too far from here, however the forecast was VERY ordinary and since l'd been to the cemetery to visit Mum's grave on the Saturday (in light of this) l didn't bother even poking my head outside....instead l sat on my bed and spent two and a half hours reading the new </span><a href="http://brocantephilipse.wix.com/blogjeanettephilipse"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Jeanette Philipse</span></a><span style="color: #a64d79;"> book...it'd been sitting in my cupboard for 9 DAYS, but was largely funded by son so wasn't to be opened til THE day...(brutal)... but wait l DID and felt no guilt whatsoever in perusing it's gorgeousness most of the morning:-)</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">We've also decided to begin the process of selling Mums house this week, so have been meeting with and choosing a real estate agent we feel we can trust...It'll be sad to hand it over...the end of an era really, but have accepted that this is what needs to happen....and it's our hope that whoever buys it will love and enjoy it as much as Mum and we have.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">So even though three days this week went MIA:-) l still found time to do a bit of spramping here in the family room....An old mantle was one of my buys from a while ago and l've been asking (nagging) hubby to shoot a few nails into the shelf as it was detached from the rest of the mantle...After a bit of eye rolling he finally bowed to my will:-) It WAS dark brown timber so of course it got a few coats of white paint.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">A few sea-washed bottles on the mantle with the last of my blooms from the garden...roses and japanese windflowers. The wall art is in two pieces and was hanging on an outside shed wall at a garage sale l visited last week....clearly NOT for sale, but that didn't stop me asking and surprisingly the lady said YES....nice bit of rusty gold:-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Jeanette's new book...in it she has a vignette of some cut glass bottles...my little arrangement isn't near as pretty as hers... but it was fun trying:-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">l took some pics of the fireplace on it's own, and then experimented with this firescreen.</span><br />
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Today l have the second cabinet l painted to show you but not TOO many photo's l PROMISE:-)<br />
Our son finished his recruit course a couple of weeks ago as part of his air force training so hubby and l took a road trip interstate to see him graduate which was a bit of a proud moment for him and us ...though l have to say it was a little weird seeing him in a crisp blue uniform, marching in the parade....it's certainly a BIG transition from his last job working in the environmental field, where he freely admits to being pretty much a hippie:-)<br />
What surprised us most on our road trip was how MUCH MORE populated the country's become since we travelled those roads many years ago. Melbourne has expanded so drastically it seems that what were once the outer suburbs are now almost inner city....and so many housing estates along the freeway now with seemingly no facilities bar for a link to the freeway (and l'm guessing a train station). The larger regional centres are now also huge with fantastic roads and infrastructure, but interestingly many of what were once small highway towns now seem pretty much dead or nonexistent.<br />
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l was a doing a little gardening at Mum's the other day and hidden away behind the apple tree was a couple of blooms on my favourite rose (at her place).... Just recently l planted a cutting in my garden that Mum struck about 18 months ago...so far...so good:-) but this is my third attempt at trying to grow this rose so l won't start the happy dancing just yet:-)<br />
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You might remember the lamp shade l re-covered a month or two ago....well l decided to add a few birds to it. To attach them l used very fine like fishing line which can't be seen, so they look as though they're hovering there.....well that's the idea anyway:-)<br />
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l also made a little paper and fabric ballet skirt, wings and slipper set to place under a dome in the new look cabinet. l was inspired by <a href="http://slightlyshabby.blogspot.com.au/?zx=b4a1451d81dd9496">Victoria</a> and <a href="http://www.cinderellamoments.com/">Caroline</a> who specialise in making amazing and beautifully detailed miniature cottages/ houses/ trailers and all the accessories that they furnish them with. l twisted some wire into little coat hangers and a stand to hang them on.l enjoyed making them but it was all pretty fiddly and l totally admit they stretched the parameters of my patience.. haha!! When l loaded these photos l realised the tutu looked a bit boring so l've since added a couple of sequins to the skirt, l did take a couple of pics but they both turned out blurry....sozlol:-)</div>
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The cabinet is no longer mustard/orange see <a href="http://vintageandart.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/out-with-old-in-with-new.html">here</a>....but an aged grey green, l painted it first entirely in grey and then aged the outside with ink. The idea for this came from Caroline (link above) who uses inks to age the timber finishes on her miniatures and it works fantastically well.....Thanks Caroline:-) l was hoping it'd work just as well on full sized furniture. l had to add a little yellow food colouring to my blue and black ink mix to create this stormy grey. The photo doesn't show the detail that well as it was such a dull day and l've had to really lighten the picture which drained out all the colour.</div>
