ROSES ARE HANGING/DRYING!! WENT SHOPPIN!!

HI Ladies....well the gorgeous roses hubby bought me for our anniversary are NOW hanging UP in my bedroom...drying out!

kylie was right on with that comment!

with my hubby home for the first weekend in ages...he said to me at brekkie at a great coffee shop in yarraville..."what would you like to do today"....I said nothing!! whatever you want to do!!!...MMM!!!!

BUT underneath I knew what i wanted...BUT cos he works soo hard all week..driving all over the place...flying all over the place..

I hate to say...I was a MEEK little NOTHING!!! underneath i was knowing where i wanted him to drive me....(as I have lost SOO much of my confidence in driving these days)...that is another story...

anyway...hubby said...WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO DOWN to MOOROoDUC..?? /tyabb...mornington peninsula...??

yes...yes..THATS GOOD!!

SOOO WE drove down there...& hey with the new freeway...I am going to do it myself without a hesitation..

found heaps OF lovely goodies..in lots of sheds etc....HAd a BALL!!

FOUND GAIL McCormicks hubby!!!! he was a delight...GO TONY!!!!!

soo ALL IN ALL I had a lovely saturday....(now trying to figure out how to list bits & bobs I have)....

BIG NEWS though...******** I have registered A new BUSINESS site...

."THE VINTAGE HATBOX"......

HAVE A WEB ADDRESS THE SAME ..(not up & running yet)...

have a LOVELY LOGO ....business card following...

SO IT IS KIND OF ALL HAPPENING MY END..even if I dont quite know what I am doing!!???? cough cough...lol...

xx andrea

23rd WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!! LOVELY ROSES!!

20 th JULY...my 23 rd WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!

BOY....TIME FLIES!!!

Hubby brought home these lovely BIG YELLOW ROSES...

have a lovely week everyone...xx andrea

MMMM!!! MORE SEWING GOODIES..COLOUR THEMED!! CANNOT HELP MYSELF!!

Okay....hi ladies.!! A little add on from my last post..

CANNOT HELP myself re VINTAGE SEWING STUFF! I think I have gone a bit psycho!!

BUT that is kind of me!! I go through STAGES re different things..

from sewing...knitting..material...kitchenalia..french chic...shabby chic..etc etc etc!!!

maybe that makes ONE'S life a little bit interesting?? ( especially since ONES childrens have kind of vacated the NEST soo to speak!)

what ELSE is a WOMAN to do?

keeps me busy...motivated...& still thinking about a shop...(but a little scared!!)...

thanks though for All YOUR LOVELY POSITIVE COMMENTS..

hey...working on a name to register at least?? then can go to the gift fair..(like i used to..my old name has now gone to the history books)!! BUT want a New NAME anyway...

SOOO any ideas??? want to sell..whether on a web site...(thanks gail for that idea)..Or wherever...

selling vintage...shabby...french chic...eclectic mix of old stuff...buttons/threads...tins...whatever??

MMM!! sounds easy...BUT to get that RIGHT name is hard?

le petite chic maison?? too many words..

tres chic maison..??..... who would know what that means.

just toying around with french words/phrasing as I would like my name to be frenchy!!!

Maybe..."the francophile"!! just joking....

BUT maybe "THE FRANCOPHILE'S STORE"?? no...i dont think so!

oh well...keep trying...any suggestions please???

how funny ... even silly is this blog?? (dont know whether to laugh or cry!!)...

ps.,..i just hope I am NOT boring everyone with my silly little posts..

xx andrea

LOOOOVVEEE VINTAGE SEWING NOTIONS..!

HI LADIES...had a bit of a scare last night...settled down to watch favourite TV shows...AND CABOOM!! ALL BLEW UP.....

without power from 7 until 10.00 pm....MISSED master chef!!!! grr..grr..

apparently some "IDIOT"..chased by the police...crashed into a pole..& CUT OFF THE ENTIRE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO WILLIAMSTOWN/NEWPORT ETC..

SO literally MANY MANY restaurants had to close early on their busiest night...AS there was NO electricity...!!

this would have cost thousands upon thousands of dollars for these restaurants..BUT i guess they will end up claiming it on insurance..

AND if this idiot is ever captured...MMM!! probably a slap on the wrist...!!

anyway...have had a busy week shopping...& I am IN a totally crafty/button/lace/vintage spool MOOD!!

Love crafty stuff...vintage stuff...& I just LOVE to colour co ordinate it...

