A LITTLE SNIPPET OF GORGEOUS VINTAGE BUILDINGS/HOUSES IN MY LITTLE BIT OF THE WORLD!!

Hi ladies...well another week is slowly flying BY....literally..~~~~~~~

Thought I would share with you some of the GORGEOUS buildings around MY little part of the world...

All close by...

ALL gorgeous..

I do LOVE where I live..~~~

A wonderful eclectic MIX of very OLD..quite OLD..quite NEW~~~~~

what do you girls think???~~~

speak soon...xx andrea

"ANOUCK at MAISON"..CUTEST LITTLE FRENCH CHIC SHOP!!~~~

Hi ladies...gee wiz I haven't blogged for a WHOLE week...!!

My son in qld asked me what was happening??

OKAY son.."the old" girl/woman/mum is BUSY!!~~

SOO he got me motivated and i am blogging about a friend of mine.."MEL" ...

& her soooooo cute french chic shop tucked away in a little corner of my world...my suburb...

I cannot believe she has nearly been open for a YEAR now...seems like 6 months TOPS!!~~ TIME FLIES.....

ANyway....MEL has such a gorgeously CUTE CORNER STORE named..

"ANOUCK at MAISON"...

The shop is JUST GORGEOUS....

Burlap goodies...cushions...jewellery...candles...CLOTHES...tin signs...GORGEOUS HAND BAGS...& so much more...

Mel also has her OWN brand of SOAPS & CANDLES...

& I have to say I JUST LOVE LOVE her original GIFT TAGS...

recycled tag...with the cutest of cutest little bottle with seeds...

ranging from BASIL to all sorts of herbs....

HOW TOTALLY gorgeous are these???

Another room of MEl's shop is set aside for a make up artist ....

Upon seeing Mel the other day I couldnt believe how AWESOME her totally gorgeous BLUE eyes looked...??

that's when she told me about TRUDY JOYCE...make up artist is now part of her store...

SOO I AM booking in to see if she can make my eyes look GOOD??

MEL is not only the owner of this store...BUT GET THIS!!!

SHE is the MOTHER of 6 x children...GOOD LORD ^!!~~~????

I struggled managing my gift shop for 10 years with JUST TWO children!!

So I hope you enjoy my photos of this store...

Anouck at Maison...

64 Stevedore st

Williamstown 3016..

0406 704 077..~~~~

MEL would LOVE to hear from you...

have a lovely week..

xx andrea

MONDAYS VINTAGE SHABBY EBAY LISTINGS..linen/crochet/knitting..

Happy NEW WEEK!!~~~

I am busy listing LOTS of VINTAGE & new goodies on my ebay site today...

HEAPS of crochet "granny" squares..

lots of wool..

Heaps of vintage hand dyed doilies/runners..

keeping ME busy this MONDAY...

xx andrea

MY SUNDAY..!! I NEVER STOP!!

Hello again ladies...well it is another overcast kind of "boring" sunday weather wise here in Melbourne..

I am WAY OVER a Melbourne winter as this has been one of the coldest I can remember...BUT at least we have had rain...

SOO our horrid water restrictions have been eased..

HENCE i washed my car for the first time in years & years..(in my driveway that is..otherwise through a car wash)...BUT THE catch is..YOU have to wash it with a BUCKET of water...

MMM!!! lots of buckets of water later..it is NICE & CLEAN!!~~

Soo...I washed my car....tidied up the front garden..

DYED lots of linen a shabby pale green colour..?? quite like them??..

listing my BULK lot of VINTAGE playing cards on ebay...

amongst other stuff....

& TOTALLY enjoying my LATEST BOOK..."ROMANTIC STYLE"..~~~~

this book is JUST TOTALLY GORGEOUS...very hard to put down..

& I have been wanting to buy a NEW bedcover/doona cover...for ages...

FOUND this "SHERIDAN" one the other day... so I think it just May do the trick..!

(the photo is taken from the back cover of the packaging..BUT in BLUE/WHITE)..

a tad blurry...BUT i THINK i like it...

soo shall do a blog on my bedroom next??!~~~~~ then see what ya think??!

& just a little note to all lovely ladies who have asked about my dad..

He has gone "home" to his house with mum...(so now she has to cook up a storm to feed him)~~ his knee is still not near 100%....but slowly getting there...

mind you he is still swimming a kilometre EVERY morning with a floaty thing between his legs..!!

I am taking him tomorrow to get a bandage/legging thingey made to fit over his leg to try to reduce the swelling still evident..

So dad is pretty good...mum is extra good (at a year older at 88)..~~

so that has been my weekend..

speak again soon..

xx andrea

A LITTLE BIT OF PAMPERING!!~~~~~

Hi ladies...well I think we all need a little bit of pampering now & again..

SO yesterday I had my "hair done" so to speak...

I used to be a real "RED HEAD" in my YOUNGER days, so not so sure what happened in my "OLDER" years...

My hair lost a lot of its "redness".....had a lot more kind of brownish tones??

BUT yesterday I had some lovely colours added to my hair...to bring BACK its kind of richness?? glory??

I PUT back some VIBRANT red tones...mixed with some gold/blonde tones..

& I must say I was MORE than happy with the result...

back to nearly MY original colouring...

I am a happy camper...!!~~ so to speak!!

hope you ALL have a lovely productive weekend...

xx andrea

GOOD GRIEF!! THINGS YOU SEE ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON!!!~~~

Whilst sitting at my laptop in my "possie", i suddenly got the fright of my life when i saw something outside my front window...

Felt like it was nearly right upon me..

BUT alas...a kite surfer .... struggling in the wind..

not far from my front windows...

Weird sight on a Sunday afternoon!!!~~~~~~~~

he struggled...BUT he is AWAY somewhere with the wind...

xx andrea