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I've tried for a frenchy, millinery/sewing cabinet kinda vibe.</div>
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l found an old German dictionary at Mums with beautiful text and decided to use it to make some button cards...l simply glued the pages onto some cardboard and then when it dried l cut out a crucifix shape and sewed old buttons onto it. </div>
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You might be able to just make out the tutu set under the dome, this photo was taken the day before, as there's no sequins on the tutu.</div>
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l also made some cards to wind the various laces around. The graphics design came from <a href="http://thegraphicsfairy.com/category/french-typography/">here</a> and l printed it onto blue paper. Once again the paper was glued onto cardboard and when dry little niches were cut into the sides which hold the lace. It's comforting to have Mums old Molly Bushell pin tin in there as well.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Like many of you l'm sure.....l'm happiest when l have a project/s going on....especially a house project. When l first started blogging 5-ish years ago, l never would have thought l could find so MANY projects to keep the house updated and the blog going all these years, but l think having a blog and reading blogs fires up the creative flow.... then the trick is trying to get all the projects done that you WANT to get done:-), and this is even more true if you're a bit of vintage hunter since almost everything that comes home is a potential project...haha.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">So over the past few weeks l've painted both the cabinets in the lounge and replaced the porcelain and glass display. The cabinet below was painted in Dulux Limed White half strength and sanded back on the raised areas....l've decorated the shelves in a 50's era theme. Another hatbox was recovered in vintage wallpaper to add to the blue one on top.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">The second cabinet l'll have to show in a later post as there were just too many pics for one post.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">The display still isn't quite "there" and has even changed since these pics were taken....no doubt there'll still be a bit of tweaking til l'm happy with it, but hopefully you'll still enjoy seeing what l've done....l just wished ALL the shelves were wooden though... they'd look so much softer and shabby, pretty...l wonder if they can be replaced....(ANOTHER project maybe:-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">l scrounged almost every cupboard, box and drawer in the house AND shopped my stall at the Mill to bring together all the pieces in both the cabinets.....It was a lot of fun arranging it all...l was going for a look something like an accessories cupboard in a dress shop. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">There's vintage packaging including perfumes, talc and even real red lipstick from the 50's, l tried to incorporate a number of bits that have come home from Mum's place. There's even a bridal headpiece and faux flower wedding bouquet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">A carved bone fan at the back and vintage plastic earrings and brooches are in the little jewellery cabinet.....50's and 60's plastic hair slides are in the dish.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">This is the cabinet before.....Even though l loved the creamy distressed finish when l bought it......it never looked right with any of the painted grey furniture in this room.</span><br />
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vintageandarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675311203154161920noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185680427380527859.post-59321358036143339242016-04-05T07:18:00.000+10:002016-04-05T07:18:22.831+10:00Fairy Wings And Other Things.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Daylight savings finished this weekend...to me it's always the line in the sand as to whether Winter is coming or Winter is going....The mornings here are once again cool and crisp and the leaves are turning golden shades of Autumn...Even though l'm a little sad that Summer is all but gone for us, it's still great to share in the excitement of Summer returning to those of you living in the Northern hemisphere. </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">lt hasn't been easy getting this post up as the house is a BIG schmozzle at the moment and there's not really been anywhere to take pretty photos:-).....You see there's stuff EVERYWHERE as l've decided to paint the two large cabinets in the lounge room....so out came ALL the china which l've had to find extra storage for as l want to change the displays. Also we are still clearing out Mum's house so things are coming home from there each week, and add to that the few projects l have on the go. l'm hoping to have it all organised in the next few weeks but at the moment.....well let's just say.... it aint pretty:-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">l was inspired by the lovely antique wings they sell at <a href="http://jeannedarcliving.blogspot.com.au/">jeanne d'arc living.</a> and tried to make something similar. l made two pair but one pair turned out so badly they were only fit for the bin:-) There was no sewing involved in their creation, l drew out a template which l used to bend to shape the wire after covering with a piece of old tulle, some of the same tulle was torn and placed around the edges.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Found this birdcage at the mill market. It was BLACK when l bought it and the paint was chipping off all over the place. A good sand and a couple of cans of white spray paint...that's more like it :-)</span><br />