Its also funny..I am having a little bit of a MOMENT where I kind of feel like i would love to open up another shop!!...MMMM...did that for 10 yrs...& was tired.

BUT kind of now re invigorated..

when I did have my gift shop...I had 2 young children..!!

NOW I am a FREE agent with them both at uni....soo that little bit of doing something is suddenly creeping back into the senses..

I feel like I need another creative outlet...& A SHOP is that outlet...BUT THEN it comes with rent...rates...taxes...etc etc..

SOO just to open a SHOP is a BIG BIG FINANCIAL commitement...!! not sure about doing that!!

BUT I know exactly what I would do...(that is secret!!)...i know if i could do it...it would be GOOD!! just lets say... it would be french chic...vintage..shabby..laces..furniture..etc etc....(you get my drift)....

anyway...kind of dreaming about that !!??

much more research would be needed....

soo sticking to my ebay listings at the minute...

hope you all have a lovely week..

xx andrea

OHH! HAD A LOVELY DAY YESTERDAY..BUYING LOTS OF NICE GOODIES..

Hello ladies.

I am kind of sick of just getting up & wearing my INEVITABLE tracksuit pants..top...runners...scarf & mittens!!

OKAY..when i was a "MUM" so to speak..so had to get up early for some 15 yrs..look good...dress well...by 7.30 am EACH morning...TO drive my BOYS OVER THE BRIDGE..to school...OVER & BACK...& sometimes OVER & BACK & OVER & BACK AGAIN!!!

SOOO with all that OVER & done with for a few years now...I really dont need to go anywhere Or do anything much!!

so much to my annoyance...I kind of have become into a bit of a rut re me dress sense!! SOO yesterday...with tennis cancelled...put on good clothes...boots..pants.looked pretty good...& HEADED off to a favourite haunt to search for some nice bits & bobs for my ebay listings..

FOUND Lots OF STUFF....soo it was very satisfying...(and am in the midst of listing some of it..)...some little bits are shown...(lots more to sort through)..

FASHION show is this thursday.....i am scared!!! dreamt about stuffing it all up...how funny..(shall let you all know how it goes...).

anyway...a few of the lovely goodies listing...from dolls..to books..to BINS!!

I havent gotten around to photographing other goodies...But i HAVE heaps & heaps of OLD buttons in their original tubes...100's of embroidery threads..

It takes me forever to organise & photograph them...let alone listing them...

trying to colour co ordinate...make look nice...AND then people ask me "what do i do during the day"??..

MMM!! I could ask that same question....BUT I do get there in the end~~

try to make items look NICE...colour co ordinated...themed etc..IT TAKES ME ALL DAY to organise just a couple of things!

oh well....keeps ME BUSY...

xx andrea

MMMM!! JUST WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BRAIN??

Hi ladies...before I begin..sitting at my little laptop at the front of my house..BY MYSELF...(of course with SOOTY)!!...hubby away...Christian working at his part time job....BUT THE WIND today is absolutely & totally horrific...

I kid you not...it feels like my very sturdy house is about to blow away...wind is HOWLING/WHISTLING THROUGH EVERY LITTLE NOOK & CRANNY...THE fan in the kitchen is being propelled around like a helicopters blade...!!!

SO I am staying inside...!! & NOT venturing out !!!

as such...I am ... YES AGAIN!! trying to get my upstairs EBAY room organised...I have been trying to do this for a couple of months now..BUT never get it done.

whilst going through some drawers in my desk..found one of my OLD LAW exams from way back when...CONTRACT LAW...

I just read it...& had to re read it several times to even kind of remember what the question was?? & I look at the notes i wrote on it during the exam...all very confident about stuff!!

JEEZ!! what has happened?? well back in 1976 i was 19 yrs old...now a LOT older..BUT it has just made me realise how much the OLD BRAIN has LOST A BIT of knowledge!!

I am especially listing this blog for my eldest son who lives in qld..and is studying law at a uni up there!! HEY..your mum USED to be intelligent!!!

BUT then again..he does send me some of his essays etc for my perusal..& I think when it comes to the crunch...THE OLD girl..still remembers things...& DOES give him some VALID points????? MMM!! isnt that sooo Byron???

anyway....back to listing stuff on ebay...HAVING ANOTHER BIG CLEAN OUT...it never ceases to amaze me what I find!!

cardboard craft boxes....cake/cupcake moulds & plaster??...tins etc etc..& that is just scratching the surface..

xx andrea