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Well l FINALLY have a dress form....l know everyone else has had theirs for YEARS and you'll be thinkin' l'm a bit SLOW on the uptake, which might be a fair cop:-) but l'd been holding out to find one of those gorgeous old antique one's and l HAVE come across a few, but they all cost a fortune, PLUS a kidney.<br />
So l realised it was NEVER gonna happen and kinda "sold out" to buy this NEW one, but it does have that vintage look, it came with the lovely crown and wasn't too spendy, so l figured it'd make a great Anniversary present....and is much prettier than the 10 litres of motorbike oil hubby requested as HIS present. The BIG bonus for him though is that he gets to enjoy BOTH presents, since it stands on HIS side of the bed....all he said was, it's weird that something without a head is wearing a crown.....he's just not gettin' it is he...haha!!<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">This week hubby and l celebrated 32 years of marriage, that's been the easy part after surviving our wedding day:-)</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Except for the weather which was PERFECT (very warm), our wedding day was pretty much a disaster from go to woah....One of my relo's ( lets call her S:-) very kindly offered to drive the bridal party to the gardens at the lake where hubby (to be) and l would take our vows with a celebrant.....</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">The BIG DAY arrived and l was all ready to go, but more than a little anxious as S still hadn't arrived...To save time Sis and l went out front to wait...Full war paint, BIG hair, bigger dress, and l'd have thought UNMISSABLE :-)....well it WAS the 80's. So imagine my astonishment when finally we see the bridal car driving along the street towards us, all shone up, resplendent in white ribbons.... but then drive straight past us. At the end of the street S turns round and drives back PAST us again.....and just keeps on driving, not even seeing us waving like crazy people from the kerb.......As S explained later, so great was the stress from being late and not being able to find Mum's house we didn't even register..... but at the time we had the problem of HOW were we going to get there....everyone else had left and of course this was pre mobile phones....in the end we simply called a taxi....the driver thought it was hilarious but did well not to show it TOO much:-)</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"> Our ceremony was allotted only 30 minutes as 31 other couples were getting married that day (This fact made headlines in the following Mondays' newspaper) so by the time l arrived (almost an hour late) the celebrant was flapping about like a wild swan.</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">With only 10 minutes to spare....short and sweaty is how l'd describe the ceremony...hubby jokes (l think) that just before l arrived he and his brother were two seconds from leaving for the pub.</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">There was S at the gardens....eyes all puffy from crying, l don't think her day was much better than ours. Given it was such a sunny day being married in a public space meant there were gazillions of people milling round, and trying not to get other bridal parties and random people in the photos took forever, but FINALLY we could head off to the reception and hopefully a stiff drink but NO.. were again denied the bridal car, as S in her haste and distress had locked the keys in the car, which meant us all having to squash in with someone else, not easy in huge puff sleeves and layer upon layer of tulle...did l mention it was the 80's haha....for reasons l won't go into here my Mum was distressingly late to the reception and since she was my only parent, speeches couldn't go ahead without her. Which meant bored, restless and HUNGRY guests...The caterers too were NOT HAPPY, main course wasn't even fully served before they decided they were OUT of there...which would have been just fine, had they not taken most of the food with them.... including DESSERT...</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Of course nothing TERRIBLE happened and these days it's just another funny family story...but at the time...hmm NOT so much....l've included a wedding pic at the end of the post.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Each year on a warm, sunny day l like to set up outside and take a few photos.... Another Summer and another year passing...you can see a couple of my favourite other Summer posts </span><a href="http://vintageandart.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/summer-afternoon-downunder.html"><span style="color: #674ea7;">here</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"> and </span><a href="http://vintageandart.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/shabby-pink-summer.html"><span style="color: #674ea7;">here</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Well it's been a busy few weeks around here, but l feel like l'm starting to come to some kind of new "normal" and although life is different now.....l'm finding most days it's not terrible. l've made a conscious effort to change up my routine especially in the morning when l miss Mum the most, since pretty much every morning for the past 25-ish years, Mum and l would talk on the phone at 7.00am.....even if l was working early, or away l'd still ring her. So ingrained is it, that since she's been gone l sometimes dream just before l wake up that the phone's ringing....so to stop myself thinking about it l've been walking or riding my bike instead, thankfully the weather's still beautiful and just being out in the fresh air and seeing the sunrise each day makes me feel grateful instead of miserable.</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Along with my Sister and Brother we've begun cleaning out Mums house and meet up once or twice a week to sort, save and throw....that part isn't easy, but we all get along well, and sharing our memories over a cup of tea helps us deal with these things that HAVE to be done.</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">As l mentioned in my last post l've been wanting to do a few more creative things as well and the lampshades in my bedroom have been annoying me for ages, all the fabric had come loose so they were begging for an update...hope you like seeing how they turned out:-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">An old chiffon shirt and tulle scarf were found tucked away in my fabric cupboard. l sat down with no particular plan except that l didn't want to cover all the sections totally in fabric. The shirt was quite small so fabric was limited. l tore a lot of it into strips to cover the wire frames. l also created little "window panes" from the shirt fabric and glued them on to the frame to use as a base to add tulle, fabric and millinery flowers. It was a fun project to do and it's nice to have a change.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">This is how it looks attached to the cut glass lamp l bought from Target a couple of years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Found the lovely bedspread at a garage sale, probly 50-60's era has white fringing all round and is in beautiful nick.....l think l'm going to sell this Roxy bag but l love it so much. Never used and still has it's tag...a whole $5.00 bucks... SNAP:-)</span><br />
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Hello my friends....l write with sad news today....you see my dear and lovely mum died on the 29th of January. As those of you who pop in here regularly know, she'd been living with cancer for a long time so her death was not unexpected, however l know l'm gonna miss her heaps, but we made lots of wonderful memories which l'll remember and treasure always....She was hugely inspirational in my life, her creativity and sense of fun was a source of joy... not only to her family, but to anyone who met her.<br />
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If you'd like to read a little more about her life you can read <a href="http://vintageandart.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/mums-place.html">Here</a>, <a href="http://vintageandart.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/mums-place-part-2.html">here</a> and <a href="http://vintageandart.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/mums-place-part-3.html">here</a>.<br />
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l'm so thankful for routine and "work" l enjoy....'cos that way (here's hoping) however difficult, l can get up each day and find something to look forward to. l have plans for lots more creating, painting and re-opening my etsy shop...it's what Mum would have wanted, moping about wasn't her style and she wouldn't want it to be mine. </div>
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Found a few things to sell in my stall at the Mill....tambour lace throw and Madonna with Child plate.<br />
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Found this crown shaped teapot at the market.....l know it's a bit OTT but l thought it'd match in nicely with my other royal bits:-)</div>
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Wishing you all a beautiful, happy creative week, thanks so much for stopping by.</div>
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vintageandarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675311203154161920noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185680427380527859.post-38907466867307467622016-01-26T19:26:00.001+11:002016-01-26T19:26:31.427+11:00Happy Australia Day*!*!*!*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #38761d;">It's Australia Day here in Oz....Hubby and l are thinking we've made a fair contribution to the national cause since son has joined the defence force and this VERY day has headed off to recruits. Six months of preparations and organisation, finally everything's come together...Since daughter left the military only a few days ago it's only fitting we find them a replacement hahaha!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Last years Australia Day celebrations on Sydney Harbour. ...Struth how impressive is that....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">My old point and shoot camera is on the blink...l've been using the same camera through all my blogging years so it's done an awesome job to last this long..... so all these pics were taken on my iPhone. Hope you enjoy them even though they all look kinda sepia coloured to me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Found some lovely old floral wallpaper at a garage sale a few weeks ago and used it to cover my inspiration board.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Wishing you all a wonderful week wherever you might be in the world, thanks so much for stopping by...</span></div>
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vintageandarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675311203154161920noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185680427380527859.post-23341095247856956322016-01-10T16:06:00.002+11:002016-01-10T16:08:25.225+11:00A New Year Begins.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Happy 2016 everyone.....hopefully your Christmas was all you wished it to be.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">l tried to make the day special here since l doubt we'll have another Christmas where the entire family's able to get together. With son and daughter both relocating interstate (different states) and Mum not so well.....not to mention all the nephews growing up and on the cusp of making their own way in the world......anyway it was a beautiful warm day and lunch was delicious despite my 20 year old oven door seal packing up a few days beforehand.....one of the dining room chairs pushed up against the door did double duty as a makeshift seal and gave me a resting place between bursts of prepping and cooking:-) So all worked out ok and l think everyone enjoyed themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">The new year's already off to a weird start here.... The other day l was sitting at the dining room table and looked up to see a wallaby (</span><a href="http://birdway.com.au/macropodidae/black_wallaby/index.htm"><b><span style="color: #e06666;"> here</span></b></a><span style="color: #e06666;">) jumping around the backyard.... C'mon Bron, is THAT really weird in Australia you say...well maybe not if l lived out in the bush, however we live in suburbia, at the end of a long court, and there's no access into our backyard from the road, so that wallaby's travelled quite a few miles and a bit like superman leapt tall buildings in a single bound to end up in our backyard:-)....thankfully he didn't stay long and hopped right back over the neighbours fence and hopefully back up the court from whence he came:-)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Here's a little project l finished a couple of days ago....The lable on this wine bottle l thought was funky and all psychedelic 60's inspired, but l wasn't too keen on the green glass. Instead of painting it (which was my first thought) l was lucky enough to find this tape that to my eyes matched perfectly. l simply cut it up into manageable pieces and stuck them on.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Pulled out the almost antique:-) Deep Purple album, added a few hippie bits and snapped a pic or two.</span><br />
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I took a few pics on my iphone of our Christmas lunch table today....not quite finished but almost there.<br />
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My daughter folded the napkins into Christmas trees.<br />
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vintageandarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675311203154161920noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185680427380527859.post-15016802490493427472015-12-19T11:31:00.000+11:002015-12-19T11:31:09.259+11:00A Week To Go...and counting down.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #e06666;">My last post before Christmas....though l hope to post a couple of the table on the actual day. l'm a little excited about decorating the garden room where we set up for lunch, since the room had a white makeover earlier this year </span><a href="http://vintageandart.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/garden-room-before-and-after.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">(see here)</span></a><span style="color: #e06666;">...and is no longer red (bricks) and green (ceiling), even though they were the traditional Christmas colours.....they're sooo not MINE:-)....anyhoo, this year all will be light and white.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">Lunch is usually here at our place with the family, Mum, Sis, Bro, S-IL and all the "tin lids" (kids), though when l say kids....l'm talking bigger than the parents BIG:-)....We're hopeful Mum will still be well enough to come and enjoy the day....she's certainly frailer than she was a few months ago.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">Each family contributes part of Christmas lunch....which is fantastic as it takes the pressure off my rather limited culinary skills:-)</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">No pics of my own this post so have posted a few of my favourite Christmas pics from </span><a href="http://www.shabbychic.com/"><span style="color: #e06666;">Rachel Ashwell</span></a><span style="color: #e06666;"> and </span><a href="http://vintagebynina.com/"><span style="color: #e06666;">Nina Hartman</span></a><span style="color: #e06666;">n hopefully you'll enjoy them too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Struth.... it's hard to even look at this fire when we're sweltering here in Oz in 39 degree heat today. l'm writing this in shorts, singlet and bare feet with a glass of chilled soda water....NOT pretty...., but just trying to keep cool:-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Some things you can only dream about.....vintage PINK santas, and not just one, but FOUR.....</span><br />
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December....official beginning of the hectic, silly season... 34 degree heat this weekend is not helping preparations, though l did pull out the Christmas tree on the 1st and set it up, you can see how it looks a bit further down the post. l bought new lights this year, ones with silver cord which match the white tree a lot better than the green cord l've been trying to hide for years haha!.....My daughter and her fiancé will arrive home in less than a fortnight for a couple of weeks, so l'm trying to shop, clean and organise before she gets here so we can spend our time doing pretty much whatever we're up for on the day.... if l'd really thought about it l would have ordered all my presents online and had them sent to the door like the kids have done.......oh well there's always next year:-)<br />
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November is the time for peonies here in Oz....and the flower seller at the market had some beautiful<br />
blooms going out for almost nix......only problem was they were almost finished so photos had to be taken within a day or two.....l think l shot them just in time:-)<br />
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l've also been experimenting making drippy candles......l'd like to try again since l was learning on the fly.....how l made them was to make a plaster slurry and drip it over each candle....when it had set, l coated the entire thing in melted wax...Then more melted wax was dripped over the candles, making sure it also ran down onto the bottle.<br />
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My very pale Christmas tree this year.<br />
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l found a pretty childs merry go round at the opshop for a dollar....it wasn't working at that price which didn't matter as l was only interested in the little wooden carved horses....l figured they'd make lovely tree decorations. l wound pink wrapping ribbon around each pole and made a tiny tulle wreath for each pony...then l saw <a href="http://www.shabbychic.com/gifts/shabby-chic-christmas-tree-holiday-decor-rachel-ashwell.html?p=3">Rachel Ashwell</a> was selling little unicorn decorations, so why not add a papier mache horn to each one.....</div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">We had some lovely weather last week and l spent some time working in the garden so you might notice the cypress topiaries outside the dining room have been trimmed up. When they were first planted (and small) l used a pair of scissors to keep them in shape, but as they grew bigger it started taking forever...not to mention the blisters, so l bought a hedge trimmer which is way quicker and a lot less painful:-))</span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;">The old timber fence is usually covered in ivy and the lion heads gaze regally out from it's lush greenery.....but not this year. l asked hubby if he could poison the weeds along the fence as it's hard to mow right up close....however l think he got a bit carried away......geez....ONE JOB!!....just as well that old ivy's tough....it's starting to shoot again.</span><br />
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The Robinia tree in our backyard has flowers very similar to wisteria but are pink instead of mauve. <br />
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l had a go at macramé which l haven't done since l was at school... many, (ok MANY) moons ago....l used tulle cut into strips which was tricksier than you'd think to use. Anyway it turned out ok l guess, the vintage decorations improved the overall look of it l think. </div>
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Not too much writing today but hope you enjoy the post just the same:-) Have a wonderful rest of your weekend.<br />
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vintageandarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675311203154161920noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185680427380527859.post-15709528459525549772015-10-24T06:34:00.000+11:002015-10-24T06:34:42.486+11:00Happy Weekend.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">A couple of Saturday's ago l was heading out to the Mill to stock up my stall, it was late in the morning and l was in no hurry, just cruising along in my truck listening to my awesome (crap... says son and hubby) music, when l saw some balloons and a garage sale sign. Well what's the harm in stopping thinks me..... might as well have a peek....and can you believe what l found.......after YEARS of searching.... a pair of Florentine tables. The third one's missing.... but to even find two...Happy day my friends:-) Paid the princely sum of $25.00 for both...What good are they says hubby when they came home, but he was the first one to use one, to eat his fish and chips off in front of the telly, haha....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="color: #bf9000;">As you can see they're well shabby....but in the words of KC and the sunshine's.... that's the way a huh a huh....l like it... a huh a huh:-)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #bf9000;"> Also found at the market was this 1930's satin boudoir bedspread, a bit of Hollywood style glam, already gone to be sold....it really IS so tough getting rid of all the pretties l find....but it's also good knowing someone else will get to enjoy them as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">l've been digging out all those tapestries I've had stashed away for years and am turning them into cushions....customers seem to like them and it's great to see them re-invented.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">l've also been out to my Sister's place......she has oodles of lilac bushes so she loaded me up with blooms on my way out and cut some shabby roses to go with them...... Well that warranted a wee photo shoot didn't it:-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Did you notice the pink rooster and hen there on the right...... made from strands of plastic woven together, don't know why l love such kitschy stuff....but l was powerless to resist haha!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Just wanted to say thanks too for your lovely comments, l loved that you say</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"> it's ok to just post pretty pictures without writing too much.....and also for encouraging Mum through her chemotherapy. l passed on the messages to her and she was astounded (and pleased) that people so far away care what happens to her and says thanks so much, any way it must have helped because her pain is much less and she's feeling more positive about the future.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Til next time,</span><br />
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